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Main Discussion Area => Stream of Consciousness => Topic started by: Gazoo on May 18, 2005, 11:07:13 AM
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At about 2:05 EST they played a retro song called "Dance Me to the End of Love." The singer sounded like she took all her cues from Billie Holiday. And I'm afraid I don't mean that as a compliment. Anyone know who it was?
P.S. Segueing from that to TFF's "Shout" is not good for the ears.
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At about 2:05 EST they played a retro song called "Dance Me to the End of Love." The singer sounded like she took all her cues from Billie Holiday. And I'm afraid I don't mean that as a compliment. Anyone know who it was?
P.S. Segueing from that to TFF's "Shout" is not good for the ears.
Madeleine Peyroux. Played alot over the last few months. I like it.
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At about 2:05 EST they played a retro song called "Dance Me to the End of Love." The singer sounded like she took all her cues from Billie Holiday. And I'm afraid I don't mean that as a compliment. Anyone know who it was?
OO! OO! I know this!
"Who is Madeline Peyroux?"
And yeah- I'd have to agree with yer assessment. I'd be interesting in hearing more from her to see if all her stuff's like that.
You know who I think might be a tige overrated already? That woman whose gonna sing at KABOOM (Kathleen Edwards?).
I'm sick of that "Bad News" song already, man. And that one other one where she's tellin some guy she's "got ways to make you coooooome back to me?" Sick of that, too.
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D'oh! Rod answered the question while I was busy ranting. Well, that'll learn me.
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At about 2:05 EST they played a retro song called "Dance Me to the End of Love." The singer sounded like she took all her cues from Billie Holiday. And I'm afraid I don't mean that as a compliment. Anyone know who it was?
I thought you were joking at first -- we've discussed this song more than a few times, methinks, as poc gave us many details of her meet-up with Ms Peyroux recently. I can't believe that's the first time you've heard it.
BTW, Dean on CG was discussing the # single in the UK, "I'm Mr Lonely" by Akon, which was "inspired" by Bobby Vinton's "Mr Lonely from 40 years ago. Great snarky comments here:
http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/view.php?id=3791
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At about 2:05 EST they played a retro song called "Dance Me to the End of Love." The singer sounded like she took all her cues from Billie Holiday. And I'm afraid I don't mean that as a compliment. Anyone know who it was?
I thought you were joking at first -- we've discussed this song more than a few times, methinks, as poc gave us many details of her meet-up with Ms Peyroux recently. I can't believe that's the first time you've heard it.
BTW, Dean on CG was discussing the # single in the UK, "I'm Mr Lonely" by Akon, which was "inspired" by Bobby Vinton's "Mr Lonely from 40 years ago. Great snarky comments here:
http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/view.php?id=3791
Well, I don't listen to KFOG except for 10@10, for the most part, and NYC don't have any stations of a similar bent to my knowledge. So yeah, that's the first I've heard of Ms. Peyroux. Sorry - not my bag.
And "Meester Lonely" is a strong candidate for the "top" slot in my annual Worst Song of the Year rundown. Holy crap is that song annoying. Yet top 40 radio here plays it hourly.
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At about 2:05 EST they played a retro song called "Dance Me to the End of Love." The singer sounded like she took all her cues from Billie Holiday. And I'm afraid I don't mean that as a compliment. Anyone know who it was?
I thought you were joking at first -- we've discussed this song more than a few times, methinks, as poc gave us many details of her meet-up with Ms Peyroux recently. I can't believe that's the first time you've heard it.
BTW, Dean on CG was discussing the # single in the UK, "I'm Mr Lonely" by Akon, which was "inspired" by Bobby Vinton's "Mr Lonely from 40 years ago. Great snarky comments here:
http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/view.php?id=3791
Well, I don't listen to KFOG except for 10@10, for the most part, and NYC don't have any stations of a similar bent to my knowledge. So yeah, that's the first I've heard of Ms. Peyroux. Sorry - not my bag.
And "Meester Lonely" is a strong candidate for the "top" slot in my annual Worst Song of the Year rundown. Holy crap is that song annoying. Yet top 40 radio here plays it hourly.
I always forget NYC doesn't have a triple-A station, except for The Peak which probably doesn't make it into Manhattan over the air without you hooking up a bigass antenna with coathangers dangling from all sides. It's the format WNEW-FM should have segued into instead of going to FM talk, Opie & Anthony, and oblivion.
"Whoever produced it (the track zapping up any inclination to find out who the culprit may be) presumably set their Fisher Price My First Keyboard to 'twinkly', bashing whichever keys lit up." LOL!
BTW didja catch "Teammates" last nite? I missed it, as I was watching Mr Z pitch in person (and not very well).
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BTW didja catch "Teammates" last nite? I missed it, as I was watching Mr Z pitch in person (and not very well).
Oh. My. God.
I *totally* meant to post about it here, and promptly forgot. So Barry Zito was matched up with surfer-dude outfielder Eric Byrnes; they competed against two players from the Arizona Cardinals (Larry Fitzgerald and some lineman) and two world-record-holding female swimmers. The latter didn't know squat about each other and didn't have much imagination. So they were duds. But the Cards had a pretty good connection for each other's foibles. And Barry and Eric -- they were frighteningly compatible. *SPOILER* When asked what feature is his most out-of-sync with his body, Eric said of Barry: "His hips. He has these womanly, child-bearing hips." Barry replied with the same thing. Funny vibe! They did the same on a few more questions -- Barry draping his arm around Eric's shoulder cinema-flirt-style for the second round -- and then Barry & Eric were tied with the Cards going into the final speed round.
*STILL A SPOILER* Barry and Eric ended up winning. After such was declared, they emerged from their respective podiums and hugged in front of the camera -- and as they emerged from their hug, Barry cinched his pinkie finger under Eric's shirt, lifting the shirt up to mid-ribcage level, before releasing and the two of them rejoined the other contestants and the host. It was the most astonishingly homoerotic moment I've ever seen in live sports.
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BTW didja catch "Teammates" last nite? I missed it, as I was watching Mr Z pitch in person (and not very well).
Oh. My. God.
I *totally* meant to post about it here, and promptly forgot. So Barry Zito was matched up with surfer-dude outfielder Eric Byrnes; they competed against two players from the Arizona Cardinals (Larry Fitzgerald and some lineman) and two world-record-holding female swimmers. The latter didn't know squat about each other and didn't have much imagination. So they were duds. But the Cards had a pretty good connection for each other's foibles. And Barry and Eric -- they were frighteningly compatible. *SPOILER* When asked what feature is his most out-of-sync with his body, Eric said of Barry: "His hips. He has these womanly, child-bearing hips." Barry replied with the same thing. Funny vibe! They did the same on a few more questions -- Barry draping his arm around Eric's shoulder cinema-flirt-style for the second round -- and then Barry & Eric were tied with the Cards going into the final speed round.
*STILL A SPOILER* Barry and Eric ended up winning. After such was declared, they emerged from their respective podiums and hugged in front of the camera -- and as they emerged from their hug, Barry cinched his pinkie finger under Eric's shirt, lifting the shirt up to mid-ribcage level, before releasing and the two of them rejoined the other contestants and the host. It was the most astonishingly homoerotic moment I've ever seen in live sports.
Wow.
ESPN being ESPN, I'm sure they'll rerun it a gazillion times -- Must. See. Teammates!
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BTW didja catch "Teammates" last nite? I missed it, as I was watching Mr Z pitch in person (and not very well).
Oh. My. God....
BTW I'm amazed I could find NO mention of the show on Outsports.
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Annalisa was diggin' on Who's Next today, around 11:15 I heard "Won't Get Fooled Again, and then around 2:00 I heard "Behind Blue Eyes".
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OMFG! "Ride The Tiger" on KFOG, and it isn't even A-to-Z!!
white wants out of this world...
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OMFG! "Ride The Tiger" on KFOG, and it isn't even A-to-Z!!
white wants out of this world...
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this week on New Releases Thurs: a band called Assembly of Dust.
Didn't they used to be Jars of Clay? :wink:
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this week on New Releases Thurs: a band called Assembly of Dust.
Didn't they used to be Jars of Clay?
No, that was Puddle of Mudd. :D
(a band with a dumb name but I must admit I like that "She Fuckin Hates Me" song).
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this week on New Releases Thurs: a band called Assembly of Dust.
Didn't they used to be Jars of Clay?
No, that was Puddle of Mudd. :D
RIMSHOT! He'll be here all week...
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they're continuing the discussion of "best Albums of the '80s" -- Renee nominated Styx, Paradise Theater (!) and Dave actually subjected us to "Best of Times". Good lawd.
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The Coldplay clones (Cloneplay?) continue:
Dave Benson (subbing for Haley Jones) brought us Embrace, who apparently debuted at #1 on the UK chart with their latest. They actually have been around longer than Coldplay but are just now making it big. But they have that same damn sound.
Yesterday they read a hilarious email from a Foghead complaining that the preponderance of Coldplay-like bands (Keane, Snow Patrol, etc etc)was driving her crazy. She also (bless her heart) said that Train made her want "to stick pencils in her ears". LOL!
Of course, the morning crew totally dissed her.
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The Coldplay clones (Cloneplay?) continue:
Dave Benson (subbing for Haley Jones) brought us Embrace, who apparently debuted at #1 on the UK chart with their latest. They actually have been around longer than Coldplay but are just now making it big. But they have that same damn sound.
Yesterday they read a hilarious email from a Foghead complaining that the preponderance of Coldplay-like bands (Keane, Snow Patrol, etc etc)was driving her crazy. She also (bless her heart) said that Train made her want "to stick pencils in her ears". LOL!
Of course, the morning crew totally dissed her.
Chris Martin of Coldplay wrote Embrace's big U.K. hit, "Gravity," so the similarity is unsurprising.
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I'm liking this Green Day track KFOG has just added, "When September Ends". Guess I need to buy American Idiot.
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Dave Benson (subbing for Haley Jones)
btw, Benson is the PD, and Haley is gone, so KFOG's MD position is currently vacant.
Haley's last day at KFOG was a couple weeks ago, then she roadtripped across the US. She is on the Bonaroo payroll this week, and then she's going to Spain indefinitely.
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Guess I need to buy American Idiot.
Yes, you all do. Right Gaz?
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The morning show has been a little different this morning, in that Irish Greg is still on the AIDS ride, and Renee is off to Tennessee for Bonaroo, so it's just Dave and Peter.
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The morning show has been a little different this morning, in that Irish Greg is still on the AIDS ride, and Renee is off to Tennessee for Bonaroo, so it's just Dave and Peter.
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Today's (6/13) Pop Quiz: "famous Daves". The clue was, "Partridge Family lead singer". The Foghead's answer was: "Davy Jones".
No wonder oldies radio is dying...
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Today's (6/13) Pop Quiz: "famous Daves". The clue was, "Partridge Family lead singer". The Foghead's answer was: "Davy Jones".
No wonder oldies radio is dying...
I'm slowly realizing that the '80s are the oldies to the current generation of radio listeners, and the '60s are to them what the '50s were to me (i.e., something so far removed from experience and perceived relevance as to be expendable from playlists). It's a sad realization but a necessary one for me.
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Today's (6/13) Pop Quiz: "famous Daves". The clue was, "Partridge Family lead singer". The Foghead's answer was: "Davy Jones".
No wonder oldies radio is dying...
I'm slowly realizing that the '80s are the oldies to the current generation of radio listeners, and the '60s are to them what the '50s were to me (i.e., something so far removed from experience and perceived relevance as to be expendable from playlists). It's a sad realization but a necessary one for me.
True in general, but not for Fogheads. The Foghead demo is exactly Me & Ali & Beej up to Mike & Geoff. That was just pure cluelessness on the Pop Quiz.
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Today's (6/13) Pop Quiz: "famous Daves". The clue was, "Partridge Family lead singer". The Foghead's answer was: "Davy Jones".
No wonder oldies radio is dying...
I'm slowly realizing that the '80s are the oldies to the current generation of radio listeners, and the '60s are to them what the '50s were to me (i.e., something so far removed from experience and perceived relevance as to be expendable from playlists). It's a sad realization but a necessary one for me.
True in general, but not for Fogheads. The Foghead demo is exactly Me & Ali & Beej up to Mike & Geoff. That was just pure cluelessness on the Pop Quiz.
KFOG, like the Bay Area generally, is a unique bubble apart from the "real world". This has to do with the fact that it has been around for 20+ years and (for the most part) tries to please older, loyal listeners as well as "the kids". Compare it to "The Peak" which has a similar format, yet which is much more obviously aimed at a younger demo.
Whether new owners a year or 2 from now are willing to leave KFOG alone is another question.
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Fogheads are stupid, part XXXVIII: Dave's "mini-My 3 Songs" for DMB tix -- three songs about fathers, it could not BE easier, folks -- is having trouble getting people to call in, much less give the right answer. Who ARE these people who call themselves Fogheads?
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Fogheads are stupid, part XXXVIII: Dave's "mini-My 3 Songs" for DMB tix -- three songs about fathers, it could not BE easier, folks -- is having trouble getting people to call in, much less give the right answer. Who ARE these people who call themselves Fogheads?
Perhaps that speaks as much to the intellect of DMB fans as it does to that of Fogheads. I'm just sayin....
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Fogheads are stupid, part XXXVIII: Dave's "mini-My 3 Songs" for DMB tix -- three songs about fathers, it could not BE easier, folks -- is having trouble getting people to call in, much less give the right answer. Who ARE these people who call themselves Fogheads?
Perhaps that speaks as much to the intellect of DMB fans as it does to that of Fogheads. I'm just sayin....
ROTFLMAO!
they're all "under the table and dreaming"...
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Another dumb Foghead: they were playing "and (Fill in the Blank)", as in "Bennie and the (Jets)" and the clue was "Martha Reeves and the ______". and the Foghead had NO idea...
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Another dumb Foghead: they were playing "and (Fill in the Blank)", as in "Bennie and the (Jets)" and the clue was "Martha Reeves and the ______". and the Foghead had NO idea...
OMG, I heard that (and would have posted about that if I'd been at my computer) too!
insomniacal Gaz, here for a limited time this week as he leaves for New England Wednesday morning
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Maybe we need a separate "Dumb Fogheads" thread...
I realize this guy on the Pop Quiz is (by far) not the only person who thinks Fogerty's "Centerfield" is called "Put Me in Coach", but still...
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Worst. Dumb. Fogheads. EVAH!
Earlier they did "The Ben Quiz" (for Ben Harper tix).
1st question: "This famous Ben has dated 2 famous Jennifers."
Foghead: no clue.
(Annalisa is so stunned that she accidentally gives away the answer!)
2nd Question: "Name Michael Jackson's famous ode to a rat."
2nd Foghead: no clue.
Annalisa: "What's the NAME of this quiz?"
2nd Foghead: "Uh... the Ben Quiz"
Annalisa: "So, then, what's the answer?"
2nd Foghead: " Uh.... uh..."
I was reminded of the time a dozen or so years ago when KDIA had a ton of WB20 merchandise to give away (because Jim Gabbert owned both stations) and was asking trivia questions and nobody was winning. So they kept making the questions easier and easier. One time they asked "What day does Channel 20 show 'The Saturday Afternoon Movie'?" and one guy called and guessed "Tuesday"!
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Worst. Dumb. Fogheads. EVAH!
Earlier they did "The Ben Quiz" (for Ben Harper tix).
1st question: "This famous Ben has dated 2 famous Jennifers."
Foghead: no clue.
(Annalisa is so stunned that she accidentally gives away the answer!)
2nd Question: "Name Michael Jackson's famous ode to a rat."
2nd Foghead: no clue.
Annalisa: "What's the NAME of this quiz?"
2nd Foghead: "Uh... the Ben Quiz"
Annalisa: "So, then, what's the answer?"
2nd Foghead: " Uh.... uh..."
I was reminded of the time a dozen or so years ago when KDIA had a ton of WB20 merchandise to give away (because Jim Gabbert owned both stations) and was asking trivia questions and nobody was winning. So they kept making the questions easier and easier. One time they asked "What day does Channel 20 show 'The Saturday Afternoon Movie'?" and one guy called and guessed "Tuesday"!
I kind of admire the guy who doesn't know who Ben Affleck is...
Uh, Willard?
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Apparently the folks at the Giants promotional dept get all their cues from listening to KFOG. Last night after the game, there was a fireworks display celebrating the first day of summer. Of the 8 or so snippets of songs that were used as backing for the display, two of them were part of yesterday's 10@10 summer set (Hot Fun in the Summertime & In the Summertime), one was by the same artist as a 10@10 artist (Beach Boys, Fun Fun Fun rather than Help Me Rhonda), two were part of yesterday afternoon's My Three Songs (Big Brother's take on Summertime, Henley's Boys of Summer), and one was Walking on Sunshine. (The other two were Journey's Lights (which we'd already heard in the second inning) and Stravinsky's Firebird Suite.
At least the fireworks were pretty cool (much better than the Opening Night display they had a couple of months ago).
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I kind of admire the guy who doesn't know who Ben Affleck is...
Anyone ever been to the Pike Place Market in Seattle? (I know Gaz has).
It's one of the biggest attractions in town, and it has both outdoor stalls & permanent shops inside the building. One of which is The Bead Store, which has been there for at least 20 years. The Bead Store has a sign hanging out in front, perpendicular to the storefront, such that if you were rather tall you could hit your head on it as you walk by. The lettering on the sign is the type that I would associate with a sign for the circus.
Many, many people misread the sign and go into the shop looking for bread, not beads. I was there just last month with some Taiwanese co-workers (including at least one cow orker) & I brought them in. We asked the proprietor if this still happens a lot because I noticed their other sign was missing. He said yes, it happens all the time, and that the other sign didn't help much so they got rid of it. At this point my co-workers (& probably you as well) were wondering about the other sign, so I told them the following story:
Because so many people kept asking for bread instead of beads, below their nice Bead Store sign they put up a hand-lettered sign that read, "Beads for Wearing, NOT Bread for Eating". Which didn't help much. One day the local TV equivalent of the Late Show did a segment there. They kept asking people to read the top sign, and they had literally 3 dozen people on tape reading the sign as "The Bread Store". They even had a couple, including the most stereotypical ditsy blonde that you'd swear she came straight from central casting, read both signs:
TV guy (points to painted sign): "Excuse me miss, could you tell me what this says?"
Blonde: "The Bread Store"
TV guy (points to hand-lettered sign): "And this one?"
Blonde: "Beads for Wearing, NOT Bread for Eating"
TV guy (points to painted sign again): "And this one, once more?"
Blonde: "The Bread Store"
TV guy (painfully maintaining a straight face): "Thank You"
maybe you had to be there, but this was one of the funniest things I ever saw on TV, and I took it as a real lesson in human nature.
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Anyone ever been to the Pike Place Market in Seattle? (I know Gaz has).
I don't remember the Bead Store, but I did go once, it was fun. I was up there just before the Hendrix museum opened. A husband of an old high school friend was an elevator contractor there (the museum, not Pike Place), and got me a hard hat, and I pretended to be a contractor, and got a short tour! Someday I'll have to go back and see the real thing.
My main memory of Pike's Place is the famous fish market where they throw these big fish around. Lots of cool shops and such.
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New Releases Thurs, PD Dave Benson is there with the new Melissa Etheridge -- she has a GH set with a couple new tunes on it, and one is a cover of Petty's "Refugee". Kinda nice. Apparently her cover of "Piece of My Heart" is on it too (with or without Joss Stone).
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Pop Quiz: "Mascots of the Majors". Now some of these were actually kinda hard (even I wouldn't've gotten Baxter the Bobcat), but the woman didn't know that Stomper was the Oakland mascot without a major clue ("what city is East of us?"). "oh god, I'll sound so lame", she lamented, and Dave said "Don't worry, we'll fix ya".
No... she sounded lame.
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Pop Quiz: "Mascots of the Majors". Now some of these were actually kinda hard (even I wouldn't've gotten Baxter the Bobcat), but the woman didn't know that Stomper was the Oakland mascot without a major clue ("what city is East of us?"). "oh god, I'll sound so lame", she lamented, and Dave said "Don't worry, we'll fix ya".
No... she sounded lame.
In a vacuum, the name "Stomper" rang no bells for me. Now knowing he's the A's mascot, and an Elephant, I get it, but that's after the fact.
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Pop Quiz: "Mascots of the Majors". Now some of these were actually kinda hard (even I wouldn't've gotten Baxter the Bobcat), but the woman didn't know that Stomper was the Oakland mascot without a major clue ("what city is East of us?"). "oh god, I'll sound so lame", she lamented, and Dave said "Don't worry, we'll fix ya".
No... she sounded lame.
In a vacuum, the name "Stomper" rang no bells for me. Now knowing he's the A's mascot, and an Elephant, I get it, but that's after the fact.
They really should've said "Stomper the Elephant". I wonder if she'd've gotten "Mr. Met"? :wink:
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Pop Quiz: "Mascots of the Majors". Now some of these were actually kinda hard (even I wouldn't've gotten Baxter the Bobcat), but the woman didn't know that Stomper was the Oakland mascot without a major clue ("what city is East of us?"). "oh god, I'll sound so lame", she lamented, and Dave said "Don't worry, we'll fix ya".
No... she sounded lame.
In a vacuum, the name "Stomper" rang no bells for me. Now knowing he's the A's mascot, and an Elephant, I get it, but that's after the fact.
They really should've said "Stomper the Elephant". I wonder if she'd've gotten "Mr. Met"? :wink:
I didn't know either, til just now. Haven't been to an A's game in forever.
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Just discovered that KFOG is now archiving their DJs personal pages in a blog-type format.
Here's Dave's (as you can imagine, they're still getting it down--one of his entries is in there twice.)
http://www.kfog.com/blog/blog/Main.asp?id=35&Entry=127
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That's very cool -- thanks for posting.
Also noticed this job opp while at the KFOG site. I'm underqualified but maybe some of you aren't:
Web/Promotions Coordinator
KFOG 104.5\97.7
(Susquehanna Radio Corp.)
San Francisco, California
KFOG is seeking a Website Content Coordinator for KFOG.com. The position will be in charge of creation, editing, placement, and maintenance of content, images, and media on the site under the direction of KFOG Marketing, Promotions, and Programming.
Help coordinate, with KFOG Marketing, Promotions, Programming, and Sales, contests, promotions, and advertising on the KFOG.com site. Coordinates all in-house production of website. The primary responsibility is to manage the website, with a secondary focus on promotion department responsibilities.
EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:
• Must be savvy in current web trends and computer literate
• Proficient in Windows
• Familiar with all internet applications
• Working knowledge in all areas of internet capabilities, uploading, downloading, graphics, audio, Dreamweaver, HTML, Flash, Online Media Software (Windows Media Player Video and Audio, Real Audio, Quicktime), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
• Good communication skills
• Excellent writing skills are a requirement
• Have the ability to multi-task
• BA or BS Degree or equivalent experience in web/radio industry
• Website and radio or promotion experience preferred
• Knowledge of San Francisco/San Jose market
• Some evenings and weekends required
• Valid CA driver’s license.
Send resumes to:
fogjob@kfog.com
OR
Jude Heller at KFOG Radio
55 Hawthorne St., #1000
San Francisco, CA 94105
No phone calls, please.
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the prize on the Pop Quiz is Stevie Nicks tix -- appropriately, since last nite's South Park was the "goat" episode.
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...or are we hearing a lot more Chris Isaak on KFOG the last month or so? Ever since they had Archive week a couple weeks back, the place has been just lousy with him. (They're playing a live Heartful of Soul right now, which spurred the question.)
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...or are we hearing a lot more Chris Isaak on KFOG the last month or so? Ever since they had Archive week a couple weeks back, the place has been just lousy with him. (They're playing a live Heartful of Soul right now, which spurred the question.)
I heard an "archives set" of him Monday after 10@10. Maybe he's playing the "summer picnic"?
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Am I crazy or did KFOG just bleep the word "bastard" in the new John Hiatt song? (it's obviously "bastard", it rhymes with "plaster", "Telecaster" and "master of disaster"). That's scary.
meanwhile, the POp Quiz -- under criticism that they give too many clues, is having "no clue Thursday" (quoting song lyrics, you name the song). And sure enough the Fogheads have.... no clue!
"Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan..."
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"Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan..."
But I never heard "An actor out on loan"
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meanwhile, the POp Quiz -- under criticism that they give too many clues, is having "no clue Thursday" (quoting song lyrics, you name the song). And sure enough the Fogheads have.... no clue!
"Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan..."
The "no clue" thing was a reaction to yesterday's PQ, in which Peter Finch, ever the nice guy, gave several HUGE breaks to the woman that eventually won ("awww, come on, she's nice...") . Afterward, Dave and Renee commiserated and decided they were being too lenient, and promised no slack from here on out.
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I can't believe they just re-ran the interview with the "Blinded By the Lyrics" guy (author of a book about the meaning behind cryptic song lyrics). His big revelation: that "One Night in Bangkok" is about... chess! No, really? Gee, maybe the fact that it's from a musical called Chess was a clue, eh?
He also made a big deal about Steely Dan using the word "squonk" in "Any Major Dude"... without bothering to mention that Genesis wrote a song called "Squonk".
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I can't believe they just re-ran the interview with the "Blinded By the Lyrics" guy (author of a book about the meaning behind cryptic song lyrics). His big revelation: that "One Night in Bangkok" is about... chess! No, really? Gee, maybe the fact that it's from a musical called Chess was a clue, eh?
He also made a big deal about Steely Dan using the word "squonk" in "Any Major Dude"... without bothering to mention that Genesis wrote a song called "Squonk".
Reminiscent of my Cure vs. Mamas & Papas faux pas, does Genesis deserve to share the limelight with Steely Dan?
[Geoff ducks again]
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I can't believe they just re-ran the interview with the "Blinded By the Lyrics" guy (author of a book about the meaning behind cryptic song lyrics). His big revelation: that "One Night in Bangkok" is about... chess! No, really? Gee, maybe the fact that it's from a musical called Chess was a clue, eh?
He also made a big deal about Steely Dan using the word "squonk" in "Any Major Dude"... without bothering to mention that Genesis wrote a song called "Squonk".
Reminiscent of my Cure vs. Mamas & Papas faux pas, does Genesis deserve to share the limelight with Steely Dan?
[Geoff ducks again]
in the post-interview discussion, they referred to "Squonk" as "Genesis... when they were good". But I was just commenting on the cluelessness of the guy who wrote the book.
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I can't believe they just re-ran the interview with the "Blinded By the Lyrics" guy (author of a book about the meaning behind cryptic song lyrics). His big revelation: that "One Night in Bangkok" is about... chess! No, really? Gee, maybe the fact that it's from a musical called Chess was a clue, eh?
He also made a big deal about Steely Dan using the word "squonk" in "Any Major Dude"... without bothering to mention that Genesis wrote a song called "Squonk".
Reminiscent of my Cure vs. Mamas & Papas faux pas, does Genesis deserve to share the limelight with Steely Dan?
[Geoff ducks again]
in the post-interview discussion, they referred to "Squonk" as "Genesis... when they were good". But I was just commenting on the cluelessness of the guy who wrote the book.
I was interested in hearing the interview if only because I missed it the first time around, but considering how much he fawned over the Dan squonk reference as being one of the most obscure lyrical allusions ever, I thought he was totally lame not to at least give Genesis props for writing a whole damn song about the little rascal.
Still, the book sounds like the kind of thing I'd geek out over. And Stacey's semi-annual big ass sale is coming up this weekend. Anything to avoid paying full retail.
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I can't believe they just re-ran the interview with the "Blinded By the Lyrics" guy (author of a book about the meaning behind cryptic song lyrics). His big revelation: that "One Night in Bangkok" is about... chess! No, really? Gee, maybe the fact that it's from a musical called Chess was a clue, eh?
He also made a big deal about Steely Dan using the word "squonk" in "Any Major Dude"... without bothering to mention that Genesis wrote a song called "Squonk".
Reminiscent of my Cure vs. Mamas & Papas faux pas, does Genesis deserve to share the limelight with Steely Dan?
[Geoff ducks again]
in the post-interview discussion, they referred to "Squonk" as "Genesis... when they were good". But I was just commenting on the cluelessness of the guy who wrote the book.
But the Steely Dan lyric was 2 years earlier, they did mention that fact.
also catching up on a couple other items:
Last Wednesday they were WAAAAYYY too forgiving of the gal who 'won' their BART quiz. (Which line goes thru the Rockridge Station?....starts with a 'P'....same name as a city in Pennsylvania....)
I haven't noticed a more than ususal amount of Chris Isaak, but definitely have noticed a big increase in the Police (on top of the usual dose of Sting solo).
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yay! they're finally playing an uncensored version of that John Hiatt "Master of Disaster" tune.
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the winner of the "get a celebrity to call"contest was William Windom of Farmer's Daughter, My World & Welcome To It and Murder She Wrote. Rcognized his voice immediately. Glad to know he's still alive!
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the winner of the "get a celebrity to call"contest was William Windom of Farmer's Daughter, My World & Welcome To It and Murder She Wrote. Rcognized his voice immediately. Glad to know he's still alive!
I googled his image, and found that he was also Commodore Mathew Decker in the classic Star Trek ep "The Doomsday Machine."
http://www.fondazionevulcaniana.it/museo/autografi/immagini/windom.jpg
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the winner of the "get a celebrity to call"contest was William Windom of Farmer's Daughter, My World & Welcome To It and Murder She Wrote. Rcognized his voice immediately. Glad to know he's still alive!
Really? Wow, that's an obscure one, but very cool most certainly. I def. remember My World & Welcome To It--the show was based on the work of James Thurber & he played a Thurberesque character, and the show would lapse into animation combined with live action stuff. Rather ahead of its time, but as you'd expect, people thought it was weird and the show didn't last more than a couple of seasons (nowadays it would be gone in 6 weeks).
I also recall the show because it was the first appearance of Lisa Gerritsen, upon whom I had an adolescent crush (she later played Cloris Leachman's daughter Beth on the Mary Tyler Moore show).
ETA: who were some of the other celebrities? And did William Windom know who Robert Plant was?
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I googled his image, and found that he was also Commodore Mathew Decker in the classic Star Trek ep "The Doomsday Machine."
One of the few actors who actually chewed MORE scenery than Shatner. They, like, fed each other pieces of the set in every scene like a bride & groom at the reception. Freaking. Awesome.
Decker: I... I beamed the crew off the ship... down to the planet...
Kirk: (stunned) The planet's. Gone. Matt.
Decker: DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW THAT!!!!
So cool. His death scene is great, too (oh, c'mon. I didn't ruin it. You'd have figured it out). I also liked that Decker looked like he'd been drinking all weekend.
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the winner of the "get a celebrity to call"contest was William Windom of Farmer's Daughter, My World & Welcome To It and Murder She Wrote. Rcognized his voice immediately. Glad to know he's still alive!
Really? Wow, that's an obscure one, but very cool most certainly. I def. remember My World & Welcome To It--the show was based on the work of James Thurber & he played a Thurberesque character, and the show would lapse into animation combined with live action stuff. Rather ahead of its time, but as you'd expect, people thought it was weird and the show didn't last more than a couple of seasons (nowadays it would be gone in 6 weeks).
I also recall the show because it was the first appearance of Lisa Gerritsen, upon whom I had an adolescent crush (she later played Cloris Leachman's daughter Beth on the Mary Tyler Moore show).
ETA: who were some of the other celebrities? And did William Windom know who Robert Plant was?
there was a woman claiming to be Holly Hunter; Dave thought she was a fake but Peter disagreed. MW&WTI was awonderful show -- NBC cancelled it after one season (even tho' it won the Best Comedy Emmy) and CBS picked it up for one more year. As I've said many times, it's great lost shows like that, that TVLand should make a point of showing -- maybe one night a week, late in the evening. Before HA! and the Comedy Channel merged to form Comedy Central, they used to show stuff like Captain Nice and Occasional Wife.
And speaking of Thurber, they're doing a remake of Secret Life of Walter Mitty... with Owen Wilson.
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And speaking of Thurber, they're doing a remake of Secret Life of Walter Mitty... with Owen Wilson.
Now that's a film that deserves to be remade, if only because it's long out of the public's attention (unlike Starsky & Hutch, Bewitched, The Love Bug, and all the other unnecessary Hollywood retreads of late). Hope they stay true to the spirit of the original. It would give Wilson a chance to stretch a bit, too.
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Lovin your new avatar, RGMike! Leeeemiwinks... Lemiwinks!
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It would give Wilson a chance to stretch a bit, too.
Buckaroo Beej's Dirt Dossier on Owen Wilson
Known Aliases: The Butterscotch Stallion, That Guy In Those Crappy Ben Stiller Movies
Freakiest Rumour to Date: Met a woman at a friend's wedding reception- brought her back to hotel room- licked her butt for hours
Note to above: Rumour surfaced a few weeks ago on the Defamer website. Wedding Crashers opens today. Now that's going all out to promote a movie...
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And speaking of Thurber, they're doing a remake of Secret Life of Walter Mitty... with Owen Wilson.
Now that's a film that deserves to be remade, if only because it's long out of the public's attention (unlike Starsky & Hutch, Bewitched, The Love Bug, and all the other unnecessary Hollywood retreads of late). Hope they stay true to the spirit of the original. It would give Wilson a chance to stretch a bit, too.
I was a HUGE Danny kaye fan when I was, like, 10. No wonder I'm gay!
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I was a HUGE Danny kaye fan when I was, like, 10. No wonder I'm gay!
Hell, with as much Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly exposure I received as a boy via their many appearences on kid's shows & cartoons- it's a wonder I'm not gay as well.
Of course, I've done the next best thing: gone into show biz...
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It's R-O-R-O-R day today on the Morning Show. The last guy to win before I arrived at my desk for the Drive's 10@10 requested "Dixie Chicken". Good on ya, Mate!
been a year since she went away...
...guess that guitar player sure could play...
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It's R-O-R-O-R day today on the Morning Show. The last guy to win before I arrived at my desk for the Drive's 10@10 requested "Dixie Chicken". Good on ya, Mate!
been a year since she went away...
...guess that guitar player sure could play...
oh the R-O-R-O-R... the R-O-R-O-R!!!
in the 6 o'clock hour a woman requested U2... and Dave asked "Old U2? new U2?" and she said "Old U2... y'know, something from Joshua Tree."
Dave (rather dejectedly, he was clearly psyched for something like "I Will Follow"): "Joshua Tree??? that's medium U2, m'am..."
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nobody requested it, but they just played "Radio Free Europe".
Front row tix for Percy if ya coulda named all 9 Bay Area counties. Took about 6 or 7 callers. I coulda done them clockwise from the GG Bridge, but couldn't get thru.
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On my way to the ferry this morning, Dave had a little trouble with the name Fatty Arbuckle, obviously unintentionally (the kind of thing Lamont and Tonelli would do intentionally). It cracked Peter and Renee and Greg up, though Dave was obviously embarrassed by it. Took him a little bit to get over it...
he said "farty", heh heh...
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On my way to the ferry this morning, Dave had a little trouble with the name Fatty Arbuckle, obviously unintentionally (the kind of thing Lamont and Tonelli would do intentionally). It cracked Peter and Renee and Greg up, though Dave was obviously embarrassed by it. Took him a little bit to get over it...
he said "farty", heh heh...
Farty Assbuckle! now THAT's comedy!
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Mr Plant is on KFOG -- stuff recorded in the "Play space" the other day.
He said he's 56... which means he was 20 when he recorded "Whole Lotta Love". Amazing.
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Heard something last night that pleased me: DJ Harry, "Collision." It flashed me right back to halcyon 1997, the last great gasp of modern-rock radio, when I heard Sneaker Pimps' "6 Underground" and Portishead's "Nobody Loves Me" (wrong title, but that's how everyone knows it) for the first time.
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Mr Plant is on KFOG -- stuff recorded in the "Play space" the other day.
He said he's 56... which means he was 20 when he recorded "Whole Lotta Love". Amazing.
Damn, I gotta learn to take a radio with me when I walk the dog (which is what I was doing at 7:40 this am)--I'd have loved to have heard him. What'd he play?
Wonder if it's too late to get a track on this year's Live from the Archives?
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Mr Plant is on KFOG -- stuff recorded in the "Play space" the other day.
He said he's 56... which means he was 20 when he recorded "Whole Lotta Love". Amazing.
Damn, I gotta learn to take a radio with me when I walk the dog (which is what I was doing at 7:40 this am)--I'd have loved to have heard him. What'd he play?
Wonder if it's too late to get a track on this year's Live from the Archives?
he did 2 songs from Rearranger, neither of which was "Shine it all Around". I'm guessing they may post it on the website.
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Mr Plant is on KFOG -- stuff recorded in the "Play space" the other day.
He said he's 56... which means he was 20 when he recorded "Whole Lotta Love". Amazing.
Damn, I gotta learn to take a radio with me when I walk the dog (which is what I was doing at 7:40 this am)--I'd have loved to have heard him. What'd he play?
Wonder if it's too late to get a track on this year's Live from the Archives?
he did 2 songs from Rearranger, neither of which was "Shine it all Around". I'm guessing they may post it on the website.
Was one of them "Dancing in Heaven"? KFOG's been playing that in the last week or three, but I was surprised it wasn't played at the show the other night--I rather like it.
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Carlos Alazraqui (of Reno 911!) is on KFOG, being hilarious and doing all his cartoon voices. And he made a reference to Michael Mann (director, Miami Vice, Heat, Collateral) and nobody -- not Dave, Renee, Peter or Greg -- had any idea who he was talking about.
and their slogan is "When dumb just won't do"?
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"Hometown Quiz" trivia: San Lorenzo Village was the model for Levittown! Who knew?
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Peter blurts out that the second instrument on today's quiz is a french horn. Did I tell you guys that Peter and I played french horn in junior high school band? I was first chair, Peter was 3rd (out of 3).
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Peter blurts out that the second instrument on today's quiz is a french horn. Did I tell you guys that Peter and I played french horn in junior high school band? I was first chair, Peter was 3rd (out of 3).
Was Peter as dumb then as he sounds now? :wink:
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Peter blurts out that the second instrument on today's quiz is a french horn. Did I tell you guys that Peter and I played french horn in junior high school band? I was first chair, Peter was 3rd (out of 3).
did they play something from "Tommy?"
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Anyone else catch Bob Mould playing on the morning show today, right around 8:30? My initial reaction was "what the hell is he doing on KFOG? They don't play his solo stuff, they NEVER played Husker Du (maybe once or twice during 10@10), and they haven't played Sugar for a good 10 years." Nonetheless, it was an OK interview, Greg asked some decent questions, Renee gushed about how she & her first boyfriend met because of Husker Du, and Bob was Bob, humble, self-effacing and somewhat sarcastic. He played If I Can't Change Your Mind (a Sugar tune) and Paralyzed off his new one, which I kinda like. (He's coming back to play the Fillmore with a band in October.)
But the big question is: did Dave flirt with him off-air?
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But the big question is: did Dave flirt with him off-air?
should he?
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Peter blurts out that the second instrument on today's quiz is a french horn. Did I tell you guys that Peter and I played french horn in junior high school band? I was first chair, Peter was 3rd (out of 3).
did they play something from "Tommy?"
I only heard it once, and it was short, so I'm not sure where it came from. The first instrument, a flute, was obviously Jethro Tull. The third instrument, a clarinet, was from the Beatles. Not sure which song the last instrument, the cowbell, was from either.
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Peter blurts out that the second instrument on today's quiz is a french horn. Did I tell you guys that Peter and I played french horn in junior high school band? I was first chair, Peter was 3rd (out of 3).
Was Peter as dumb then as he sounds now? :wink:
Be nice.
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Peter blurts out that the second instrument on today's quiz is a french horn. Did I tell you guys that Peter and I played french horn in junior high school band? I was first chair, Peter was 3rd (out of 3).
Was Peter as dumb then as he sounds now? :wink:
Be nice.
OK, "was Peter as much of a lovable ditz then...?"
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Peter blurts out that the second instrument on today's quiz is a french horn. Did I tell you guys that Peter and I played french horn in junior high school band? I was first chair, Peter was 3rd (out of 3).
Was Peter as dumb then as he sounds now? :wink:
Be nice.
OK, "was Peter as much of a lovable ditz then...?"
Yes.
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Carlos Alazraqui (of Reno 911!) is on KFOG, being hilarious and doing all his cartoon voices. And he made a reference to Michael Mann (director, Miami Vice, Heat, Collateral) and nobody -- not Dave, Renee, Peter or Greg -- had any idea who he was talking about.
and their slogan is "When dumb just won't do"?
I heard that & almost called in to set them right. Renee must have reivewed several of his films in her KFOG lifetime by now.
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Peter blurts out that the second instrument on today's quiz is a french horn. Did I tell you guys that Peter and I played french horn in junior high school band? I was first chair, Peter was 3rd (out of 3).
Was Peter as dumb then as he sounds now? :wink:
Be nice.
OK, "was Peter as much of a lovable ditz then...?"
Yes.
More dish please. Were you attending the same school? Which was it?
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More dish please. Were you attending the same school? Which was it?
Adam's Jr. High, in Richmond up on the hills (aka, East Richmond Heights).
He was a very gawky, innocent and intense guy. Very nice, but seemed a little lost. I was also in math class with him, and he used to drive everybody crazy, including the teacher, with questions. He actually cared about learning the stuff, which was fine, but our teacher was so incredibly bad, it just dragged everything out. The only good part about that class was that the teacher had such a bad temper that he'd go nuts and actually throw things -- chalk, erasers, books. I think he actually hit a student a year or two later....
Lost touch with Peter after 8th grade -- he was just gone after that.
Saw him again in college, though we never talked.
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Wow, James Brown on Kfog at 1:50. Not something you expect to hear here.
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KFOG seems to be compelling their airstaff to share their innermost thoughts with the Fogheads via the KFOG Blog page. Everyone has posted something at least once in the past week (Mike Powers included that pic of Beck busking at Pancho Villa a couple weeks ago that's been making the rounds of late), and ol' Dave, that serial blogster, has posted three times, including one earlier this evening, in which he tipped what tomorrow's set is going to be. I won't spill yet, but if you're curious go here:
http://www.kfog.com/Blog/
and click on Dave's entry.
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http://www.kfog.com/Blog/
and click on Dave's entry.
Thanks for that link, Jim. With access to everything through the Clubhouse, I never visit the actual KFOG (or Drive, or CG ...) pages anymore.
So I noticed some amusing censorship in the blog comments area. I won't get into whether censoring is good or bad or necessary or not in the blogsphere, I'll just note the absurdity of this rebus:
I'm glad you haven't sunk to the level of sop * ric humor so common on morning radio.
Toodles,
Gaz, who's thinking of someone very much too far away.
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sad, sad, sad: today's Pop Quiz Fogheads can't seem to figure out who sings "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother". incorrect guesses so far include the Moody Blues, Neil Diamond and the Righteous Bros.
ETA: woman Foghead asked: "are they Caucasian?" WTF?!?
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sad, sad, sad: today's Pop Quiz Fogheads can't seem to figure out who sings "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother". incorrect guesses so far include the Moody Blues, Neil Diamond and the Righteous Bros.
ETA: woman Foghead asked: "are they Caucasian?" WTF?!?
To be 1/3 fair, Neil did cover the song and included it in his live set for a long time, IIRC.
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sad, sad, sad: today's Pop Quiz Fogheads can't seem to figure out who sings "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother". incorrect guesses so far include the Moody Blues, Neil Diamond and the Righteous Bros.
ETA: woman Foghead asked: "are they Caucasian?" WTF?!?
To be 1/3 fair, Neil did cover the song and included it in his live set for a long time, IIRC.
You are quite correct... but I'd bet you a month's salary that the Foghead in question was not anywhere NEAR thinking that. Hey did you peruse my comments on Gay Nite at SBC in the Sports thread?
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Okay, the first 2 songs of Annalisa's My 3 Songs today are Lemonheads "It's A Shame About Ray" & XTC's "Mayor Of Simpleton"...
any ideas?
damn fine pair of songs tho'.....
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Holy shit, I won! I got tix to some show on Sat nite, and the local scene CD. It hasn't even been announced yet.
The 3rd song was Zep, "the Lemon Song."
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Holy shit, I won! I got tix to some show on Sat nite, and the local scene CD. It hasn't even been announced yet.
The 3rd song was Zep, "the Lemon Song."
but the prize isn't a lemon! congrats!
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Holy shit, I won! I got tix to some show on Sat nite, and the local scene CD. It hasn't even been announced yet.
The 3rd song was Zep, "the Lemon Song."
but the prize isn't a lemon! congrats!
Nope, the prize is tix at the Great American Music Hall for Xavier Rudd.
http://www.musichallsf.com/artist_pages/xavier_rudd_080605.htm
Who wants to go? I need a date.
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Holy shit, I won! I got tix to some show on Sat nite, and the local scene CD. It hasn't even been announced yet.
The 3rd song was Zep, "the Lemon Song."
but the prize isn't a lemon! congrats!
I gather "lemon" was the tie that connected all of them (Lemonheads, Oranges and Lemons, Lemon Song)? What does Xavier Rudd have to do with lemons?
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I gather "lemon" was the tie that connected all of them (Lemonheads, Oranges and Lemons, Lemon Song)? What does Xavier Rudd have to do with lemons?
nothing, the tie-in is almost never related to the prize. So, are you busy Sat nite?
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I gather "lemon" was the tie that connected all of them (Lemonheads, Oranges and Lemons, Lemon Song)? What does Xavier Rudd have to do with lemons?
nothing, the tie-in is almost never related to the prize. So, are you busy Sat nite?
Yep, 'fraid so--got a date with the wife. We've been kind of on opposite schedules this week so I promised her we'd go out on Saturday. Sorry--otherwise I'd dig hangin' wit'cha.
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Holy shit, I won! I got tix to some show on Sat nite, and the local scene CD. It hasn't even been announced yet.
The 3rd song was Zep, "the Lemon Song."
but the prize isn't a lemon! congrats!
I gather "lemon" was the tie that connected all of them (Lemonheads, Oranges and Lemons, Lemon Song)? What does Xavier Rudd have to do with lemons?
There Are No Coincidences, Chapter CXI: I've been listening to the Technicolor Web of Sound station tonight, and an hour ago heard a song by the Purge called "The Mayor of Simpleton Hall"; I planned to post a query here about whether that's where XTC got the phrase, or if they have a common origin.
And weirdly, when I saw those first two songs, the lemon connection came instantly to mind.
Congrats on the win, Mark! I'd offer to go, but I'm not a cheap date. :P
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Hey Gang, I am serious about needing a date for Saturday night, Christina has no interest in going & furthermore has had a lot more 'buddy time' of late than I have, so she wants me to hang out with my friends. But for better or worse I don't have too many other friends that I can invite out for such an event than y'all.
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I'll be doing improv for a buncha Coast Guard folks on Saturday night. Paid gig. Sorry, man.
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hearing these "Local Scene" promos... the band Tea Leaf Green sounds just like the Dead; and Thriving Ivory are ringers for Train. But hey they're LOCAL!
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Hey Gang, I am serious about needing a date for Saturday night, Christina has no interest in going & furthermore has had a lot more 'buddy time' of late than I have, so she wants me to hang out with my friends. But for better or worse I don't have too many other friends that I can invite out for such an event than y'all.
So how was the show?
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Hey Gang, I am serious about needing a date for Saturday night, Christina has no interest in going & furthermore has had a lot more 'buddy time' of late than I have, so she wants me to hang out with my friends. But for better or worse I don't have too many other friends that I can invite out for such an event than y'all.
So how was the show?
Didn't go. Went to a BBQ at my brother-in-law's instead. Too last minute for everybody. Got the Local Scene CD in the mail already, will pop it into the CD player tomorrow.
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This one's for Geoff--have you heard the commercial KFOG just started running for the Hard Rock Cafe and their exhibition of Jerry's art? There's a music bed behind it that certainly COULD be Jerry, but doesn't sound like any Dead song (or JGB for that matter) that I recognize. Can you place it?
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This one's for Geoff--have you heard the commercial KFOG just started running for the Hard Rock Cafe and their exhibition of Jerry's art? There's a music bed behind it that certainly COULD be Jerry, but doesn't sound like any Dead song (or JGB for that matter) that I recognize. Can you place it?
It's Phish jamming with Tea Leaf Green :lol:
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This one's for Geoff--have you heard the commercial KFOG just started running for the Hard Rock Cafe and their exhibition of Jerry's art? There's a music bed behind it that certainly COULD be Jerry, but doesn't sound like any Dead song (or JGB for that matter) that I recognize. Can you place it?
I was wondering the same thing. But there's so much Jerry, and I assume they'd only use Jerry solo music, as Jerry and the Dead are not allowed to work together anymore.
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Jerry and the Dead are not allowed to work together anymore.
Here's an example. This sticker cannot be sold anymore because the Bears are GD icons, and as such cannot work with Jerry anymore:
(http://www.gdforum.com/store/stickers/images/ftw.jpg)
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But there's so much Jerry, and I assume they'd only use Jerry solo music, as Jerry and the Dead are not allowed to work together anymore.
Huh? (Outside of the fact that Jerry's dead, that is.) Can you elaborate? (I have a suspicion this has something to do with the Widow Garcia and her management of the estate. Grrrr.)
Nice avatar, btw.
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the Widow Garcia
Which one? I never had that drama sorted out in my head.
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the Widow Garcia
Which one? I never had that drama sorted out in my head.
The former Ms. Deborah Koons. The one he was married to at the time he died. The gold digger.
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the Widow Garcia
Which one? I never had that drama sorted out in my head.
The former Ms. Deborah Koons. The one he was married to at the time he died. The gold digger.
more dish please, I am woefully ignorant on this topic.
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Alas my memory is spotty on the specifics of the machinations of Mrs. Garcia-Koons in the wake of her husband's death. I do remember something about her trying to cut Jerry's ex (Carolyn aka Mountain Girl) and his daughters out of the will. I'm pretty sure there were some other misdeeds as well, but not recalling the specifics at the moment. I imagine Geoff could fill in some on this, but given his affiliation with the GD community, I would not blame him at all if he preferred not to do so.
Sounded really great on the Morning show at 9:45, preset: Gimme Shelter, with the fabulous Merry Clayton on backing vocals. Anyone have any memory of her solo take on that song? A friend swears it exists, but I haven't heard it in decades, if ever.
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Sounded really great on the Morning show at 9:45, preset: Gimme Shelter, with the fabulous Merry Clayton on backing vocals. Anyone have any memory of her solo take on that song? A friend swears it exists, but I haven't heard it in decades, if ever.
I know I heard it once or twice back in the day. She probably made more $$$ from her cut on the Dirty Dancing sndtk than she did in the 25 years previous.
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Alas my memory is spotty on the specifics of the machinations of Mrs. Garcia-Koons in the wake of her husband's death. I do remember something about her trying to cut Jerry's ex (Carolyn aka Mountain Girl) and his daughters out of the will. I'm pretty sure there were some other misdeeds as well, but not recalling the specifics at the moment. I imagine Geoff could fill in some on this, but given his affiliation with the GD community, I would not blame him at all if he preferred not to do so.
not much to add. The trial was on Court TV at the time I believe and was quite tawdry. I know some people that swear Koons is a nice person, and I've never met her. But I draw the line at not letting the image of Jerry mingle with the Dancing Bears!
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I know I heard it once or twice back in the day. She probably made more $$$ from her cut on the Dirty Dancing sndtk than she did in the 25 years previous.
merry clayton was on the dirty dancing sndtk?
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I know I heard it once or twice back in the day. She probably made more $$$ from her cut on the Dirty Dancing sndtk than she did in the 25 years previous.
merry clayton was on the dirty dancing sndtk?
1 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Bill Medley ... 4:47
2 "Be My Baby" Ronettes 2:37
3 "She's Like the Wind" Patrick Swayze ... 3:51
4 "Hungry Eyes" Eric Carmen 4:06
5 "Stay" Williams, Maurice & ... 1:34
6 "Yes" Merry Clayton 3:15
7 "You Don't Own Me" Blow Monkeys 3:00
8 "Hey! Baby" Bruce Channel 2:21
9 "Overload" Alfie Zappacosta 3:39
10 "Love Is Strange" Mickey & Sylvia 2:52
11 "Where Are You Tonight?" Tom Johnston 3:59
12 "In the Still of the Night" Five Satins 3:03
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I know I heard it once or twice back in the day. She probably made more $$$ from her cut on the Dirty Dancing sndtk than she did in the 25 years previous.
merry clayton was on the dirty dancing sndtk?
1 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Bill Medley ... 4:47
2 "Be My Baby" Ronettes 2:37
3 "She's Like the Wind" Patrick Swayze ... 3:51
4 "Hungry Eyes" Eric Carmen 4:06
5 "Stay" Williams, Maurice & ... 1:34
6 "Yes" Merry Clayton 3:15
7 "You Don't Own Me" Blow Monkeys 3:00
8 "Hey! Baby" Bruce Channel 2:21
9 "Overload" Alfie Zappacosta 3:39
10 "Love Is Strange" Mickey & Sylvia 2:52
11 "Where Are You Tonight?" Tom Johnston 3:59
12 "In the Still of the Night" Five Satins 3:03
never mind Merry Clayton... who the #@%?!? is Alfie Zappacosta? And the Blow Monkeys did "You Don't Own Me"?? What, the Joan Jett cover wasn't good enough?
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wow, post-set and we're hearing... the Police! Mark's observation is right on. They must be THE fave band of the current target demo.
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never mind Merry Clayton... who the #@%?!? is Alfie Zappacosta? And the Blow Monkeys did "You Don't Own Me"?? What, the Joan Jett cover wasn't good enough?
wow. three new hits from the album, plus three old hits (at least two that were revived: "be my baby" and "love is strange"). the 80's were THE decade for money-making soundtracks.
i would love to hear the blow monkeys version of "you don't own me."
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never mind Merry Clayton... who the #@%?!? is Alfie Zappacosta? And the Blow Monkeys did "You Don't Own Me"?? What, the Joan Jett cover wasn't good enough?
wow. three new hits from the album, plus three old hits (at least two that were revived: "be my baby" and "love is strange").
Plus the Contours' "Do You Love Me", which actually charted as a single for a second life. They included it on the More Dirty Dancing album, one of the first times (I think; correct me someone) that a sndtk inspired a sequel.
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wow, post-set and we're hearing... the Police! Mark's observation is right on. They must be THE fave band of the current target demo.
I'll give you 3 more Frink points for that.
And now we are hearing Collective Soul, the song that they overplayed in the weeks preceeding their WingDing appearance, and which I have heard 10 times this month after a long (& mostly welcome) absence.
What the F*CK is up with that!?
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never mind Merry Clayton... who the #@%?!? is Alfie Zappacosta? And the Blow Monkeys did "You Don't Own Me"?? What, the Joan Jett cover wasn't good enough?
wow. three new hits from the album, plus three old hits (at least two that were revived: "be my baby" and "love is strange").
Plus the Contours' "Do You Love Me", which actually charted as a single for a second life. They included it on the More Dirty Dancing album, one of the first times (I think; correct me someone) that a sndtk inspired a sequel.
Woodstock & Big Chill, to name a couple.
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Alas my memory is spotty on the specifics of the machinations of Mrs. Garcia-Koons in the wake of her husband's death. I do remember something about her trying to cut Jerry's ex (Carolyn aka Mountain Girl) and his daughters out of the will. I'm pretty sure there were some other misdeeds as well, but not recalling the specifics at the moment. I imagine Geoff could fill in some on this, but given his affiliation with the GD community, I would not blame him at all if he preferred not to do so.
not much to add. The trial was on Court TV at the time I believe and was quite tawdry. I know some people that swear Koons is a nice person, and I've never met her. But I draw the line at not letting the image of Jerry mingle with the Dancing Bears!
From http://www.sfmission.com/famous/jerry_garcia.htm:
"Deborah Koons Garcia, who Jerry married on Valentine's Day 1994, came under intense media scrutiny when she contended that neither the marriage to Carolyn Adams nor the one paragraph separation agreement he signed with her were valid. The matter went to trial where the judge strongly disagreed and not only ordered the monthly $20,000-plus payments to Adams Garcia reinstated, he saddled Koons with court costs."
I also found mention of her restraining the surviving members of the band from using the word "grateful" in any of their ongoing projects. Sheesh.
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never mind Merry Clayton... who the #@%?!? is Alfie Zappacosta? And the Blow Monkeys did "You Don't Own Me"?? What, the Joan Jett cover wasn't good enough?
wow. three new hits from the album, plus three old hits (at least two that were revived: "be my baby" and "love is strange").
Plus the Contours' "Do You Love Me", which actually charted as a single for a second life. They included it on the More Dirty Dancing album, one of the first times (I think; correct me someone) that a sndtk inspired a sequel.
Woodstock & Big Chill, to name a couple.
you are correct! 3 Frink points backatcha! (I shoulda remembered those...)
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And now we are hearing Collective Soul, the song that they overplayed in the weeks preceeding their WingDing appearance, and which I have heard 10 times this month after a long (& mostly welcome) absence.
What the F*CK is up with that!?
is it "december?" i heard it in togo's on saturday, and noticed i'd been hearing it a lot lately...at least twice on the cross-country drive a couple of weeks ago. is this a conspiracy?
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is it "december?"
My guess would be he's referring to "Better Now".
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And now we are hearing Collective Soul, the song that they overplayed in the weeks preceeding their WingDing appearance, and which I have heard 10 times this month after a long (& mostly welcome) absence.
What the F*CK is up with that!?
is it "december?" i heard it in togo's on saturday, and noticed i'd been hearing it a lot lately...at least twice on the cross-country drive a couple of weeks ago. is this a conspiracy?
all in-store music services use the same consultants.
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is it "december?"
My guess would be he's referring to "Better Now".
That's the one!
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yay! Alicat's on the radio! in a contest to open a shrinkwrapped CD...
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yay! Alicat's on the radio! in a contest to open a shrinkwrapped CD...
or just slower than the winner?
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So they're taking questions sfrom the audience, and someone asks about what they usually wear in the morning, and Greg reveals that Peter doesn't shower. Ewwwwww! TMI!
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the Pop Quiz included a guy singing an original song -- but WHERE'S poc???
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the Pop Quiz included a guy singing an original song -- but WHERE'S poc???
I was thinking the same thing.
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Here they are again, just before the set. Which one hopes means we won't be visiting a year in which they might be qualified.
"Every little thing she does is bull****, everything she do just piss me off..."
(I've sung it that way in my head for years....nonetheless I do think it's one of their catchier songs.)
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yay! Alicat's on the radio! in a contest to open a shrinkwrapped CD...
or just slower than the winner?
Glad y'all heard that, it was pretty funny. First Greg asked for the first 3 people who bit hteir nails to come up to the mike, which we were sitting right next to. Then he had them get on stage, where they had to hang for several minutes until after a traffic report & some commercials. They were figuring that there would be a contest to see whose nails were the shortest & they were already comparing (& I grabbed Alicat's camera to shoot some pix). Then Dave said, the hardest thing for you to do must be to open up a new CD, so Greg handed each of them a copy of the latest U2 disc & Renee said, "Ready Set Go! You have to get all the plastic off." The other woman immediately started to use her teeth & the said NO!, and then 3 seconds later Ali whipped out her keys & Renee said, "Alicat is CHEATING!" SO seh dropped the keys and was the first one to pull the CD out of the case, but she didn't get all the plastci tape off, and the lone male contestant was declared the winner. The gal who tried to use her teeth came in last by a coule of minutes, but all were allowed to keep the CD's.
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Here they are again, just before the set. Which one hopes means we won't be visiting a year in which they might be qualified.
"Every little thing she does is bull****, everything she do just piss me off..."
(I've sung it that way in my head for years....nonetheless I do think it's one of their catchier songs.)
i like that version. and i was thinking the same thing when i heard them earlier.
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I was dropping my daughter off at BART this AM around 9:10, and this song sounded like the Wallflowers. It also sounded like whoever it was should pay some royalties to the George Harrison estate for copping some of those slide licks in the intro.
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looks like Bowie is giving the Police a run for their money on the KFOG most-played list. Here's "Modern Love" at 9:00, and we heard "Let's Dance" earlier this morning.
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looks like Bowie is giving the Police a run for their money on the KFOG most-played list. Here's "Modern Love" at 9:00, and we heard "Let's Dance" earlier this morning.
The years of, say, 1979 thru about 1982 or 83 seem to be gaining traction in the Great KFOG Concept of "Variety."
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looks like Bowie is giving the Police a run for their money on the KFOG most-played list. Here's "Modern Love" at 9:00, and we heard "Let's Dance" earlier this morning.
The years of, say, 1979 thru about 1982 or 83 seem to be gaining traction in the Great KFOG Concept of "Variety."
The Money Demo. If you were in high school then, you're now... 40something.
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Benson the PD is there for New Releases Thurs -- just played something new by Death Cab For Cutie... was amazed when he told where they got their name! I'd've never guessed.
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Benson the PD is there for New Releases Thurs -- just played something new by Death Cab For Cutie... was amazed when he told where they got their name! I'd've never guessed.
I know "Death Cab for Cutie" as the awful song sung by the awful singer with the awful teeth in the mostly awful "Magical Mystery Tour." Is that where they got it, or do both have a common source?
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Benson the PD is there for New Releases Thurs -- just played something new by Death Cab For Cutie... was amazed when he told where they got their name! I'd've never guessed.
I know "Death Cab for Cutie" as the awful song sung by the awful singer with the awful teeth in the mostly awful "Magical Mystery Tour." Is that where they got it, or do both have a common source?
I've never seen MMT but "DCFC" is a song by the Bonzo Dog Band (where Neil Innes of Rutles fame got his start) so I assume that was them in MMT.
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Benson the PD is there for New Releases Thurs -- just played something new by Death Cab For Cutie... was amazed when he told where they got their name! I'd've never guessed.
I know "Death Cab for Cutie" as the awful song sung by the awful singer with the awful teeth in the mostly awful "Magical Mystery Tour." Is that where they got it, or do both have a common source?
I've never seen MMT but "DCFC" is a song by the Bonzo Dog Band (where Neil Innes of Rutles fame got his start) so I assume that was them in MMT.
You've never seen "Magical Mystery Tour"? That really should be remedied. It's bad TV, interminable at times, but it runs well under an hour and the "Your Mother Should Know" tuxes-dancing-down-staircase scene justifies it all. I recommend it as a double-feature with "Rock & Roll Circus." If only for completism purposes.
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Well, Dave's back -- whether he makes it thru the whole show is another question. And whether he does a new 10@10 or leaves us with another "classic" is still another. (He's been doing very little talking in an effort to conserve his voice.)
ETA he went home sick; another "classic" on the way...
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Did Renee really call "Long Cool Woman" a "classic from Graham Nash"? 'Cause he was long gone by then...
Maybe I misheard?
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So they're promo-ing this latest Local Scene concert. that song by Samantha about Frank Sinatra & Stevie Wonder (!) is kinda cool, but the Dub-F/X song is a total rip of that "La-la-la-la-la" song by the guys who did the theme from "Cops"....
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Did Renee really call "Long Cool Woman" a "classic from Graham Nash"? 'Cause he was long gone by then...
Maybe I misheard?
You didn't mishear. I emailed mornings@kfog... to bust her on it.
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Did Renee really call "Long Cool Woman" a "classic from Graham Nash"? 'Cause he was long gone by then...
Maybe I misheard?
You didn't mishear. I emailed mornings@kfog... to bust her on it.
Ha! No wonder she loves the '80s...
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Well, Dave's back -- whether he makes it thru the whole show is another question. And whether he does a new 10@10 or leaves us with another "classic" is still another. (He's been doing very little talking in an effort to conserve his voice.)
ETA he went home sick; another "classic" on the way...
And per Dave's KFOG blog, posted this afternoon:
Meanwhile...I'll be blogging live on the Morning Show Wednesday and Thursday and will do my very best to be at Friday's LIVE&LOCAL from Santa Clara.
"Blogging live"? Sounds to me like what my coworkers mean when they say they're "working from home." So it looks like "classics" for the remainder of this week as well.
Here's the link to the entire entry:
http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?id=35&Entry=275
Steeling myself for '84 tomorrow.
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OK, I am calling on the collective consciousness and wisdom of the folks on this board to help me out with a puzzle that pertains directly to 10@10.
Specifically, I'm compiling a list of songs for my soon-to-be-requested birthday set (hopefully to air on Sept 16), which I've decided will be a 70s power-pop vertical tasting (70 thru 79). For the most part, I haven't had any trouble coming up with plenty of songs, but the issue arises when it comes to avoiding duplicating any one artist. I've narrowed my picks for each year, but because of the no-dupes rule (self-imposed, I admit), I'm drawing blanks for 1971 and 1975.
So, what I need from you are suggestions of great power pop songs that were released or charted in 1971 and 1975, that are not by any of the following artists:
Badfinger
Raspberries
Sweet
Todd Rundgren
The other artists I've chosen didn't have hits in those years anyway.
Thanks, gang.
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OK, I am calling on the collective consciousness and wisdom of the folks on this board to help me out with a puzzle that pertains directly to 10@10.
Specifically, I'm compiling a list of songs for my soon-to-be-requested birthday set (hopefully to air on Sept 16), which I've decided will be a 70s power-pop vertical tasting (70 thru 79). For the most part, I haven't had any trouble coming up with plenty of songs, but the issue arises when it comes to avoiding duplicating any one artist. I've narrowed my picks for each year, but because of the no-dupes rule (self-imposed, I admit), I'm drawing blanks for 1971 and 1975.
So, what I need from you are suggestions of great power pop songs that were released or charted in 1971 and 1975, that are not by any of the following artists:
Badfinger
Raspberries
Sweet
Todd Rundgren
The other artists I've chosen didn't have hits in those years anyway.
Thanks, gang.
I guess I don't know the exact definition of power pop, so I don't know who to suggest.
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So, what I need from you are suggestions of great power pop songs that were released or charted in 1971 and 1975, that are not by any of the following artists:
Badfinger
Raspberries
Sweet
Todd Rundgren
I guess the Osmonds don't count, eh? :wink:
Would you settle for the Grassroots' "Temptation Eyes" or "Sooner or Later" in '71? Or maybe T.Rex, "Ride a White Swan"? My first thought was "Fresh as a Daisy" by Emmitt Rhodes but good luck getting Dave to pull that one out.
And '75 is tough... "Butter Boy" by Fanny? "Magic" by Pilot?
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Morey Held Hostage, Day 9: Dave's participating in the Morning Show by blogging. And Greg let slip that Dave's seeing someone named "Ramon". Why are we not surprised? LOL!
ETA: I posted a comment on Dave's blog... here's how it came out:
"Dave,
We miss you terribly. 10@10 "cl * ics" can only go so far. Methinks you're having way too much fun for somebody who's sick :-)"
Yes -- their system censored the "ass" in the middle of the word "classic"!
I also used the 10@10 board as my "homepage" on the form, so there's a link to it under my post -- we may get a few new visitors...
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KFOG just played New Radicals "You Get What You Give", nice to hear that after a spell of it not being in heavy rotation. Went to look it up on Top40 db and was astounded to see it only got as far as #36 in Billboard.
10:00 meeting today so I'll have to miss the latest "classic" (or "Cl * ic" as the KFOG blog would say).
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Yes -- their system censored the "ass" in the middle of the word "classic"!
smells like discserver...
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Yes -- their system censored the "ass" in the middle of the word "classic"!
How embarr***ing
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Yes -- their system censored the "ass" in the middle of the word "classic"!
How embarr***ing
maybe even cr***. but certainly p***ive agressive.
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So, what I need from you are suggestions of great power pop songs that were released or charted in 1971 and 1975, that are not by any of the following artists:
Badfinger
Raspberries
Sweet
Todd Rundgren
I guess the Osmonds don't count, eh? :wink:
Would you settle for the Grassroots' "Temptation Eyes" or "Sooner or Later" in '71? Or maybe T.Rex, "Ride a White Swan"? My first thought was "Fresh as a Daisy" by Emmitt Rhodes but good luck getting Dave to pull that one out.
And '75 is tough... "Butter Boy" by Fanny? "Magic" by Pilot?
Was the Flamin' Groovies' "Shake Some Action" '75 or '76? That one needs to be in the set.
1975, you could go with Dwight Twilley's "I'm on Fire," though its borderline-Katrina status makes it a question mark.
For '71, I like the "Ride a White Swan" suggestion, though Dave might be more amenable to "Jeepster."
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Yes -- their system censored the "ass" in the middle of the word "classic"!
How embarr***ing
maybe even cr***. but certainly p***ive agressive.
even better: someone else posted something about Sweetwater and (you're way ahead of me, aren't you?) it took the "twat" out of SweeTWATer.
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even better: someone else posted something about Sweetwater and (you're way ahead of me, aren't you?) it took the "twat" out of SweeTWATer.
if i have to figure out which "expletive" was omitted, it's not worth the trouble of omitting it in the first place.
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Was the Flamin' Groovies' "Shake Some Action" '75 or '76? That one needs to be in the set.
Worry not. It is--1976.
1975, you could go with Dwight Twilley's "I'm on Fire," though its borderline-Katrina status makes it a question mark.
For '71, I like the "Ride a White Swan" suggestion, though Dave might be more amenable to "Jeepster."
For some reason, Twilley just doesn't ring with me as a power-pop tune. Besides, it's one of the many tunes on the aforementioned Rhino collections, which I am trying to draw from only sparingly. But Mike's suggestion of the Pilot tune might work, indeed.
And I'll look at the T.Rex catalog--I can't recall Ride a White Swan off the top of my head, but it might be a good candidate, ditto Jeepster.
For a bit I considered doing a latter-day power pop set (late 80s and 90s, stuff like Velvet Crush, Matthew Sweet, Jellyfish, the dBs, Honeydogs, Brilliant Mistakes, to name a few) but I figured most of those bands are things few Fogheads would recognize and would lessen my chances of getting my set played.
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For some reason, Twilley just doesn't ring with me as a power-pop tune. Besides, it's one of the many tunes on the aforementioned Rhino collections, which I am trying to draw from only sparingly.
Now, if you were going as far as '82, you could request former Twilley bandmate Phil Seymour's "Precious To Me", a great pop single that I've bugged Dave for on more than one occasion.
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For a bit I considered doing a latter-day power pop set (late 80s and 90s, stuff like Velvet Crush, Matthew Sweet, Jellyfish, the dBs, Honeydogs, Brilliant Mistakes, to name a few) but I figured most of those bands are things few Fogheads would recognize and would lessen my chances of getting my set played.
You'd definitely want something from the Outfield (pref. "Your Love") in such a set. I don't think they get enough credit for being a part of that mini-revival. Teenage Fanclub would also show up, right?
P.S. re: Honeydogs: I bought Seen a Ghost on recommendations a few years ago and didn't like it. Would I like something else from them better? I'm not sure I want to write them off just yet, and I think you have a good grasp of my tastes.
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New Neil Young on New Releases Thursday. The album is called Prairie Wind and it's very Harvest... Harvest Moon. Nice.
PD Dave Benson said "I'm gonna blog this from home next week", and Renee said "No. DON'T do that!" LOL!
ETA: I gather from Dave's blog that they also played the new Leo Kottke album? Could it be that KPIG is starting to exert an influence ?
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New Neil Young on New Releases Thursday. The album is called Prairie Wind and it's very Harvest... Harvest Moon. Nice.
PD Dave Benson said "I'm gonna blog this from home next week", and Renee said "No. DON'T do that!" LOL!
ETA: I gather from Dave's blog that they also played the new Leo Kottke album? Could it be that KPIG is starting to exert an influence ?
Guess Renee is feeling a little sensitive after Dave posted that lovely pic of her putting on her bowling shoes yesterday.
Yes, Benson played Leo Kottke, but it was a duet with Mike Gordon (ex-Phish bassist) and they were covering "Sweet Emotion." It was kinda interesting, but not revelatory.
Re Neil, had an email from a friend who's a buyer for a large but troubled record chain that's based in the central valley. He and a colleague were flown to Nashville to see Neil perform the new record at the Ryman Auditorium. Said it was amazing, very moving. Just based on the fact that they were promo'ing it in Nashville I figured he was back in his acoustic, folky guise.
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Yes, Benson played Leo Kottke, but it was a duet with Mike Gordon (ex-Phish bassist) and they were covering "Sweet Emotion." It was kinda interesting, but not revelatory.
I'm guessing the whole album is covers? Because KPIG is playing his version of the old Cimarron hit "Rings".
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For a bit I considered doing a latter-day power pop set (late 80s and 90s, stuff like Velvet Crush, Matthew Sweet, Jellyfish, the dBs, Honeydogs, Brilliant Mistakes, to name a few) but I figured most of those bands are things few Fogheads would recognize and would lessen my chances of getting my set played.
You'd definitely want something from the Outfield (pref. "Your Love") in such a set. I don't think they get enough credit for being a part of that mini-revival. Teenage Fanclub would also show up, right?
I'll have to reacquaint myself with the Outfield. I remember the name, and I think I recall liking their stuff, but I don't think I own any.
Yes, the Fannies would def. be in any latterday power-pop set, probably something from Songs from Northern Britain. Which I am listening to right now, by no small coincidence.
P.S. re: Honeydogs: I bought Seen a Ghost on recommendations a few years ago and didn't like it. Would I like something else from them better? I'm not sure I want to write them off just yet, and I think you have a good grasp of my tastes.
Re Honeydogs, if you didn't dig Seen a Ghost, you might try to find a copy of Everything I Bet You although it might not be an easy find as I'm not sure it's in print (it was a later Twin-tone release). I really dug it though. Their last two efforts, Here's Luck and 10,000 Years both had good moments (particularly the latter), but neither was a good consistent work.
Also, if you run across a copy, pick up All Hands & the Cook by the Brilliant Mistakes. They're from Brooklyn, so it should be readily availabel to you.
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Whoops, that was me above, in case you couldn't tell. I coulda sworn I was logged in--I had been earlier.
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I'll have to reacquaint myself with the Outfield. I remember the name, and I think I recall liking their stuff, but I don't think I own any.
yeah, the outfield is a good call. what was their other hit? something else with the world "love" in it. try the manic street preachers' lifeblood album, too. and starsailor's silence is easy album. though i'm never quite sure where powerpop ends and modern rock begins.
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i'm never quite sure where powerpop ends and modern rock begins.
hang a left at the Dandy Warhols...
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i'm never quite sure where powerpop ends and modern rock begins.
hang a left at the Dandy Warhols...
you know - i've never heard their stuff.
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so they're "live & Local" at somebody's house in Santa Clara. The local musical guest is Owen Harrington, and Dave keeps calling him "Owen MacGregor". LOL!
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so they're "live & Local" at somebody's house in Santa Clara. The local musical guest is Owen Harrington, and Dave keeps calling him "Owen MacGregor". LOL!
that's "eoin."
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Dave's voice is going downhill rapidly -- I don't think I can stand another week of "cl***ics"!
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Dave's voice is going downhill rapidly -- I don't think I can stand another week of "cl***ics"!
He actually sounded OK at around 7 this morning, but yeah, now he's getting kinda rough around the vocal chords. That's what he gets for coming off the DL so soon--he shoulda taken today off too--screw the remote broadcast.
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Dave's voice is going downhill rapidly -- I don't think I can stand another week of "cl***ics"!
He actually sounded OK at around 7 this morning, but yeah, now he's getting kinda rough around the vocal chords. That's what he gets for coming off the DL so soon--he shoulda taken today off too--screw the remote broadcast.
Maybe he shoulda, but no way he woulda. Have you heard him creaming his pants over all the antique audio equipment in this house they're at? He woulda shown up even if he'd been on life support.
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Dave's voice is going downhill rapidly -- I don't think I can stand another week of "cl***ics"!
He actually sounded OK at around 7 this morning, but yeah, now he's getting kinda rough around the vocal chords. That's what he gets for coming off the DL so soon--he shoulda taken today off too--screw the remote broadcast.
Maybe he shoulda, but no way he woulda. Have you heard him creaming his pants over all the antique audio equipment in this house they're at? He woulda shown up even if he'd been on life support.
Nope, I must've been in the shower during that part or something, but that explains why they picked this place. I heard something about a bunch of old 78s though.
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Dave's voice is going downhill rapidly -- I don't think I can stand another week of "cl***ics"!
He actually sounded OK at around 7 this morning, but yeah, now he's getting kinda rough around the vocal chords. That's what he gets for coming off the DL so soon--he shoulda taken today off too--screw the remote broadcast.
Maybe he shoulda, but no way he woulda. Have you heard him creaming his pants over all the antique audio equipment in this house they're at? He woulda shown up even if he'd been on life support.
Nope, I must've been in the shower during that part or something, but that explains why they picked this place. I heard something about a bunch of old 78s though.
10,000 78s to be exact. And player pianos and tons of Laaurel & Hardy memorabilia. (the woman knows Stan Laurel's daughter personally).
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Dave's voice is going downhill rapidly -- I don't think I can stand another week of "cl***ics"!
He actually sounded OK at around 7 this morning, but yeah, now he's getting kinda rough around the vocal chords. That's what he gets for coming off the DL so soon--he shoulda taken today off too--screw the remote broadcast.
Maybe he shoulda, but no way he woulda. Have you heard him creaming his pants over all the antique audio equipment in this house they're at? He woulda shown up even if he'd been on life support.
Nope, I must've been in the shower during that part or something, but that explains why they picked this place. I heard something about a bunch of old 78s though.
10,000 78s to be exact. And player pianos and tons of Laaurel & Hardy memorabilia. (the woman knows Stan Laurel's daughter personally).
You weren't kidding about Dave getting all twitterpated about the various aging audio gear at the site of this morning's remote:
http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=293&id=35
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So I've got a 9:30 meeting this am, which means I'll likely only catch the last few songs of the set, if that. Hoping it's 73, for your sake; fearful it'll be 92.
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the KFOG player's not working for the second day -- I've emailed them about it.
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Hey, any interest in doing the KFOG football pool again this year? If so, first game is tomorrow night, so we should get moving.
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Hey, any interest in doing the KFOG football pool again this year? If so, first game is tomorrow night, so we should get moving.
OK, I started a group for us, just in case anyone is into it.
The Group Code Number is: 1391
The Group Password is: tambourine
Anyone have emails for airbrush or rastermon? Or Mark's bro Chris?
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Hey, any interest in doing the KFOG football pool again this year? If so, first game is tomorrow night, so we should get moving.
OK, I started a group for us, just in case anyone is into it.
The Group Code Number is: 1391
The Group Password is: tambourine
Anyone have emails for airbrush or rastermon? Or Mark's bro Chris?
I just entered, and I'd like to suggest we start a separate thread for this.
Meantime, here's what I picked:
NE WAS CIN DEN HOU CAR KC SEA MIN PIT NYG SD GB STL IND PHI (49)
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I'm a football-idiot. I know nothing. Ironic, then, that your password is: (whisper) tambourine....
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Hey, any interest in doing the KFOG football pool again this year? If so, first game is tomorrow night, so we should get moving.
OK, I started a group for us, just in case anyone is into it.
The Group Code Number is: 1391
The Group Password is: tambourine
Anyone have emails for airbrush or rastermon? Or Mark's bro Chris?
I just entered, and I'd like to suggest we start a separate thread for this.
good idea!
I signed up -- my first year, actually -- and here be da pix:
NE WAS CIN DEN BUF CAR KC SEA MIN PIT NYG DAL GB STL IND PHI 41
Gaz, we're identical except for 2 and the tie-breaker.
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Hey, any interest in doing the KFOG football pool again this year? If so, first game is tomorrow night, so we should get moving.
OK, I started a group for us, just in case anyone is into it.
The Group Code Number is: 1391
The Group Password is: tambourine
Anyone have emails for airbrush or rastermon? Or Mark's bro Chris?
I just entered, and I'd like to suggest we start a separate thread for this.
good idea!
I signed up -- my first year, actually -- and here be da pix:
NE WAS CIN DEN BUF CAR KC SEA MIN PIT NYG DAL GB STL IND PHI 41
Gaz, we're identical except for 2 and the tie-breaker.
Yep, thanks for taking care of that, guys! I figured if it caught on we should make it a separate thread. So be it! (I'll post my picks later.)
Looks like they have updated the app KFOG's using to track their entries too--you can look ahead to future weeks' games, and one assumes, look back too.
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I'm a football-idiot.
Ahhh, a fellow Raider Fan! Right on, Beej! :lol: :roll: :twisted:
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Ahhh, a fellow Raider Fan! Right on, Beej!
LOL! No, I'm just an idiot-idiot.
But, I must say- I admire the costumed creativity of Raiders fans.
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Roger McGuinn is on KFOG right now, very interesting. He kicked it off by playing a very nice version of "Turn, Turn, Turn".
Get this, he has glaucoma! How could that be possible? You'd think all those guys from the 60's would be immune.
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Ah, crap. Just catching up on posts here and such (was off work yesterday, but ended up staying in town--long story, will tell you later).
Anyway, I went over to DM's blog page to see what he'd posted lately, and there's a big picture of a can of Spam on a beach in Hawaii and the notation "On Vacation-be back Monday 9-19." So I guess looks like Dave's gonna be sucking up Mai Tais in Maui and I'm SOL for a birthday set this year. It should have been this coming Friday. Damn.
Was the Flamin' Groovies' "Shake Some Action" '75 or '76? That one needs to be in the set.
Worry not. It is--1976.
1975, you could go with Dwight Twilley's "I'm on Fire," though its borderline-Katrina status makes it a question mark.
For '71, I like the "Ride a White Swan" suggestion, though Dave might be more amenable to "Jeepster."
For some reason, Twilley just doesn't ring with me as a power-pop tune. Besides, it's one of the many tunes on the aforementioned Rhino collections, which I am trying to draw from only sparingly. But Mike's suggestion of the Pilot tune might work, indeed.
And I'll look at the T.Rex catalog--I can't recall Ride a White Swan off the top of my head, but it might be a good candidate, ditto Jeepster.
For a bit I considered doing a latter-day power pop set (late 80s and 90s, stuff like Velvet Crush, Matthew Sweet, Jellyfish, the dBs, Honeydogs, Brilliant Mistakes, to name a few) but I figured most of those bands are things few Fogheads would recognize and would lessen my chances of getting my set played.
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Ah, crap. Just catching up on posts here and such (was off work yesterday, but ended up staying in town--long story, will tell you later).
Anyway, I went over to DM's blog page to see what he'd posted lately, and there's a big picture of a can of Spam on a beach in Hawaii and the notation "On Vacation-be back Monday 9-19." So I guess looks like Dave's gonna be sucking up Mai Tais in Maui and I'm SOL for a birthday set this year. It should have been this coming Friday. Damn.
:cry: :cry: :cry:
Sorry bub. Dave gets to go on vacay after taking nearly 2 weeks of sick time? I wanna work there!
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Dunno if it was deliberate, but they followed today's discussion (with Krukow) of the Giants/Barry Bonds with "Tales of Brave Ulysses". LOL!
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Hey everybody, tomorrow at 11:00, as part of acoustic sunrise, Rosalie wil be playing the new Neil album in its entirety "with Neils blessing".
Just thought you should know.
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Grace Slick Alert!!!
She'll be on the KFOG morning show this coming Fri, Oct 7th. Not sure what she's plugging. Set yer alarm, Gaz.
Speaking of morning show guests, remember during the brouhaha over Steve Earle's Chevy commercial, when Fogheads were giving their opinions? Peter said "He'll be in town soon and he'll be up here, so we'll be sure to ask him about it." Well... he's in town this week for The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival and he doesn't seem to have scheduled a visit to KFOG. He must REALLY not wanna talk about that damn commerical. :wink:
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Grace Slick Alert!!!
She'll be on the KFOG morning show this coming Fri, Oct 7th. Not sure what she's plugging. Set yer alarm, Gaz.
OOH! Good lookin' out - thanks! My bet is that she's got a new art exhibit. Unless she's actually going to be a part of that Oct. 30 fest, which I highly doubt. What time should I tune in -- 6am PST/9am EST? I'll be up early Friday morning anyway, as I have an extra double-shift at the Voice (since Columbus Day is a holiday for the paper, we have to close next week's issue early).
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What time should I tune in -- 6am PST/9am EST? I'll be up early Friday morning anyway, as I have an extra double-shift at the Voice (since Columbus Day is a holiday for the paper, we have to close next week's issue early).
It's hard to say... their scheduling always baffles me (I've often missed interesting stuff because it aired betw 7 & 7:30 when I'm on BART). So I'd be there from the beginning to make sure.
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Grace Slick Alert!!!
She'll be on the KFOG morning show this coming Fri, Oct 7th. Not sure what she's plugging. Set yer alarm, Gaz.
Bad news: I wasn't able to connect to KFOG online last night or this morning. Either streamaudio is fucked up, or my computer is (and there's reason to think the latter; I got a new printer and its software hasn't been playing nicely with my antiquated computer). Anyone know if streamaudio is down?
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Grace Slick Alert!!!
She'll be on the KFOG morning show this coming Fri, Oct 7th. Not sure what she's plugging. Set yer alarm, Gaz.
Bad news: I wasn't able to connect to KFOG online last night or this morning. Either streamaudio is fucked up, or my computer is (and there's reason to think the latter; I got a new printer and its software hasn't been playing nicely with my antiquated computer). Anyone know if streamaudio is down?
P.S. WDRV isn't working for me either.
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Grace Slick Alert!!!
She'll be on the KFOG morning show this coming Fri, Oct 7th. Not sure what she's plugging. Set yer alarm, Gaz.
Bad news: I wasn't able to connect to KFOG online last night or this morning. Either streamaudio is fucked up, or my computer is (and there's reason to think the latter; I got a new printer and its software hasn't been playing nicely with my antiquated computer). Anyone know if streamaudio is down?
P.S. WDRV isn't working for me either.
If neither is working, then it's probably you. I'm getting KFOG fine; I switched from the Peak because they were doing 10 by U2 and I didn't really care.
But re: Grace, no mention of her was made on the Morning Show -- Tommy Chong's the big (?) guest today. So she musta cancelled.
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But re: Grace, no mention of her was made on the Morning Show -- Tommy Chong's the big (?) guest today. So she musta cancelled.
He apparently got lost & hasn't shown up yet. Dave just asked Irish Greg if they could still bring Chong up at least for a minute to autograph his Bobby Taylor & The Vancuovers record.
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But re: Grace, no mention of her was made on the Morning Show -- Tommy Chong's the big (?) guest today. So she musta cancelled.
He apparently got lost & hasn't shown up yet. Dave just asked Irish Greg if they could still bring Chong up at least for a minute to autograph his Bobby Taylor & The Vancuovers record.
"Does your mama know how to get to KFOG...?"
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DM just mentioned that they'll be talking to Roger Waters on the morning show tomorrow (Friday). So don't say no one warned ya...
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DM just mentioned that they'll be talking to Roger Waters on the morning show tomorrow (Friday). So don't say no one warned ya...
He's maiking the rounds -- heard someone else promo a visit... KBCO? CG?
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DM just mentioned that they'll be talking to Roger Waters on the morning show tomorrow (Friday). So don't say no one warned ya...
He's maiking the rounds -- heard someone else promo a visit... KBCO? CG?
I think I heard him on CG last week or the week before, now that you mention it. He's got a classical work out, I think.
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I listened. Apparently there's more and you can stream from the morning page. I liked what I heard. Plus he's a Neil Young fan. I wouldn't mind hearing his operatic work.
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For those who don't get the "KFOG e-mail", the latest KFOG Listener Survey is here:
http://surveys.supersurvey.com/survey-bin/surveys/s24144.pl?surveykey=1140931
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Good gawd, the Mother of All Katrinas is in regular KFOG rotation now? They just played it, back-to-back with "I'll Melt With You". Yeesh.
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Kind of a twisted tale in Rosalie's blog, of all places. Written by her husband, lots of musical references:
http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=451&id=38
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Kind of a twisted tale in Rosalie's blog, of all places. Written by her husband, lots of musical references:
http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=451&id=38
That story is absolute genius (I know, I've used that word a lot tonight), and I hope he'll get it published in a few more places!
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Kind of a twisted tale in Rosalie's blog, of all places. Written by her husband, lots of musical references:
http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=451&id=38
That story is absolute genius (I know, I've used that word a lot tonight), and I hope he'll get it published in a few more places!
It is quite good (I dunno about "genius"). Makes up for Rosalie's odd rant about sidewalk cafes.
Tommy Boyce killed himself?
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Check out Dave's current blog. It should be of particular interest to Gaz, for reasons that will be obvious:
http://www.kfog.com/blog/blog/Main.asp?id=35&Entry=500
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Check out Dave's current blog. It should be of particular interest to Gaz, for reasons that will be obvious:
http://www.kfog.com/blog/blog/Main.asp?id=35&Entry=500
Er, that was me. Oops.
But while I'm here, happy Thanksgiving to one and all hereabouts. Have a peaceful and safe holiday. See you back here on Monday.
Jim
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They're doing a special Lennon tribute for this Thursday's Morning show (not necessarily 10@10). Lot's of Beatles, John, covers, whatever. And they say you can't try to "bust" them for playing a Beatles song that is actually a "Paul" song.
Anyway, they are asking for ideas and comments -- lennon@kfog.com.
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They're doing a special Lennon tribute for this Thursday's Morning show (not necessarily 10@10). Lot's of Beatles, John, covers, whatever. And they say you can't try to "bust" them for playing a Beatles song that is actually a "Paul" song.
Anyway, they are asking for ideas and comments -- lennon@kfog.com.
I think they should go all John solo for 10@10 that day:
1. (Just Like) Starting Over
2. Stand By Me
3. Jealous Guy
4. Beautiful Boy (or God, if they're feeling saucy)
5. Whatever Gets You Through the Night
6. something confrontational: either John Sinclair or Woman Is the Nigger of the World
7. Instant Karma
8. Woman
9. #9 Dream
10. Watching the Wheels
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They're doing a special Lennon tribute for this Thursday's Morning show (not necessarily 10@10). Lot's of Beatles, John, covers, whatever. And they say you can't try to "bust" them for playing a Beatles song that is actually a "Paul" song.
Anyway, they are asking for ideas and comments -- lennon@kfog.com.
I think they should go all John solo for 10@10 that day:
1. (Just Like) Starting Over
2. Stand By Me
3. Jealous Guy
4. Beautiful Boy (or God, if they're feeling saucy)
5. Whatever Gets You Through the Night
6. something confrontational: either John Sinclair or Woman Is the Nigger of the World
7. Instant Karma
8. Woman
9. #9 Dream
10. Watching the Wheels
No way they'd do 10 Johns w/out "Imagine". I'd vote for "Power to the People" meself. I'd kill to hear WITNOTW, tho'. That barely got airplay when it was new, much less since.
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No way they'd do 10 Johns w/out "Imagine". I'd vote for "Power to the People" meself. I kill to hear WITNOTW, tho'. That barely got airplay when it was new, much less since.
How I forgot about "Imagine," I've no idea. But I agree on "Power to the People."
P.S. Been listening to "Walking on Thin Ice" a lot this week. A Talking Heads cover of that would have been utterly fascinating.
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They're doing a special Lennon tribute for this Thursday's Morning show (not necessarily 10@10). Lot's of Beatles, John, covers, whatever. And they say you can't try to "bust" them for playing a Beatles song that is actually a "Paul" song.
Anyway, they are asking for ideas and comments -- lennon@kfog.com.
I think they should go all John solo for 10@10 that day:
1. (Just Like) Starting Over
2. Stand By Me
3. Jealous Guy
4. Beautiful Boy (or God, if they're feeling saucy)
5. Whatever Gets You Through the Night
6. something confrontational: either John Sinclair or Woman Is the Nigger of the World
7. Instant Karma
8. Woman
9. #9 Dream
10. Watching the Wheels
No way they'd do 10 Johns w/out "Imagine". I'd vote for "Power to the People" meself. I'd kill to hear WITNOTW, tho'. That barely got airplay when it was new, much less since.
I'd drop How Do You Sleep in your #6 confrontational slot. Take that, Paulie.
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I'd drop How Do You Sleep in your #6 confrontational slot. Take that, Paulie.
LOL! "The only thing you did was 'Yesterday'" indeed! Meow Meow!
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BTW, CG will be airing a long-lost 1974 interview with John on Thurs at 3pm our time.
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BTW, CG will be airing a long-lost 1974 interview with John on Thurs at 3pm our time.
Don't you mean "a 1974 interview with a long-lost John"? That was his year of living dangerously ...
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Anyone else get a package from KFOG in today's mail? I arrived home to find a copy of the recent Live From the Archives 12 cd in my mailbox along with a form letter, signed by DM, thanking me for my loyalty and all the usual "fogheads are great" line of bull. It must be a mailing to random registered fogheads--there are far too many Fogheads to send one to each--it would kill sales. Although maybe sales have stalled--the letter encouraged me to tell friends to go get a copy, or buy them as Xmas gifts.
Still, glad I didn't go buy a copy.
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Anyone else get a package from KFOG in today's mail? I arrived home to find a copy of the recent Live From the Archives 12 cd in my mailbox along with a form letter, signed by DM, thanking me for my loyalty and all the usual "fogheads are great" line of bull. It must be a mailing to random registered fogheads--there are far too many Fogheads to send one to each--it would kill sales. Although maybe sales have stalled--the letter encouraged me to tell friends to go get a copy, or buy them as Xmas gifts.
Still, glad I didn't go buy a copy.
It's not new to this year -- KFOG sent me a CD under similar auspices in 2001 (Vol. 8). Must be a random-luckies thing. Embarrassingly, I see now that I never did open the CD from its cellowrap -- I must have figured I'd give it to someone as a gift, and just never got around to it. D'oh! :shock:
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I'd drop How Do You Sleep in your #6 confrontational slot. Take that, Paulie.
LOL! "The only thing you did was 'Yesterday'" indeed! Meow Meow!
Here's CG's listener poll of the Top 40 Lennon tunes. "How Do You Sleep" made the cut (at #40), but no WITNOTW. Nice to see "New York City" on the list - "que pasa, New York" indeed!
http://www.capitalgold.com/Article.asp?id=152310
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BTW, CG will be airing a long-lost 1974 interview with John on Thurs at 3pm our time.
Don't you mean "a 1974 interview with a long-lost John"? That was his year of living dangerously ...
Been listening to WFUV via their iTunes channel, and they too are having a special tribute to John Lennon tomorrow, particularly during their morning show from 6 am to 10 am (ET) and during Dennis Elsas' (a former WNEW jock, right Mike?) afternoon gig, from 2 to 6pm (ET).
So you could listen to KFOG til 10@10 is done, catch Elsas' show til 3 PT and then switch over to CG for the Lost Interview.
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Been listening to WFUV via their iTunes channel, and they too are having a special tribute to John Lennon tomorrow, particularly during their morning show from 6 am to 10 am (ET) and during Dennis Elsas' (a former WNEW jock, right Mike?) afternoon gig, from 2 to 6pm (ET).
Yes, Mr Elsas (along with Vin Scelsa and Pete Fornatale, who are also at 'FUV now) was at WNEW-FM during the Lennon vigil. They played nothing but Beatles songs for something like 36 hours, in-between lengthy reminiscences by the deejays. An amazing tribute to the power of radio to unite -- and something we'll never see again.
When, in 1995, Jerry Garcia's death barely rated a mention on WNEW (even tho' it was still a rock station) many were quite angry at the slight, and it was considered a major sea-change, media-wise.
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Hope y'all are listening to Dave's tribute to John this morning. He obviously put A LOT of work into it & it's really fascinating.
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Hope y'all are listening to Dave's tribute to John this morning. He obviously put A LOT of work into it & it's really fascinating.
Dave keeps saying not to cry, it's a celebration, but...
Coming over the hill this morning, when they started playing "Give Peace a Chance," the loss was so palpable, I teared up instantly, even though I was smiling and bopping whilst driving.
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The Sippy Cups! "Give Peas a Chance", har har.
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Hope y'all are listening to Dave's tribute to John this morning. He obviously put A LOT of work into it & it's really fascinating.
Definitely a far-above-average morning show. Dave's been mining his large resource of Beatles/Lennon clips, and lots of reminiscences and stories and the like. Yes, there's been a few tears, but mostly it's been a pretty sweet experience.
Very quiet here this morning--we had our holiday party last night, so I suspect absenteeism will be up today. <g>
ETA 9:43: Dave's got No. 9 Dream on, in case you haven't heard it enough yet.
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Hope y'all are listening to Dave's tribute to John this morning. He obviously put A LOT of work into it & it's really fascinating.
Dave keeps saying not to cry, it's a celebration, but...
Coming over the hill this morning, when they started playing "Give Peace a Chance," the loss was so palpable, I teared up instantly, even though I was smiling and bopping whilst driving.
That was the tune playing when I got in my car, teared me up too. Yesterday they had this prolonged but quite interesting debate amongst the fogheads about the death penalty, and I couldn't help wondering if any of the adamantly pro death penalty fogheads who called in could actually conceive of John being in favor of it?
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Time to play B-sides: I've heard BOC's "Burnin' For You" three times in the last five days, and I don't even listen to KFOG that much. It's trying to muscle its way into the Top 5 overplayed KFOG "classics", along with "Under Pressure", "Rocket Man", "Sweet Emotion", and another new addition, Greg Allman's "I'm No Angel", which I've heard a bunch o' times this past month.
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Hey, Mark, did you call the morning show this am to talk about movies, including Narnia? There was a caller whose comments sounded a lot like what you said about it here.
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Yes it was Mark. His voice is pretty recognizable now.
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http://www.customchannels.net/Players/XMAS_05/XMASASX/KFOG.asx
I also posted it on the links page as a shortcut.
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So January 8 falls on a Sunday this year: I don't suppose KFOG is gonna do the "Bowie-sings-Elvis/Elvis-sings-Bowie" competition? Damn, I miss that.
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Has KFOG "freshened" their rotation? Yesterday morning I heard Elvis C's "I Can't Stand Up (For Falling Down)" from Get Happy, which has never been in rotation as far as I can remember -- never been played on 10@10 either, and I don't think it even showed up during A-to-Z.
Now they're playing Janis' "Summertime", not one you usually hear, especially in January.
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my phone rant was played this morning; I was so pissed Dave would say "if we don't do it, somebody else will!" about releasing the url of the place to buy cell phone logs.
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my phone rant was played this morning; I was so pissed Dave would say "if we don't do it, somebody else will!" about releasing the url of the place to buy cell phone logs.
That was You? Right on! I totally agree with you. He seemed taken aback when you threw the word "ethics" at him. Which is a sad comment on Dave.
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my phone rant was played this morning; I was so pissed Dave would say "if we don't do it, somebody else will!" about releasing the url of the place to buy cell phone logs.
That was You? Right on! I totally agree with you. He seemed taken aback when you threw the word "ethics" at him. Which is a sad comment on Dave.
What was that? I missed it because now that Howard Stern is on Sirius, I actually flip between KFOG & Live 105. They were playing a whole bunch of stuff from the 90's (when they were good) again.
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I got on this morning to tell my tale of how once when I was at Winterland (I didn't mention at a GD show) a short girl came up behind me and said that I should get all the tall people together and stand in the back of the hall! Peter was the only sympathetic voice.
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I got on this morning to tell my tale of how once when I was at Winterland (I didn't mention at a GD show) a short girl came up behind me and said that I should get all the tall people together and stand in the back of the hall! Peter was the only sympathetic voice.
That was you? Damn, you're giving mshray a run for his money as most-aired Club member!
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I got on this morning to tell my tale of how once when I was at Winterland (I didn't mention at a GD show) a short girl came up behind me and said that I should get all the tall people together and stand in the back of the hall! Peter was the only sympathetic voice.
That was you? Damn, you're giving mshray a run for his money as most-aired Club member!
Just a couple of times during breakfast that something was said that really got me, and I'm close to a phone...
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Club Poll:
What album takes you back to when you were 15?
I loved hearing Rio this morning, but Duran Duran were after my time.
I remember a friend getting Thriller on vinyl.
Other memorable abums (but before I was 15), Godspell and JCS.
What year was Highway to Hell? I had that on vinyl.
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Club Poll:
What album takes you back to when you were 15?
I loved hearing Rio this morning, but Duran Duran were after my time.
I remember a friend getting Thriller on vinyl.
Other memorable abums (but before I was 15), Godspell and JCS.
What year was Highway to Hell? I had that on vinyl.
1970:
Let it Be
Woodstock soundtrack
CSNY, Deja Vu
John B Sebastian (his first solo effort, an absolute lost gem)
Led Zep 3
S&G, Bridge Over Troubled Water
Doors, Morrison Hotel
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Club Poll:
What album takes you back to when you were 15?
I loved hearing Rio this morning, but Duran Duran were after my time.
I remember a friend getting Thriller on vinyl.
Other memorable abums (but before I was 15), Godspell and JCS.
What year was Highway to Hell? I had that on vinyl.
Physical Graffiti. and Blow by Blow.
When I was 16, Frampton Comes Alive.
ETA: And Blow Your Face Out.
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Club Poll:
What album takes you back to when you were 15?
I loved hearing Rio this morning, but Duran Duran were after my time.
I remember a friend getting Thriller on vinyl.
Other memorable abums (but before I was 15), Godspell and JCS.
What year was Highway to Hell? I had that on vinyl.
Springsteen's Born to Run
ELO-Face the Music
Jefferson Starship-Red Octopus
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Pronounced
Chicago-VII
More to follow.
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Club Poll:What album takes you back to when you were 15?
1966
a few selections from the itunes Billboard selections:
The Ballad of the Green Berets SSgt. Barry Sadler
Cherish The Association
Last Train to Clarksville The Monkees
Monday, Monday (Single) The Mamas & The Papas
California Dreamin' (Single) The Mamas & The Papas
Summer In the City The Lovin' Spoonful
Wild Thing The Troggs
Kicks Paul Revere & The Raiders
Sunshine Superman Donovan
Daydream The Lovin' Spoonful
Elusive Butterfly Bob Lind
I Am a Rock Simon & Garfunkel
The Sound of Silence Simon & Garfunkel
Homeward Bound Simon & Garfunkel
Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? The Lovin' Spoonful
Rainy Day Women No. 12 and 35 Bob Dylan
Land of 1000 Dances Wilson Pickett
Baby Scratch My Back Slim Harpo
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Club Poll:
What album takes you back to when you were 15?
I loved hearing Rio this morning, but Duran Duran were after my time.
I remember a friend getting Thriller on vinyl.
Other memorable abums (but before I was 15), Godspell and JCS.
What year was Highway to Hell? I had that on vinyl.
In early 1988 I was halfheartedly listening to Top 40 radio -- only a handful of songs, like Prince's "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" and Roachford's "Cuddly Toy" and New Order's "True Faith" really blew my mind. The rest of the time I spent edumacating myself on the Jefferson Airplane, Monkees, and Three Dog Night catalogs.
Oh, and speaking of Red Octopus: I didn't get the book deal.
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Club Poll:
What album takes you back to when you were 15?
Other memorable abums (but before I was 15), Godspell and JCS.
Agreed on the Godspell & the JCS, but that was when we were 8 or 10.
I was trying to think how to answer this question, and realized that when I was 15 was when my musical world exploded. I had three distinct influences. Phil Bernstein was a Sr. whose locker was next to mine & he didn't disdain talking to a sophomore. He had a gig on our HS radio station & he was the first kid in Clayton MO (and probably all of metro St. Louis) listening Elvis C, Clash, Sex Pistols, etc. but most of all he turned me on to Marley. Then there was a small group of Jr.'s that I knew who for a brief spell would include me when they went out on the weekends cruising, getting high, often parking out by the airport under the landing path & they caught me up on the rock classic catalog: Who's Next, Houses of the Holy, Sticky Fingers, etc. Most significant was Brent Horine, a guy I met at the beginning of the summer when I attended a student conference with kids from different schools put up at a nearby college for the week. Brent brought his stereo & LP collection with him for the week & I was out jogging when I heard ELP blaring from one of the dorm windows. So I had to run inside & bang on the door to meet this other person who was into prog rock. He turned me onto all the obscure stuff that we sometimes hear Bob play & I'm the only one that's ever heard of it. We stayed close friends for years.
Ironically, after all that is said, the song that actually makes me FEEL 15 again is Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good". At the same conference where I met Brent I also met my first girlfriend, or rather the girl who was destined to be. She lived about 40 miles away, neither of us could drive yet, and in fact she was forbidden to date until she turned 16. So we had this long distance flirtation, until one day I asked my mom if she wouldn't mind driving me over to Illinois, pick her up, take us to the outdoor Chuck Mangione show, wait for us until it was over, drop her back home & then we could drive back to St. Louis. Mom said "Sure, why not?" So then I called the girl, she convinced her parents that with my mom there it wouldn't technically be 'a date', and we were on. After it started getting dark & Chuck finally got around to playing his big hit single I had my first kiss (hers too!).
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So, today on the (Dave-less) Morning Show- Renee and the gang were rippin' on the crappy singers on American Idol last night. They played some snippets and callers had to identify the songs that were being mangled. One of those songs? "Baby Got Back" by Seattle knight Sir Mix-A-Lot.
Naturally, eveyone was all condesending about the song- BUT they did play a snippet of the actual tune. So- I finally, kinda, heard "Baby Got Back" on KFOG.
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So, today on the (Dave-less) Morning Show- Renee and the gang were rippin' on the crappy singers on American Idol last night. They played some snippets and callers had to identify the songs that were being mangled. One of those songs? "Baby Got Back" by Seattle knight Sir Mix-A-Lot.
Naturally, eveyone was all condesending about the song- BUT they did play a snippet of the actual tune. So- I finally, kinda, heard "Baby Got Back" on KFOG.
Did you hear the montage of "I Will Survive" with like a different bad singer doing each line, all strung together to make the whole song? Ouch!
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Yeah. That was pretty funny!
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So, today on the (Dave-less) Morning Show- Renee and the gang were rippin' on the crappy singers on American Idol last night. They played some snippets and callers had to identify the songs that were being mangled. One of those songs? "Baby Got Back" by Seattle knight Sir Mix-A-Lot.
Naturally, eveyone was all condesending about the song- BUT they did play a snippet of the actual tune. So- I finally, kinda, heard "Baby Got Back" on KFOG.
and the "winner" mis-identified "God Bless the USA" as "Proud to Be An American", which is NOT the title. I was too busy trying to get out the door to call and correct them.
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So shortly before the recap, I heard a cover of the Four Tops' "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" that somehow was not included in the "Just Played" list. Was than Susan Tedeschi? Sounded quite nice indeed.
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So shortly before the recap, I heard a cover of the Four Tops' "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" that somehow was not included in the "Just Played" list. Was than Susan Tedeschi? Sounded quite nice indeed.
Yep. I posted something about that a week or two back as well--darn fine take on a great tune (which I misattributed to the Band, who also covered it, albeit 30 years ago.)
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FYI, tomorrow the Morning Show welcomes none other than Burt Bacharach.
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FYI, tomorrow the Morning Show welcomes none other than Burt Bacharach.
Dave must be just about giddy with anticipation.
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So'd anyone else catch the Bacharach interview this am on the Morning Show? Dave was quite reverential, to put it mildly. They started with a montage of numerous Bacharach/David hits, then a bit of chatter, including a bit of discussion of his newest record, which includes a few songs that are somewhat pointed criticism of the way our country is headed. They played one cut, which featured Elvis Costello, among others, on vocals. And then Dave played Love's Little Red Book (another B-D composition) and asked about how that came about. Unfortunately, by this time I was walking to the bus stop with earbuds in, so his response kept getting drowned out by passing traffic. Hopefully they'll post a recording of the whole thing on the KFOG site.
(Btw, he's at the Palace of Fine Arts tomorrow night, if anyone was wondering.)
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So'd anyone else catch the Bacharach interview this am on the Morning Show? Dave was quite reverential, to put it mildly. They started with a montage of numerous Bacharach/David hits, then a bit of chatter, including a bit of discussion of his newest record, which includes a few songs that are somewhat pointed criticism of the way our country is headed. They played one cut, which featured Elvis Costello, among others, on vocals. And then Dave played Love's Little Red Book (another B-D composition) and asked about how that came about. Unfortunately, by this time I was walking to the bus stop with earbuds in, so his response kept getting drowned out by passing traffic. Hopefully they'll post a recording of the whole thing on the KFOG site.
(Btw, he's at the Palace of Fine Arts tomorrow night, if anyone was wondering.)
if past history is a guide, they'll probably replay it tomorrow in the 6:00am hour.
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Club Poll:
What album takes you back to when you were 15?
1992:
Prince, The Symbol Album
Alice in Chains, Dirt
Judybats, Pain Makes You Beautiful
Faith No More, Angel Dust
R.E.M., Automatic for the People
k.d. lang, Ingenue
They Might Be Giants, Apollo 18
Megadeth, Countdown to Extinction
Annie Lennox, Diva
Neil Young, Harvest Moon
Philadelphia Soundtrack
these were my staple albums that were released during that year. i left out the holly near, and shit. :)
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So'd anyone else catch the Bacharach interview this am on the Morning Show? Dave was quite reverential, to put it mildly. They started with a montage of numerous Bacharach/David hits, then a bit of chatter, including a bit of discussion of his newest record, which includes a few songs that are somewhat pointed criticism of the way our country is headed. They played one cut, which featured Elvis Costello, among others, on vocals. And then Dave played Love's Little Red Book (another B-D composition) and asked about how that came about. Unfortunately, by this time I was walking to the bus stop with earbuds in, so his response kept getting drowned out by passing traffic. Hopefully they'll post a recording of the whole thing on the KFOG site.
(Btw, he's at the Palace of Fine Arts tomorrow night, if anyone was wondering.)
if past history is a guide, they'll probably replay it tomorrow in the 6:00am hour.
Loved the montage. I had no idea he was involved with all those tunes. Had to go into work before the chatfest started.
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discussion on the morning show about the real meanings behind songs -- The La's "There She Goes" being about heroin; Neil Young's "Long May You Run" being about a car; etc. They're inviting Fogheads to call in with stories.
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The KFOG stream ain't workin' at the moment.
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The KFOG stream ain't workin' at the moment.
It's back now.
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The KFOG stream ain't workin' at the moment.
It's back now.
Thanks, Dick!
Just in time for new Chris Isaak. Doing another Roy Orbison pastiche.
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The KFOG stream ain't workin' at the moment.
It's back now.
Thanks, Dick!
Just in time for new Chris Isaak. Doing another Roy Orbison pastiche.
Before that they played The Dick-sie Chicks! Better than Isaak.
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The KFOG stream ain't workin' at the moment.
It's back now.
Thanks, Dick!
Just in time for new Chris Isaak. Doing another Roy Orbison pastiche.
Before that they played The Dick-sie Chicks! Better than Isaak.
I'll be VERY interested to see whether the DCs end up in regular rotation. Fogheads are so annoyingly knee-jerk when it comes to anything country-related.
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I'll be VERY interested to see whether the DCs end up in regular rotation. Fogheads are so annoyingly knee-jerk when it comes to anything country-related.
It seems unlikely, though it wasn't a very "country" country song. I'd describe it, but it wasn't very memorable either. Plus, I got no short-term memory...
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Kaboom date announced: May 13th. But the bands not being named until next week.
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Kaboom date announced: May 13th. But the bands not being named until next week.
I checked Pollstar, where I've gotten the scoop early before. Not this year.
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Kaboom date announced: May 13th. But the bands not being named until next week.
I checked Pollstar, where I've gotten the scoop early before. Not this year.
The big announcement: it's Jackie Green and the ubiquitous KT Tunstall at Kaboom.
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Kaboom date announced: May 13th. But the bands not being named until next week.
I checked Pollstar, where I've gotten the scoop early before. Not this year.
The big announcement: it's Jackie Green and the ubiquitous KT Tunstall at Kaboom.
I've never heard of Jackie Green. Is he/she/they/it closer to Jackie Blue or Jackie Brown?
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Kaboom date announced: May 13th. But the bands not being named until next week.
I checked Pollstar, where I've gotten the scoop early before. Not this year.
The big announcement: it's Jackie Green and the ubiquitous KT Tunstall at Kaboom.
I've never heard of Jackie Green. Is he/she/they/it closer to Jackie Blue or Jackie Brown?
closer to Shecky Greene, actually :wink:
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Kaboom date announced: May 13th. But the bands not being named until next week.
I checked Pollstar, where I've gotten the scoop early before. Not this year.
The big announcement: it's Jackie Green and the ubiquitous KT Tunstall at Kaboom.
You're two-thirds right. Los Lonely Boys are the headliner. KFOG buzz bands one and all.
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Kaboom date announced: May 13th. But the bands not being named until next week.
I checked Pollstar, where I've gotten the scoop early before. Not this year.
The big announcement: it's Jackie Green and the ubiquitous KT Tunstall at Kaboom.
You're two-thirds right. Los Lonely Boys are the headliner. KFOG buzz bands one and all.
How did I miss that? I heard 'em mention JG and KTT twice.
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Kaboom date announced: May 13th. But the bands not being named until next week.
I checked Pollstar, where I've gotten the scoop early before. Not this year.
The big announcement: it's Jackie Green and the ubiquitous KT Tunstall at Kaboom.
You're two-thirds right. Los Lonely Boys are the headliner. KFOG buzz bands one and all.
How did I miss that? I heard 'em mention JG and KTT twice.
I tuned in right at 8, and they were giving clues and having callers guess.
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this morning they were talking about stoner music, after the David Gilmour interview. "Stoner Music" is a pretty vague concept, but it might mean the kind of music you'd sit around a dorm room listening to. This would vary wildly by era, and pharmacology of choice.
Typical album sides from my memory:
Quicksilver's Happy Trails, the long live "Who Do You Love?"
Electric Ladyland
Fleetwood Mac's "Then Play On" and "Future Games"
Allman Bros "Mountain Jam"
Live Dead
Blows Against the Empire
and so on.
What about you younger folk?
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this morning they were talking about stoner music, after the David Gilmour interview. "Stoner Music" is a pretty vague concept, but it might mean the kind of music you'd sit around a dorm room listening to. This would vary wildly by era, and pharmacology of choice.
Typical album sides from my memory:
Quicksilver's Happy Trails, the long live "Who Do You Love?"
Electric Ladyland
Fleetwood Mac's "Then Play On" and "Future Games"
Allman Bros "Mountain Jam"
Live Dead
Blows Against the Empire
and so on.
What about you younger folk?
Jeff Beck, Wired (at ear splitting volumes)
Pink Floyd, Animals
Electric Ladyland
Physical Graffiti
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this morning they were talking about stoner music, after the David Gilmour interview. "Stoner Music" is a pretty vague concept, but it might mean the kind of music you'd sit around a dorm room listening to. This would vary wildly by era, and pharmacology of choice.
Typical album sides from my memory:
Quicksilver's Happy Trails, the long live "Who Do You Love?"
Electric Ladyland
Fleetwood Mac's "Then Play On" and "Future Games"
Allman Bros "Mountain Jam"
Live Dead
Blows Against the Empire
and so on.
What about you younger folk?
Jeff Beck, Wired (at ear splitting volumes)
Pink Floyd, Animals
Electric Ladyland
Physical Graffiti
Grace Slick and the Great Society, Conspicuous In Its Absence
JA, After Bathing at Baxter's
The Doors, Strange Days
Jellyfish, Bellybutton
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this morning they were talking about stoner music, after the David Gilmour interview. "Stoner Music" is a pretty vague concept, but it might mean the kind of music you'd sit around a dorm room listening to. This would vary wildly by era, and pharmacology of choice.
Typical album sides from my memory:
Quicksilver's Happy Trails, the long live "Who Do You Love?"
Electric Ladyland
Fleetwood Mac's "Then Play On" and "Future Games"
Allman Bros "Mountain Jam"
Live Dead
Blows Against the Empire
and so on.
What about you younger folk?
Jeff Beck, Wired (at ear splitting volumes)
Pink Floyd, Animals
Electric Ladyland
Physical Graffiti
Grace Slick and the Great Society, Conspicuous In Its Absence
JA, After Bathing at Baxter's
The Doors, Strange Days
Jellyfish, Bellybutton
Sorry, I'm a clean-living man. I get high on life.
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This would vary wildly by era, and pharmacology of choice.
High school, smoking out in a car by the landing strip at STL, Who's Next & Sticky Fingers.
College, 'shrooms, Live Dead & Moonflower,
Grad school, X, Avalon & Legend (specific to having a female present)
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this morning they were talking about stoner music, after the David Gilmour interview. "Stoner Music" is a pretty vague concept, but it might mean the kind of music you'd sit around a dorm room listening to. This would vary wildly by era, and pharmacology of choice.
Typical album sides from my memory:
Quicksilver's Happy Trails, the long live "Who Do You Love?"
Electric Ladyland
Fleetwood Mac's "Then Play On" and "Future Games"
Allman Bros "Mountain Jam"
Live Dead
Blows Against the Empire
and so on.
What about you younger folk?
Jeff Beck, Wired (at ear splitting volumes)
Pink Floyd, Animals
Electric Ladyland
Physical Graffiti
Grace Slick and the Great Society, Conspicuous In Its Absence
JA, After Bathing at Baxter's
The Doors, Strange Days
Jellyfish, Bellybutton
Yes-Close to the Edge and Tales of Topographic Oceans
Genesis- Foxtrot, The Lamb..., and Seconds Out (the latter a live album, sounded GREAT loud)
Kraftwerk-Autobahn
David Bowie-Station to Station (Word On a Wing still slays me)
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stoner music:
king crimson, red
robert fripp, exposure
yes, relayer
marianne faithfull, vagabond ways
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Grace Slick and the Great Society, Conspicuous In Its Absence
JA, After Bathing at Baxter's
The Doors, Strange Days
Jellyfish, Bellybutton
i didn't know anyone else here was a jellyfish fan! well, maybe urth??? don't remember. that's a great stoner album, indeed. you should check out spilt milk, too!
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Grace Slick and the Great Society, Conspicuous In Its Absence
JA, After Bathing at Baxter's
The Doors, Strange Days
Jellyfish, Bellybutton
i didn't know anyone else here was a jellyfish fan! well, maybe urth??? don't remember. that's a great stoner album, indeed. you should check out spilt milk, too!
Hey babe, we're still on for tomorrow nite, yes?
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Grace Slick and the Great Society, Conspicuous In Its Absence
JA, After Bathing at Baxter's
The Doors, Strange Days
Jellyfish, Bellybutton
i didn't know anyone else here was a jellyfish fan! well, maybe urth??? don't remember. that's a great stoner album, indeed. you should check out spilt milk, too!
Hey babe, we're still on for tomorrow nite, yes?
yup, yup! what time?
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Grace Slick and the Great Society, Conspicuous In Its Absence
JA, After Bathing at Baxter's
The Doors, Strange Days
Jellyfish, Bellybutton
i didn't know anyone else here was a jellyfish fan! well, maybe urth??? don't remember. that's a great stoner album, indeed. you should check out spilt milk, too!
Hey babe, we're still on for tomorrow nite, yes?
yup, yup! what time?
anytime after 5:50 -- there'll be plenty to munch'n'sip. And Barry's pitching for the A's.
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Grace Slick and the Great Society, Conspicuous In Its Absence
JA, After Bathing at Baxter's
The Doors, Strange Days
Jellyfish, Bellybutton
i didn't know anyone else here was a jellyfish fan! well, maybe urth??? don't remember. that's a great stoner album, indeed. you should check out spilt milk, too!
Hey babe, we're still on for tomorrow nite, yes?
yup, yup! what time?
anytime after 5:50 -- there'll be plenty to munch'n'sip. And Barry's pitching for the A's.
cool beans!
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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...
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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! too late! It would've raised my protein quota!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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
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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.
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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!
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Re: Skynyrd rarity
Allowing for gaps in my tracking script, since late 2004 the only Skynyrd song KFOG has played outside of 10@10 is "Sweet Home Alabama" until April 28 at 3AM when they played "Simple Man". And then on April 29 at 1:06PM, they played "What's You're Name".
Since April 29th here's the breakdown:
Fri Apr 28 02:57:00 2006 LYNYRD SKYNYRD Simple Man
Sat Apr 29 00:42:00 2006 LYNYRD SKYNYRD SWEET HOME ALABAMA
Sat Apr 29 13:06:00 2006 LYNYRD SKYNYRD WHAT%27S YOUR NAME%3F
Sun Apr 30 01:57:00 2006 LYNYRD SKYNYRD WHAT%27S YOUR NAME%3F
Fri May 5 08:15:01 2006 LYNYRD SKYNYRD WHAT'S YOUR NAME? WHAT'S YOUR NAME
Sun May 7 17:15:00 2006 LYNYRD SKYNYRD Simple Man PRONOUNCED LEH-NERD SKIN-NERD
Sun May 14 17:36:00 2006 LYNYRD SKYNYRD WHAT'S YOUR NAME? WHAT'S YOUR NAME
Tue May 16 13:36:00 2006 LYNYRD SKYNYRD SWEET HOME ALABAMA Second Helping
Wed May 17 01:54:00 2006 LYNYRD SKYNYRD SWEET HOME ALABAMA Second Helping
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Thanks, darryl -- somehow the joy of hearing the VH song recently is now shot down, knowing they're playing it that often. As to Skynyrd, "SHA", well, no surprise there.
Speaking of out-of-the-ordinary, kudos to this morning's Request-O-Rama winner for choosing Aztec Camera's "Somewhere in my Heart" which I had NEVER heard on KFOG before. A big British hit (their biggest, in fact) in '88, but one sadly ignored by US radio.
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Following on the thread about new songs in KFOG's playlist... looks like this one also started getting played at the end of April.
Fri Apr 28 11:18:00 2006 NIRVANA THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WOR
Mon May 1 17:57:00 2006 NIRVANA THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WOR
Tue May 2 02:33:00 2006 NIRVANA THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WOR
Fri May 5 08:33:00 2006 Nirvana (USA) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WOR Unplugged In New York
Sun May 7 15:09:00 2006 Nirvana (USA) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WOR Unplugged In New York
Wed May 10 18:03:00 2006 Nirvana (USA) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WOR Unplugged In New York
Sat May 13 12:24:00 2006 Nirvana (USA) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WOR Unplugged In New York
Sun May 14 01:21:00 2006 Nirvana (USA) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WOR Unplugged In New York
Here's the counts of Nirvana spins since Feb. 2, 2006:
55 ALL APOLOGIES
52 COME AS YOU ARE
14 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
12 ABOUT A GIRL (ACOUST
8 THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WOR
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WHere has creativity gone? Are we not free?
(no we are not Devo).
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Creative programming? Hah. Try radioparadise.com
And (kind of), KPIG, although they've got songs in heavy rotation too.
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Creative programming? Hah. Try radioparadise.com
And (kind of), KPIG, although they've got songs in heavy rotation too.
Well, it's true, I have heard Tom Russell's "Angel of Lyon" (liver version with killer guitar solo) twice. And yes, they favor the Bon Temps Roulez style of roots music, but I'd love to see what qualifies as heavy rotation for KPIG!
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yay! another intelligent Request-O-Rama winner: he selected Jellyfish and Dave played "Baby's Coming Back", which I don't think I'd ever heard on KFOG before, no even in Jellyfish-active 10@10 years.
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Songs that used to be in heavy rotation at KPIG (I killed my subscription because I wasn't listening to it consistently enough to merit the $8/mo):
Subdudes - "All The Time in the World"
Darrell Scott - "It's a Great Day To Be Alive"
Paul Thorn - "Whup Somebody's Ass"
But my favorite thing about KPIG was that they play *relevant* sets:
Shortly after a small earthquake around May/June 2002, they played: "Rockin' Pneumonia", "Shakin' Shakin' Shakes", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On", "I Feel The Earth Move"...
It's like a theme-based 10@10 could happen at any time. Whoa -- you mean a real-live human is picking the songs? Who woulda thunk??
And it's the *only* station I've ever heard Todd Snider, Fred Eaglesmith, Robert Earl Keen, and others. (Although I suspect I'd hear them on Austin's KGSR if I tuned in their stream more often.)
Anyways, enough -- let's start a thread!
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Songs that used to be in heavy rotation at KPIG (I killed my subscription because I wasn't listening to it consistently enough to merit the $8/mo):
Subdudes - "All The Time in the World"
Darrell Scott - "It's a Great Day To Be Alive"
Paul Thorn - "Whup Somebody's Ass"
But my favorite thing about KPIG was that they play *relevant* sets:
Shortly after a small earthquake around May/June 2002, they played: "Rockin' Pneumonia", "Shakin' Shakin' Shakes", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On", "I Feel The Earth Move"...
It's like a theme-based 10@10 could happen at any time. Whoa -- you mean a real-live human is picking the songs? Who woulda thunk??
And it's the *only* station I've ever heard Todd Snider, Fred Eaglesmith, Robert Earl Keen, and others. (Although I suspect I'd hear them on Austin's KGSR if I tuned in their stream more often.)
Anyways, enough -- let's start a thread!
In the 10 months I've been listening to KPIG, it's clear there are current songs that are in "heavy rotation" -- last year, the albums by James McMurtry, Rodney Crowell, John Prine, and Ry Cooder were getting played seemingly every time I tuned in. (Note that Crowell & Cooder & Prine were ignored by KFOG and that McMurtry's song "We Can't Make it Here" lasted about a week in KFOG's rotation -- too political?) Whether DJs are required to play these songs or if this is truly a case of a "free-form" station where all the jocks are on the same page, just like in the old days, is up for debate. But the theme sets (many overtly political) are indeed a joy to behold.
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Hey Mike:
Actually, they used to play the McMurtry track (which I really really like) a lot more than once a week. Surprised the heck out of me, since as you say, it's a lot more political than most songs in KFOG's rotation.
Anyways, the stats say that it first showed up a few times Jan-Mar (9 spins), but come April, holy cow, they played it 17 times! That's more than every other day.
BUT... this is interesting/telling. Since April 16, they've only played it ONCE, April 30, and since then, NOT ONCE. That's right. Since the official takeover by Cumulus, they've not spun this song that I'd say was in pretty heavy rotation one month ago.
Hrm. You know, based on KFOG's buyout, I figured I'd buy a few shares of Cumulus. Time to inquire as a shareholder about the political pressure they put on their stations...
Grrrr.
--Darryl
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BUT... this is interesting/telling. Since April 16, they've only played it ONCE, April 30, and since then, NOT ONCE. That's right. Since the official takeover by Cumulus, they've not spun this song that I'd say was in pretty heavy rotation one month ago.
Hrm. You know, based on KFOG's buyout, I figured I'd buy a few shares of Cumulus. Time to inquire as a shareholder about the political pressure they put on their stations...
Grrrr.
--Darryl
I'm glad you've brought this up! Please tell us if you find anything out!
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Re: McMurtry track being "boycotted" by Cumulus?
Heh, I actually mailed the DJs, and got replies from Rosalie and Big Rick. Rosalie played the acoustic version this morning during Acoustic Sunrise, which I've gotta say is probably my favorite "show" on KFOG after or even before 10@10. I just wish they'd play some of that music outside of Sundays.
Anyways, she said something about the acoustic version not being available on the web anymore. While they did take down the link, the file is still there:
http://www.digitalvisionmedia.com/compadre/We_Cant_Make_It_Here.mp3
Anyways, she did say she'd forward my requests to have them stop playing Hoobastank and Evanescence, too.
Big Rick wrote back and said he'd pass the message on to "The Man", but then joked that I already did. (Who's the man -- Dave? Rosalie?) He also said the new owners are working out fine, and that he doesn't mind Hoobastank or Evanesence.
So is the conspiracy theory moot? I dunno. But oh, in addition to the recent playlist additions of:
Evanescence "Bring Me To Life"
The Postal Service "Such Great Heights"
Fatboy Slim "Praise You"
We just heard another "new" old song today: Moby w/ Gwen Stefani's Southside. Now my stats show that they played this heavily during May-July 2005, but then only 6 times total until again, the end of April. Hrm... maybe KFOG considers it a "summer song".
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Re: McMurtry track being "boycotted" by Cumulus?
Heh, I actually mailed the DJs, and got replies from Rosalie and Big Rick. Rosalie played the acoustic version this morning during Acoustic Sunrise, which I've gotta say is probably my favorite "show" on KFOG after or even before 10@10. I just wish they'd play some of that music outside of Sundays.
Anyways, she said something about the acoustic version not being available on the web anymore. While they did take down the link, the file is still there:
http://www.digitalvisionmedia.com/compadre/We_Cant_Make_It_Here.mp3
excellent! i love the "proof" double-entendre. anyone know how to download a qt file from a browser?
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Re: McMurtry track being "boycotted" by Cumulus?
Heh, I actually mailed the DJs, and got replies from Rosalie and Big Rick. Rosalie played the acoustic version this morning during Acoustic Sunrise, which I've gotta say is probably my favorite "show" on KFOG after or even before 10@10. I just wish they'd play some of that music outside of Sundays.
Anyways, she said something about the acoustic version not being available on the web anymore. While they did take down the link, the file is still there:
http://www.digitalvisionmedia.com/compadre/We_Cant_Make_It_Here.mp3
So is the conspiracy theory moot? I dunno.
Well, Rosalie playing it doesn't change the fact that it disappeared from regular rotation...
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anyone know how to download a qt file from a browser?
If the file is linked directly, then just right-click (control-click for Macs) and you can download it to desktop easily. If it's not just open like that, but you know the url where it resides, you need to write your own link in an html doc, then do the right-click thingy.
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anyone know how to download a qt file from a browser?
If the file is linked directly, then just right-click (control-click for Macs) and you can download it to desktop easily. If it's not just open like that, but you know the url where it resides, you need to write your own link in an html doc, then do the right-click thingy.
duh. :) i never think to download it from the link. i only think of downloading after i've loaded the page. thanks!
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Is it me, or is Peter becoming the most annoying thing about the morning show? He's spent this morning gushing about American Idol, and predicting that the winner, Taylor, would end up being played on KFOG. (If Taylor is a "poor man's Michael McDonald" as one critic said, and if KFOG hasn't played a new Michael McD record in a dog's age, then logically...)
I can't tell if Peter really believes this stuff or if he's been tapped to play the role of "common man" so as to relate to the Idol-loving masses (i.e., the Fogheads who complain when the show gets too intellectual), but it's painful to listen to. And he's not all that great a news guy, which would at least compensate.
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So Benson shows up for New Releases with the new Keane, which sounds like an outtake from the last U2 album. Frighteningly so, IMHO.
ETA: He's also playing -- hooray! -- the Raconteurs. KFOG has tried to play the White Stripes, and met with much Foghead resistance. Maybe this Jack White project will click.
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Is it me, or is Peter becoming the most annoying thing about the morning show? He's spent this morning gushing about American Idol, and predicting that the winner, Taylor, would end up being played on KFOG. (If Taylor is a "poor man's Michael McDonald" as one critic said, and if KFOG hasn't played a new Michael McD record in a dog's age, then logically...)
I can't tell if Peter really believes this stuff or if he's been tapped to play the role of "common man" so as to relate to the Idol-loving masses (i.e., the Fogheads who complain when the show gets too intellectual), but it's painful to listen to. And he's not all that great a news guy, which would at least compensate.
I think Peter is being Peter. Never was the sharpest knife in the drawer. But he's a good guy.
About Taylor -- I don't believe he's the poor man's Michael McDonald (though he does a great imitation, when he does the doobs). He's really just an upjumped bar band frontman who specializes in r&b. So he's a poor man's Peter Wolf.
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He's also playing -- hooray! -- the Raconteurs. KFOG has tried to play the White Stripes, and met with much Foghead resistance. Maybe this Jack White project will click.
Yeah, Raconteurs!
But what's this about Foghead resistance to the White Stripes? Did the morning show take a lot of complaints on the air during a New Music Thurs or something?
Around new year when the DJs got to play their favorite songs of the year, both Big Rick and... Renee/Irish Greg played tracks by the White Stripes. I wrote back then and said, "C'mon, your DJs know what good music is! Let them play it!" (or something to that effect).
Here's an oddity, in July 2005 they strangely played White Stripes four days in a row. And one of the times it wasn't "My Doorbell", but "Blue Orchid".
Also annoying: This is the FOURTH "New Music Thursday" where they've played this track. I guess they're waiting for some critical mass of support? Did you send yours? :-}
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He's also playing -- hooray! -- the Raconteurs. KFOG has tried to play the White Stripes, and met with much Foghead resistance. Maybe this Jack White project will click.
Yeah, Raconteurs!
But what's this about Foghead resistance to the White Stripes? Did the morning show take a lot of complaints on the air during a New Music Thurs or something?
Around new year when the DJs got to play their favorite songs of the year, both Big Rick and... Renee/Irish Greg played tracks by the White Stripes. I wrote back then and said, "C'mon, your DJs know what good music is! Let them play it!" (or something to that effect).
Here's an oddity, in July 2005 they strangely played White Stripes four days in a row. And one of the times it wasn't "My Doorbell", but "Blue Orchid".
Also annoying: This is the FOURTH "New Music Thursday" where they've played this track. I guess they're waiting for some critical mass of support? Did you send yours? :-}
KFOG ignored the first White Stripes LP until the end of that year, when it showed up on the "Foghead Favorites" poll. Then they played a couple tracks for a few weeks only, iirc. When the follow-up came out, they tried to push it but got a lot of negative reaction from listeners (especially about "My Doorbell").
If they've really been playing this Raconteurs track for a month and this is the first time I've heard it on KFOG, that doesn't bode well (for contrast, look at how Gnarls Barkley has taken off). I've been hearing it weekly on Little Steven's show, bless his heart.
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About Taylor -- I don't believe he's the poor man's Michael McDonald (though he does a great imitation, when he does the doobs). He's really just an upjumped bar band frontman who specializes in r&b. So he's a poor man's Peter Wolf.
another analysis from the Chron's Peter Hartlaub:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/05/25/MNG8UJ1GOV17.DTL
He describes Taylor as "a high-energy 29-year-old Joe Cocker clone who looks like the love child of Jay Leno and former 49ers coach Steve Mariucci" ROTFL!
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About Taylor -- I don't believe he's the poor man's Michael McDonald (though he does a great imitation, when he does the doobs). He's really just an upjumped bar band frontman who specializes in r&b. So he's a poor man's Peter Wolf.
another analysis from the Chron's Peter Hartlaub:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/05/25/MNG8UJ1GOV17.DTL
He describes Taylor as "a high-energy 29-year-old Joe Cocker clone who looks like the love child of Jay Leno and former 49ers coach Steve Mariucci" ROTFL!
Hah! I read that this morning in my paper & thought about posting it (before I got busy).
btw, I am off in a few hours to spend the next 4 days camping. See y'all back here on Tuesday.
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I am off in a few hours to spend the next 4 days camping. See y'all back here on Tuesday.
Enjoy, bub! Hope ya don't miss anything Earth-shattering here (I'm predicting '68 from Dave, as it's been 2 months).
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I am off in a few hours to spend the next 4 days camping. See y'all back here on Tuesday.
Enjoy, bub! Hope ya don't miss anything Earth-shattering here (I'm predicting '68 from Dave, as it's been 2 months).
yes, i'm off for awhile, too! i've four friends visiting from the states, so i doubt i'll have much posting time. we're off to brussels and london this week (in addition to legally smoking a lot of hash). see you guys in june!
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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".
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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".
You complaining about sex and candy?
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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".
You complaining about sex and candy?
the song, not the, er, recreation :wink:
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Ben Fong-Torres is on KFOG plugging his book -- asked what he thought of Aidin Vaiziri, he said "It's a confrontational, wise-ass style that began popping up in mainstream media about 10 years ago. I find him annoying, but effective."
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"annoying, but effective."
So's a three-year-old with a water pistol. Glad BFT called the song exactly what it is (what it is, what it is, what it is).
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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!)
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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 . . .
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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".
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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"
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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).
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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...
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
of course, KFOG has a history of ignoring songs/bands when they're hits and adding them 2 or 3 or 4 years later; it happened with Pearl Jam, Nirvana, & Green Day. And when they try to add a current "Live 105 band" (see: White Stripes), they get resistance from Fogheads. About 5 or 6 years ago they seemed to be on track to become "the new Live 105" (when Live 105 itself had dumped its female-skewing artists and was playing the Beastie Boys 18 times a day). That was when KFOG was playing the Dandy Warhols and stuff of that ilk. Meanwhile, Alice is trying to give KFOG a run for its money again after a year or so of floundering and playing a lot of '90s A/C:
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2006/06/sarah_and_vinni.html#more
But yes, I noticed the Marshall Tucker too -- Big Rick played it recently (I was getting my haircut, and they play KFOG there) and I was shoocked. And I listen to KFOG about as (non-)often as you.
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KFOG is playing Shawn Mullins' "Beautiful Wreck", but the player identified the artist as James Blunt (who of course does "Beautiful").
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KFOG is playing Shawn Mullins' "Beautiful Wreck", but the player identified the artist as James Blunt (who of course does "Beautiful").
Ugh, they've had that screwed up in their playlists since early April. I hope nobody buys that danged James Blunt CD looking for Shawn Mullins.
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KFOG is playing Shawn Mullins' "Beautiful Wreck", but the player identified the artist as James Blunt (who of course does "Beautiful").
Ugh, they've had that screwed up in their playlists since early April. I hope nobody buys that danged James Blunt CD looking for Shawn Mullins.
From what I've heard of the Shawn Mullins, I hope nobody's looking for that one in the first place. (The world did not need another cover of "House of the Rising Sun.")
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KFOG is playing Shawn Mullins' "Beautiful Wreck", but the player identified the artist as James Blunt (who of course does "Beautiful").
Ugh, they've had that screwed up in their playlists since early April. I hope nobody buys that danged James Blunt CD looking for Shawn Mullins.
From what I've heard of the Shawn Mullins, I hope nobody's looking for that one in the first place. (The world did not need another cover of "House of the Rising Sun.")
"Beautiful Wreck" is a pretty good song -- certainly better than the annoying Mr Blunt. I'll agree about HOTRS, tho'.
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Subject: Dixie Chicks
Great interview.
But Greg says "We've been playing the track... People are calling..."
Huh. Doesn't seem like you've been playing it that often:
Thu Mar 30 08:36:00 2006 DIXIE CHICKS NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Fri Mar 31 06:33:00 2006 DIXIE CHICKS NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Thu Apr 13 20:48:00 2006 DIXIE CHICKS NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Tue Jun 13 06:51:00 2006 Dixie Chicks NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Fri Jun 16 08:21:00 2006 Dixie Chicks NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Mon Jun 19 07:48:00 2006 Dixie Chicks NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Uhm, which is to say, I wish you'd play it more. For real.
--Darryl
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Subject: Dixie Chicks
Great interview.
But Greg says "We've been playing the track... People are calling..."
Huh. Doesn't seem like you've been playing it that often:
Thu Mar 30 08:36:00 2006 DIXIE CHICKS NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Fri Mar 31 06:33:00 2006 DIXIE CHICKS NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Thu Apr 13 20:48:00 2006 DIXIE CHICKS NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Tue Jun 13 06:51:00 2006 Dixie Chicks NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Fri Jun 16 08:21:00 2006 Dixie Chicks NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Mon Jun 19 07:48:00 2006 Dixie Chicks NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Uhm, which is to say, I wish you'd play it more. For real.
--Darryl
Indeed, and as I've said before, Fogheads are notoriously anti-country, even tho' they love hearing "Sweet Home Alabama" multiple times a week.
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I don't care whether Fogheads like the Dixie Chicks. It just annoys me that Greg would tell an artist that they're playing them and they're getting such and such reaction when they're *barely* playing them.
Enh, I should get over it. The Morning Show often has in-studio performances and interviews with local artists too, and claim to be giving them all kinds of support, but a few days later do you ever hear those songs played?
Nope!
It lets them pad out their Live From The Archives CD nicely though, and make them seem more hip than they really are. :P
T-Bone Burnett! Available only on the web! Bah!
--Darryl
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I don't care whether Fogheads like the Dixie Chicks. It just annoys me that Greg would tell an artist that they're playing them and they're getting such and such reaction when they're *barely* playing them.
Enh, I should get over it. The Morning Show often has in-studio performances and interviews with local artists too, and claim to be giving them all kinds of support, but a few days later do you ever hear those songs played?
Nope!
It lets them pad out their Live From The Archives CD nicely though, and make them seem more hip than they really are. :P
T-Bone Burnett! Available only on the web! Bah!
--Darryl
I agree with you on all counts. Seems to be the rule on KFOG: bring 'em in, have 'em play, kiss their ass, and then forget about 'em.
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I don't care whether Fogheads like the Dixie Chicks. It just annoys me that Greg would tell an artist that they're playing them and they're getting such and such reaction when they're *barely* playing them.
Enh, I should get over it. The Morning Show often has in-studio performances and interviews with local artists too, and claim to be giving them all kinds of support, but a few days later do you ever hear those songs played?
Nope!
It lets them pad out their Live From The Archives CD nicely though, and make them seem more hip than they really are. :P
T-Bone Burnett! Available only on the web! Bah!
--Darryl
I agree with you on all counts. Seems to be the rule on KFOG: bring 'em in, have 'em play, kiss their ass, and then forget about 'em.
Cranky pants in harmony this morning! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I don't care whether Fogheads like the Dixie Chicks. It just annoys me that Greg would tell an artist that they're playing them and they're getting such and such reaction when they're *barely* playing them.
Enh, I should get over it. The Morning Show often has in-studio performances and interviews with local artists too, and claim to be giving them all kinds of support, but a few days later do you ever hear those songs played?
Nope!
It lets them pad out their Live From The Archives CD nicely though, and make them seem more hip than they really are. :P
T-Bone Burnett! Available only on the web! Bah!
--Darryl
I agree with you on all counts. Seems to be the rule on KFOG: bring 'em in, have 'em play, kiss their ass, and then forget about 'em.
Cranky pants in harmony this morning! :lol: :lol: :lol:
And proud of it!
It's also worth noting that KFOG has that "New Releases" page on the website, which gives the illusion that they're playing a lot of new tunes that they really aren't. That Elvis Costello/Allen Toussaint collab is on that page; I've yet to hear it on KFOG (odd, considering their renewed interest in all things New Orleans), tho' KPIG is playing it pretty regularly.
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Subject: Dixie Chicks
Great interview.
But Greg says "We've been playing the track... People are calling..."
Huh. Doesn't seem like you've been playing it that often:
Thu Mar 30 08:36:00 2006 DIXIE CHICKS NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Fri Mar 31 06:33:00 2006 DIXIE CHICKS NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Thu Apr 13 20:48:00 2006 DIXIE CHICKS NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Tue Jun 13 06:51:00 2006 Dixie Chicks NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Fri Jun 16 08:21:00 2006 Dixie Chicks NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Mon Jun 19 07:48:00 2006 Dixie Chicks NOT READY TO MAKE NICE
Uhm, which is to say, I wish you'd play it more. For real.
--Darryl
Indeed, and as I've said before, Fogheads are notoriously anti-country, even tho' they love hearing "Sweet Home Alabama" multiple times a week.
All the more galling since most of the new album, including NRTMN, is scarcely "country." I like the song, but frankly, it's far closer to Wilson Phillips than, say, SheDaisy.
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And proud of it!
It's also worth noting that KFOG has that "New Releases" page on the website, which gives the illusion that they're playing a lot of new tunes that they really aren't. That Elvis Costello/Allen Toussaint collab is on that page; I've yet to hear it on KFOG (odd, considering their renewed interest in all things New Orleans), tho' KPIG is playing it pretty regularly.
Oh man, a few months ago I started but then apparently discarded an e-mail to KFOG's Music Director complaining that it took Katrina for them to notice and play the Subdudes.
This was after seeing the Subdudes play at GAMH and running into the ubiquitous KFOG booth where they were signing up people for their mailing list. Oh, and there was a ginormous KFOG banner hanging from the reserved balcony above the stage.
As *if* KFOG is a big supporter of the Subdudes. Heard them on the 'PIG for years before KFOG played 'em. Man, I should invest in a big ole antenna for my little Miata to try to pull in KPIG via the AM band. (Yeah yeah, not likely, I know...)
--Darryl
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And proud of it!
It's also worth noting that KFOG has that "New Releases" page on the website, which gives the illusion that they're playing a lot of new tunes that they really aren't. That Elvis Costello/Allen Toussaint collab is on that page; I've yet to hear it on KFOG (odd, considering their renewed interest in all things New Orleans), tho' KPIG is playing it pretty regularly.
Oh man, a few months ago I started but then apparently discarded an e-mail to KFOG's Music Director complaining that it took Katrina for them to notice and play the Subdudes.
This was after seeing the Subdudes play at GAMH and running into the ubiquitous KFOG booth where they were signing up people for their mailing list. Oh, and there was a ginormous KFOG banner hanging from the reserved balcony above the stage.
As *if* KFOG is a big supporter of the Subdudes. Heard them on the 'PIG for years before KFOG played 'em. Man, I should invest in a big ole antenna for my little Miata to try to pull in KPIG via the AM band. (Yeah yeah, not likely, I know...)
--Darryl
And, TANC, they interviewed Costello/Toussaint this morning and played a track from the new album.
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Oh man, a few months ago I started but then apparently discarded an e-mail to KFOG's Music Director complaining that it took Katrina for them to notice and play the Subdudes.
This was after seeing the Subdudes play at GAMH and running into the ubiquitous KFOG booth where they were signing up people for their mailing list. Oh, and there was a ginormous KFOG banner hanging from the reserved balcony above the stage.
As *if* KFOG is a big supporter of the Subdudes. Heard them on the 'PIG for years before KFOG played 'em. Man, I should invest in a big ole antenna for my little Miata to try to pull in KPIG via the AM band. (Yeah yeah, not likely, I know...)
--Darryl
Not that I am arguing or disagreeing with you, but KFOG did put the Subdudes on both of the New Music Samplers in my possession. FWIW.
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Oh man, a few months ago I started but then apparently discarded an e-mail to KFOG's Music Director complaining that it took Katrina for them to notice and play the Subdudes.
This was after seeing the Subdudes play at GAMH and running into the ubiquitous KFOG booth where they were signing up people for their mailing list. Oh, and there was a ginormous KFOG banner hanging from the reserved balcony above the stage.
As *if* KFOG is a big supporter of the Subdudes. Heard them on the 'PIG for years before KFOG played 'em. Man, I should invest in a big ole antenna for my little Miata to try to pull in KPIG via the AM band. (Yeah yeah, not likely, I know...)
--Darryl
Not that I am arguing or disagreeing with you, but KFOG did put the Subdudes on both of the New Music Samplers in my possession. FWIW.
yeah, they played the hell out of "you'll be satisfied" when it was released. but the song soon slipped into the kfog "new music we liked so much when it came out, but we've barely played it since" abyss. see: jeff buckley's "last goodbye," paul weller's "all the pictures on the wall," traffic's "nowhere is there freedom," and steely dan's "two against nature."
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And proud of it!
It's also worth noting that KFOG has that "New Releases" page on the website, which gives the illusion that they're playing a lot of new tunes that they really aren't. That Elvis Costello/Allen Toussaint collab is on that page; I've yet to hear it on KFOG (odd, considering their renewed interest in all things New Orleans), tho' KPIG is playing it pretty regularly.
Oh man, a few months ago I started but then apparently discarded an e-mail to KFOG's Music Director complaining that it took Katrina for them to notice and play the Subdudes.
This was after seeing the Subdudes play at GAMH and running into the ubiquitous KFOG booth where they were signing up people for their mailing list. Oh, and there was a ginormous KFOG banner hanging from the reserved balcony above the stage.
As *if* KFOG is a big supporter of the Subdudes. Heard them on the 'PIG for years before KFOG played 'em. Man, I should invest in a big ole antenna for my little Miata to try to pull in KPIG via the AM band. (Yeah yeah, not likely, I know...)
--Darryl
And, TANC, they interviewed Costello/Toussaint this morning and played a track from the new album.
Of course they did--their tour hits Oakland tonight. And tomorrow KFOG will have forgotten all about it.
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And, TANC, they interviewed Costello/Toussaint this morning and played a track from the new album.
TANC? Sorry, don't know that one...
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And, TANC, they interviewed Costello/Toussaint this morning and played a track from the new album.
TANC? Sorry, don't know that one...
There Are No Coincidences.
Sorry, we tend to fall into our own proprietary vernacular around here a lot.
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Of course they did--their tour hits Oakland tonight. And tomorrow KFOG will have forgotten all about it.
wow, Jim is trying on the cranky pants!
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Anyone else hear the endless interview with the Scientology guy between 6:30 and 7 today? It was odd, mainly because they tend to give short shrift to far more important/interesting issues -- gotta play those spots! gotta play Gnarls Barkley again! -- but this guy had 30 minutes handed to him. Weird. Were they threatening a lawsuit or something?
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Anyone else hear the endless interview with the Scientology guy bwtewwn 6:60 and 7 today?
"Between 6:60 at 7" would be the shortest interview ever!
Seriously, though, this sounds like a tit for tat thing: We'll give you access to Celebrity X *if* you give us what we think is a fair forum. The Scientologists, despicable though they may be in terms of spirituality and humanity, are good businesspeople: They know they have negotiating leverage, and how to use it.
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Anyone else hear the endless interview with the Scientology guy between 6:30 and 7 today?
"Between 6:60 at 7" would be the shortest interview ever!
Seriously, though, this sounds like a tit for tat thing: We'll give you access to Celebrity X *if* you give us what we think is a fair forum. The Scientologists, despicable though they may be in terms of spirituality and humanity, are good businesspeople: They know they have negotiating leverage, and how to use it.
Well, yes, but lots of PR firms do the same thing. It just seemed really odd. Didn't catch the guys name but he was an ex-football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
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Well, yes, but lots of PR firms do the same thing. It just seemed really odd.
Depends on the caliber of celeb the Scientologists dangled before the (Cumulus?) execs. (PS: Did Dave's email addy change after all in light of the acquisition?) You're right that this happens all the time, but only a handful are able to execute it on such a scale.
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While we're on the topic of Scientology, check this out: A bootleg of the Scientology orientation vid. Looks like it was shot by someone in the audience with a video cam, but it's watchable. Also long--35 minutes.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3748589621013011299
Watch it quick, before their lawyers get it 86'd.
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Exchanged a couple of emails with Ginger from KBCO this week, I sent her a bit of triva that she could easily make into a My 3 Songs and asked if KBCO also did that. She replied that they did, and then asked me if I knew that both PD Dave Benson & Peter Finch formerly worked at KBCO.
Did any of you guys know that? I sure didn't.
Of course, what with Ginger playing Bare Naked Ladies live from their Studio C recordings today, I mentioned that Peter is well-known for his BNL love and wondered if he picked that up while he was there, as KBCO definitely seems to play them more than KFOG does (even tho' BNL did KFOG's Concert for Kids a couple years back, to tie this back into the other thread here lately).
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Exchanged a couple of emails with Ginger from KBCO this week, I sent her a bit of triva that she could easily make into a My 3 Songs and asked if KBCO also did that. She replied that they did, and then asked me if I knew that both PD Dave Benson & Peter Finch formerly worked at KBCO.
Did any of you guys know that? I sure didn't.
Of course, what with Ginger playing Bare Naked Ladies live from their Studio C recordings today, I mentioned that Peter is well-known for his BNL love and wondered if he picked that up while he was there, as KBCO definitely seems to play them more than KFOG does (even tho' BNL did KFOG's Concert for Kids a couple years back, to tie this back into the other thread here lately).
I knew about Benson, I think Ginger mentioned it the first time I emailed her. I knew Peter had worked in Colorado, but not at which station.
The Peak also has a former KFOG PD, Paul Marzsalek, working there, and I believe he gave them the suggestion to do 10@10. And the aforementioned Dave Benson is one of Bob Stroud's best friends. TANC!
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Hey Darryl, if you see this I'm curious if you could look something up in your script for me. Yesterday afternoon Big Rick played Temple of the Dog "Hunger Strike", which I definitely never heard on KFOG before, and so I'm wondering how much of a one-off that was.
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Hey Darryl, if you see this I'm curious if you could look something up in your script for me. Yesterday afternoon Big Rick played Temple of the Dog "Hunger Strike", which I definitely never heard on KFOG before, and so I'm wondering how much of a one-off that was.
I have a question too:
Stats for Red Hot Chili Peps. What else is being played aside from Dani California? Anything from the new Stadium Arcadium?
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Hey Darryl, if you see this I'm curious if you could look something up in your script for me. Yesterday afternoon Big Rick played Temple of the Dog "Hunger Strike", which I definitely never heard on KFOG before, and so I'm wondering how much of a one-off that was.
I have a question too:
Stats for Red Hot Chili Peps. What else is being played aside from Dani California? Anything from the new Stadium Arcadium?
radio usually only plays one track at a time from a new LP unless it's, like, U2.
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Hey Darryl, if you see this I'm curious if you could look something up in your script for me. Yesterday afternoon Big Rick played Temple of the Dog "Hunger Strike", which I definitely never heard on KFOG before, and so I'm wondering how much of a one-off that was.
I have a question too:
Stats for Red Hot Chili Peps. What else is being played aside from Dani California? Anything from the new Stadium Arcadium?
radio usually only plays one track at a time from a new LP unless it's, like, U2.
Unless Powers has slipped in a secondary track at some point (do they still do the Sunday Night Jam show?), I'm afrait Mike is probably right.
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Hey Darryl, if you see this I'm curious if you could look something up in your script for me. Yesterday afternoon Big Rick played Temple of the Dog "Hunger Strike", which I definitely never heard on KFOG before, and so I'm wondering how much of a one-off that was.
Hey -- you guys should PM me with these requests. I might actually see 'em. :-}
Hrm, looks like it's been in rotation since May 30, 2005. Somewhat heavily (every 3-4 days) from Oct-Dec. 2005. Then it dropped to maybe once a month until the end of April 2006 Cumulus takeover. Super heavy rotation in May 2006 -- at least every other day. It's dropped off slightly in Jun-Jul to every 3-4 days again.
Interestingly it never gets played during the Morning Show, which is why it isn't popping into my mind.
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I have a question too:
Stats for Red Hot Chili Peps. What else is being played aside from Dani California? Anything from the new Stadium Arcadium?
Howdy...
Snow (Hey Oh) premiered on New Music Thursday May 18. Also on the subsequent May 25. Then starting Mon May 29 it got thrown into pretty heavy rotation. It was played 18 times in June, but fairly erratically. Lots of extra spins on New Music Thursdays.
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Hey Darryl, if you see this I'm curious if you could look something up in your script for me. Yesterday afternoon Big Rick played Temple of the Dog "Hunger Strike", which I definitely never heard on KFOG before, and so I'm wondering how much of a one-off that was.
Hey -- you guys should PM me with these requests. I might actually see 'em. :-}
Hrm, looks like it's been in rotation since May 30, 2005. Somewhat heavily (every 3-4 days) from Oct-Dec. 2005. Then it dropped to maybe once a month until the end of April 2006 Cumulus takeover. Super heavy rotation in May 2006 -- at least every other day. It's dropped off slightly in Jun-Jul to every 3-4 days again.
Interestingly it never gets played during the Morning Show, which is why it isn't popping into my mind.
Thanks Darryl! How's about R.E.M. "Catapult"? Heard that one afternoon recently and couldn't believe it wasn't part of a My 3 Songs.
Slow afternoon at work, eh?
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Hey -- you guys should PM me with these requests. I might actually see 'em. :-}
Do your records show KFOG playing anything by James Hunter? The single is "People Gonna talk" and it's big on KPIG and KRSH. I find it hard to believe it wouldn't go over big on KFOG.
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Do your records show KFOG playing anything by James Hunter? The single is "People Gonna talk" and it's big on KPIG and KRSH. I find it hard to believe it wouldn't go over big on KFOG.
Hi there:
I did a lot of catching up with various threads today. I replied to your post in "New Music" about James Hunter here:
http://10at10club.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=36572#36572
In short, they've been playing "No Smoke Without Fire" on every New Music Thursdays since April 6. Not today yet. Hrm. I should request that Big Rick play it, since we're in the middle of the New Music Hour (wow, a ghetto within a ghetto!)
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Post-Cumulus this has been played about once every 5 days or so. It's still odd to hear on KFOG, I think, not that I don't like hearing ole Eddie rip it up.
--Darryl
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I'm trying to figure out why KFOG wasn't promoting the Ray Davies show last week. The demographic (40s and older) was right in their wheelhouse, and you'd think the Kinks would fit into their World Class Rock profile. And they played a song or two off Davies' new record, at least on New Releases Thursdays.
But they weren't, and the show ended up selling about half the house.
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I'm trying to figure out why KFOG wasn't promoting the Ray Davies show last week. The demographic (40s and older) was right in their wheelhouse, and you'd think the Kinks would fit into their World Class Rock profile. And they played a song or two off Davies' new record, at least on New Releases Thursdays.
But they weren't, and the show ended up selling about half the house.
KFOG it seems to me is perpetually torn, demo-wise. The over-40s are loyal, and help their overall cume, but they need younger listeners to attract advertisers too. They always seem to be playing both ends against the middle.
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I'm amused that while KNBR/KTCT and the Bone all say "A Cumulus station" on their hourly ID's, KFOG makes no mention of it and in fact is sticking with the "Foghead supported local radio" tag.
"Who, us? Corporate?"
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Thanks Darryl! How's about R.E.M. "Catapult"? Heard that one afternoon recently and couldn't believe it wasn't part of a My 3 Songs.
Slow afternoon at work, eh?
Sometimes it's slow, yah. ;-}
Let's see -- I don't see Catapult at all in my listings. Ok, here's a quick hack at the stats...
From Feb to mid-April 2006 (pre-Cumulus), here's the top 15 or so REM tunes:
42 POP SONG 89
36 THE ONE I LOVE
36 STAND
36 LOSING MY RELIGION
33 MAN ON THE MOON
32 IT%27S THE END OF THE WORLD
21 NIGHTSWIMMING
19 EVERYBODY HURTS
3 FIND THE RIVER
2 WHAT%27S THE FREQUENCY KENN
2 THE ONE I LOVE %28KFOG ARCHIVES%29
2 SUPERMAN
2 LOSING MY RELIGION %28ARCHIVES TRACK%29
2 LEAVING NEW YORK
2 FINEST WORKSONG
2 DRIVER 8
And from mid-April 2006 to present:
32 LOSING MY RELIGION
32 IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD
31 THE ONE I LOVE
28 POP SONG 89
28 ORANGE CRUSH
23 DRIVER 8
18 ROCK VI
17 MAN ON THE MOON
14 WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY KENN
14 TALK ABOUT THE PASSION
8 NIGHTSWIMMING
7 IT%27S THE END OF THE WORLD
6 EVERYBODY HURTS
4 WHAT%27S THE FREQUENCY KENN
2 SUPERMAN
2 STAND
2 LOSING MY RELIGION (ARCHIVES TRACK)
2 FALL ON ME
What's it all mean? I dunno -- but the new management doesn't seem to like Stand, that's for sure. That is more of an Alice track, I think. Whoops -- hasn't shown up there in the past few days either. My bad. (Granted I've only been keeping KLLC stats for about 4 days now. :-}
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Do your records show KFOG playing anything by James Hunter? The single is "People Gonna talk" and it's big on KPIG and KRSH. I find it hard to believe it wouldn't go over big on KFOG.
Hi there:
I did a lot of catching up with various threads today. I replied to your post in "New Music" about James Hunter here:
http://10at10club.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=36572#36572
In short, they've been playing "No Smoke Without Fire" on every New Music Thursdays since April 6. Not today yet. Hrm. I should request that Big Rick play it, since we're in the middle of the New Music Hour (wow, a ghetto within a ghetto!)
Well, AFAIK they didn't play him last Thursday, but they *did* play a Playspace recording of James Hunter track (neither "No Smoker" nor "People" during Live from the Archives tonight. And they promoted his show at the GAMH next Friday. Man, we need to find a babysitter! My wife says she heard them play it earlier today too and were giving away tickets. Funny -- neither spins got picked up by my script.
Still great to hear some new British R&B on the airwaves. :-}
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Do your records show KFOG playing anything by James Hunter? The single is "People Gonna talk" and it's big on KPIG and KRSH. I find it hard to believe it wouldn't go over big on KFOG.
Hi there:
I did a lot of catching up with various threads today. I replied to your post in "New Music" about James Hunter here:
http://10at10club.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=36572#36572
In short, they've been playing "No Smoke Without Fire" on every New Music Thursdays since April 6. Not today yet. Hrm. I should request that Big Rick play it, since we're in the middle of the New Music Hour (wow, a ghetto within a ghetto!)
Well, AFAIK they didn't play him last Thursday, but they *did* play a Playspace recording of James Hunter track (neither "No Smoker" nor "People" during Live from the Archives tonight. And they promoted his show at the GAMH next Friday. Man, we need to find a babysitter! My wife says she heard them play it earlier today too and were giving away tickets. Funny -- neither spins got picked up by my script.
Still great to hear some new British R&B on the airwaves. :-}
I wish I had the energy to go see Boz at the Mountain Winery, James Hunter is opening. What a pair of singers! The GAMH gig should be killer. I've been hearing ads for a lot of groups at the mid-state fair in Paso Robles on KPIG lately, Hunter is playing there too!
http://www.jameshuntermusic.com/tour.php
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I wish I had the energy to go see Boz at the Mountain Winery, James Hunter is opening.
Huh -- one of my old faves from KPIG, Paul Thorn is going to be opening for Boz on his second night (July 30).
He really is worth seeing live, even as an opener. We saw him open for the Subdudes a few months back.
Here's a snippet of a nice review of his new DVD
There's a certain authenticity this music presents to listeners that is immediate, raw, and sincere. Thorn is no wannabe bluesman, nor is he a consummate rock & roll street poet. His roots go way deeper than that — they are defined by a certain class consciousness that expresses pain through woolly raucous joy, and joy itself as something to raise the roof about. If anything, Thorn and his fine band play post-religious church music, and that church service happens in barrooms, in juke joints, and at backyard BBQs every night of the year. Thorn is a poet all right, one whose working-class roots didn't come from his parents and were passed down through the gene pool or by osmosis. They were earned and are worn as a greasy, sweaty badge of honor. He's one of those songwriters who may be too obvious and brash for most, but his words and music contain virtually everything gloriously and singularly vulgar about America and he makes no apologies for it. So Far So Good is a party that welcomes all regardless of race, class, creed, or religious belief. Highly recommended.
Oh, and here's video of a great in-studio performance of "Even Heroes Die": http://www.blazingsquirrel.com/pictures/y2004/even_heroes_die.htm
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So, one unforeseen consequence of having my wife in the hospital recovering from her surgery is that I get to drive her car, which didn't get its radio stolen, and thus for the first time in 5 months I'm listening to the Morning Show instead of my Zen iPod clone. They were having a conversation on the topic of why do most British artists not sing with a British accent. Various callers say various non-definitive things, and Greg points out that Rancid & Green Day are from Berkeley, but sometimes they want to sound like the Clash. So I call in to say that I think Greg has the right idea, and that singers make a conscious decision to add or drop their accents. The first British Invasion was all bands that were inspired by American R&B artists, but the 2nd British invasion, all those bands were inspired by the Sex Pistols & The Clash. I also added that when Syd Barrett died there was a quote from Bowie, that he'd been a tremendous influence on Bowie because he was the first guy Bowie had heard singing with a British accent.
So they thanked me for my comments, Dave said, "Yeah that's good", and Renee said "You've got a lot of knowledge". After the next commercial break they played my call back, and then played another, but before they let the guy speak Dave said, "This had better be good, because the last guy was really smart." Needless to say I was laughing out loud.
This was about 7:20, and half an hour later they had Ramblin' Jack Elliott on & he's telling fascinating story after fascinating story, and then Peter Finch asks him what he thinks about the whole accent question. And he proceeds to say just what I said, that all those guys from the British invasion were trying to sound like Ledbelly.
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So I call in to say that I think Greg has the right idea, and that singers make a conscious decision to add or drop their accents. The first British Invasion was all bands that were inspired by American R&B artists, but the 2nd British invasion, all those badns were inspired by the Sex Pistols & The Clash. I also added that when Syd Barrett died there was a quote from Bowie, that he'd been a tremendous influence on Bowie because he was the first guy Bowie had heard singing with a British accent.
So they thanked me for my comments, Dave said, "Yeah that's good", and Renee said "You've got a lot of knowledge". After the next commercial break they played my call back, and then played another, but before they let the guy speak Dave said, "This had better be good, because the last guy was really smart." Needless to say I was laughing out loud.
This was about 7:20, and half an hour later they had Ramblin' Jack Elliott on & he's telling fascinating story after fascinating story, and then Peter Finch asks him what he thinks about the whole accent question. And he proceeds to say just what I said, that all those guys from the British invasion were trying to sound like Ledbelly.
Well, we already knew you were smarter than Ramblin' Jack!
Did they get into the Dylan-stole-Ramblin' Jack's-act thing at all? I'd always heard people say that, and yet in the Scorsese docu about Dylan, Elliott barely got a mention.
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So I call in to say that I think Greg has the right idea, and that singers make a conscious decision to add or drop their accents. The first British Invasion was all bands that were inspired by American R&B artists, but the 2nd British invasion, all those badns were inspired by the Sex Pistols & The Clash. I also added that when Syd Barrett died there was a quote from Bowie, that he'd been a tremendous influence on Bowie because he was the first guy Bowie had heard singing with a British accent.
So they thanked me for my comments, Dave said, "Yeah that's good", and Renee said "You've got a lot of knowledge". After the next commercial break they played my call back, and then played another, but before they let the guy speak Dave said, "This had better be good, because the last guy was really smart." Needless to say I was laughing out loud.
This was about 7:20, and half an hour later they had Ramblin' Jack Elliott on & he's telling fascinating story after fascinating story, and then Peter Finch asks him what he thinks about the whole accent question. And he proceeds to say just what I said, that all those guys from the British invasion were trying to sound like Ledbelly.
Well, we already knew you were smarter than Ramblin' Jack!
Did they get into the Dylan-stole-Ramblin' Jack's-act thing at all? I'd always heard people say that, and yet in the Scorsese docu about Dylan, Elliott barely got a mention.
They mentioned that Ramblin Jack was featured in Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, but it came across more like both Ramblin Jack (& by extension Bobby Z) based their acts on Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger. According to a quote they dug out of the Guardian, Ramblin' Jack also stole Alan Ginsberg's girlfriend, married James Dean's ex-girlfriend, and Mick Jagger bought his first guitar immediately after seeing him perform.
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According to a quote they dug out of the Guardian, Ramblin' Jack also stole Allan Ginsberg's girlfriend...
I suspect that was, um, relatively easy to do :wink:
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today's the big premiere of the new "Local Scene" CD, and one of the artists is a surf-guitar band called Pollo del Mar (Chicken of the Sea, get it?). But Big Rick, on the promo they're running, pronounces it "POLO del mar". LOL!
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Pollo del Mar (Chicken of the Sea, get it?). But Big Rick, on the promo they're running, pronounces it "POLO del mar". LOL!
A name copped from Steve Martin's LA Story. The hotel he and Sarah Jessica Parker slip away to is called El Pollo del Mar. And yeah, I heard Big Rick's faux pas--ya think he'd know better. (Unless the band really pronounces it like that...)
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Pollo del Mar (Chicken of the Sea, get it?). But Big Rick, on the promo they're running, pronounces it "POLO del mar". LOL!
A name copped from Steve Martin's LA Story. The hotel he and Sarah Jessica Parker slip away to is called El Pollo del Mar. And yeah, I heard Big Rick's faux pas--ya think he'd know better. (Unless the band really pronounces it like that...)
I'd forgotten that. Great flick.
Maybe the band drenches themselves in Ralph Lauren cologne...
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today's the big premiere of the new "Local Scene" CD, and one of the artists is a surf-guitar band called Pollo del Mar (Chicken of the Sea, get it?). But Big Rick, on the promo they're running, pronounces it "POLO del mar". LOL!
marco!
polo!
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Pollo del Mar (Chicken of the Sea, get it?). But Big Rick, on the promo they're running, pronounces it "POLO del mar". LOL!
A name copped from Steve Martin's LA Story. The hotel he and Sarah Jessica Parker slip away to is called El Pollo del Mar. And yeah, I heard Big Rick's faux pas--ya think he'd know better. (Unless the band really pronounces it like that...)
Rosalie just played the track, which sounded prety good to the segment of my brain that was listening. She then plugged the CD, properly pronounced the band's name & speculated if it was a Sarah Jessica Parker reference. But without elaborating for the uninformed about how/why it could be. So if you couldn't connect the dots between SJP & Pollo Del Mar, Rosalie wasn't gonna bail you out.
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Pollo del Mar (Chicken of the Sea, get it?). But Big Rick, on the promo they're running, pronounces it "POLO del mar". LOL!
A name copped from Steve Martin's LA Story. The hotel he and Sarah Jessica Parker slip away to is called El Pollo del Mar. And yeah, I heard Big Rick's faux pas--ya think he'd know better. (Unless the band really pronounces it like that...)
Rosalie just played the track, which sounded prety good to the segment of my brain that was listening. She then plugged the CD, properly pronounced the band's name & speculated if it was a Sarah Jessica Parker reference. But without elaborating for the uninformed about how/why it could be. So if you couldn't connect the dots between SJP & Pollo Del Mar, Rosalie wasn't gonna bail you out.
the band's website
http://pollodelmar.com/frame.html
makes no mention of LA Story...
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VH's "Dance the Night Away" makes another non-10@10 appearance on KFOG.
ETA: and now it's "Don't Dream it's Over", one of the few '87 cliches Dave managed to avoid yesterday.
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VH's "Dance the Night Away" makes another non-10@10 appearance on KFOG.
ETA: and now it's "Don't Dream it's Over", one of the few '87 cliches Dave managed to avoid yesterday.
I just heard it post-10@10 within the last couple of days as well.
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VH's "Dance the Night Away" makes another non-10@10 appearance on KFOG.
ETA: and now it's "Don't Dream it's Over", one of the few '87 cliches Dave managed to avoid yesterday.
I just heard it post-10@10 within the last couple of days as well.
and I heard it Tues nite, pre-10@10, around 9:45pm.
But this morning, I just heard them play Everclear, "Santa Monica", which is (relatively) new to KFOG, no? They certainly weren't playing it when it was a hit, it was strictly a Live 105 song then.
ETA: followed by -- hahaha, bless yo' soul -- "Crazy".
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The morning show had Tommy Chong guesting this morning. He's out flogging a new book and had a few words to say about his being entrapped for selling paraphernalia over state lines. He had a few good lines (scripted no doubt, but still funny), particularly when a caller asked about his current relationship with Cheech Marin, "He took a different path--he's an expert on Chicano art now. He went back to his roots, and I'm still hanging with my buds."
Dave also brought up his stint in Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers. "Yeah, I used to be black." And when Dave asked if he'd cowritten the Does Your Mama Know About Me, he said, "Yep, I wrote the words and the lyrics." They didn't play it though.
When the interview was over, they segued into JCM's The Authority Song.
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The morning show had Tommy Chong guesting this morning. He's out flogging a new book and had a few words to say about his being entrapped for selling paraphernalia over state lines. He had a few good lines (scripted no doubt, but still funny), particularly when a caller asked about his current relationship with Cheech Marin, "He took a different path--he's an expert on Chicano art now. He went back to his roots, and I'm still hanging with my buds."
Dave also brought up his stint in Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers. "Yeah, I used to be black." And when Dave asked if he'd cowritten the Does Your Mama Know About Me, he said, "Yep, I wrote the words and the lyrics." They didn't play it though.
When the interview was over, they segued into JCM's The Authority Song.
I had called in to ask about his time with the Vancouvers, but he wasn't in studio yet. I heard the first part of the interview but missed the 2nd half getting out of my car & up to my desk. So thanks for the fill in. My favorite line was when a caller asked him if he felt he was on a short list when he flies and did he get hassled, especially with the ban announced today on carrying virtually any liquids on planes. He said no, and anyway he doesn't carry water in his bong, you can get water anywhere.
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Dave also brought up his stint in Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers. "Yeah, I used to be black." And when Dave asked if he'd cowritten the Does Your Mama Know About Me, he said, "Yep, I wrote the words and the lyrics." They didn't play it though.
I wish they'd played it. I guess Dave sidestepped asking about the former name of the band ("Four Niggers and a Chink"). Great line about the bongwater!
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"mini focus group" on KFOG re: that "Wish I was a Punk Rocker (with flowers in my hair)" song. Apparently some people HATE it, and don't understand that it's not meant literally. the songwriter knows full well that punk rockers dodn't have flowers in their hair, she was trying to merge two political and musical concepts.
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"mini focus group" on KFOG re: that "Wish I was a Punk Rocker (with flowers in my hair)" song. Apparently some people HATE it, and don't understand that it's not meant literally. the songwriter knows full well that punk rockers dodn't have flowers in their hair, she was trying to merge two political and musical concepts.
Typical fogheads. If they'd listen to the lyrics, there are plenty of both 60s and late 70s references, making it obvious that the singer is not talking strictly about punk rock.
Eedjits.
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The morning show had Tommy Chong guesting this morning.
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When the interview was over, they segued into JCM's The Authority Song.
I heard that, and thought it was nice that after the first part of the interview, or just before it, they played Sarah Maclachlan's "Possession" (har har -- get it?)
That choice, with Authority Song made me cheer for Dave. He seems to be the only KFOG jock who is actually aware that uh, you know, music can have something to do with the talk.
I can't count the number of times that The Morning Show w/o Dave has done that stupid bit where they ask celebrities their favorite color, their favorite song, favorite singer, blah blah blah, and they then *don't play the song*.
Geezus, I mean, it's probably just a few clicks on the computer, it's not like Irish Greg has to go scanning through shelves of vinyl. :P
And often times it's not even some obscure artist. It's somebody easy, like Dylan, or Van Morrison.
Yaheesh.
Reminds me that I really admire Paul Schaeffer's play-ins for guests. He really really takes the time to find something clever, like Jethro Tull for Gillian Anderson. (It had to be explained to me about Ian Anderson.)
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I heard that, and thought it was nice that after the first part of the interview, or just before it, they played Sarah Maclachlan's "Possession" (har har -- get it?)
Hee - that one took me a minute!
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That choice, with Authority Song made me cheer for Dave. He seems to be the only KFOG jock who is actually aware that uh, you know, music can have something to do with the talk.
I can't count the number of times that The Morning Show w/o Dave has done that stupid bit where they ask celebrities their favorite color, their favorite song, favorite singer, blah blah blah, and they then *don't play the song*.
Not even going to try to defend Irish Greg or Airhead Renee, but I gotta speak up for Big Rick in the afternoons. I have to say that he's got a bit of a smart ass in him, and isn't afraid to pull out something a little outside of the KFOG normal play list, or to make a comment that, if you look at it the right way, might not exactly be flattering the KFOG audience. He toes the line as much as the rest of them do (DM included) but I like his style.
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That choice, with Authority Song made me cheer for Dave. He seems to be the only KFOG jock who is actually aware that uh, you know, music can have something to do with the talk.
I can't count the number of times that The Morning Show w/o Dave has done that stupid bit where they ask celebrities their favorite color, their favorite song, favorite singer, blah blah blah, and they then *don't play the song*.
Not even going to try to defend Irish Greg or Airhead Renee, but I gotta speak up for Big Rick in the afternoons. I have to say that he's got a bit of a smart ass in him, and isn't afraid to pull out something a little outside of the KFOG normal play list, or to make a comment that, if you look at it the right way, might not exactly be flattering the KFOG audience. He toes the line as much as the rest of them do (DM included) but I like his style.
Rick has made an amazing transition from Live 105, where he really irritated me. He still has some of that edge, but also has all kinds of knowledge he shares too.
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Morning Show, live from Gordon Biersch, and Peter is totally drunk off his ass!
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Morning Show, live from Gordon Biersch, and Peter is totally drunk off his ass!
I heard him say earlier that an audience member had given him a Maker's Mark, but he said he wasn't going to drink it until after his final news bit.
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Morning Show, live from Gordon Biersch, and Peter is totally drunk off his ass!
I heard him say earlier that an audience member had given him a Maker's Mark, but he said he wasn't going to drink it until after his final news bit.
well, he certainly sounds like he drank something!
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Between 5:45 and 6:30 this morning, I heard no less than 3 playlist Katrinas:
Pearl Jam "Better Man"
Aerosmith, "Sweet Emotion"
Queen, "Killer Queen"
But I am happy to see that the Raconteurs "Steady As She Goes" has worked its way up to heavy rotation.
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Anyone else catch Soul Asylum (well, Dave Pirner and Dan Murphy anyway) on the Morning show this am? They were on around 8:45, talked to Greg and Renee a bit and then did one song. Decent song, but man, did Pirner's voice sound rough. If I were thinking about going to the show and heard that, I'd have second thoughts.
Btw, for you 'Mats fans out there, they have Tommy Stinson taking over the bass duties from their late pal, Karl Mueller. Playing tonight at the GAMH, tomorrow in some park in SJ for free.
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Not even going to try to defend Irish Greg or Airhead Renee, but I gotta speak up for Big Rick in the afternoons. I have to say that he's got a bit of a smart ass in him, and isn't afraid to pull out something a little outside of the KFOG normal play list, or to make a comment that, if you look at it the right way, might not exactly be flattering the KFOG audience. He toes the line as much as the rest of them do (DM included) but I like his style.
Heh -- I forgot that I too really enjoy Rick's comments sometimes. Very very knowledgable, and yes, a very wry humor that I enjoy. I don't get to listen to him for very long, as I have a very short commute.
Now, as far as musical knowledge, or radio personalities, Renee or Greg may not be the greatest, but I have to say that in person they are very nice and genuine folks. More on this in another post about dropping by the San Jose Gordon Biersch show last week.
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Morning Show, live from Gordon Biersch, and Peter is totally drunk off his ass!
I heard him say earlier that an audience member had given him a Maker's Mark, but he said he wasn't going to drink it until after his final news bit.
well, he certainly sounds like he drank something!
We brought our son to Gordon Biersch for the last hour of the broadcast, and I don't think Peter was particularly drunk. Maybe a tipsy, but he's a big man, and I don't think one or two drinks would really do that much damage. He's just generally goofy while sober.
He offered us some Guinness-baked/flavored brownies, which were baked by a fan. Very tasty. (And no, no other illicit ingredients, he assured us.)
It was a really fun time, and coming back from commercial Dave directed the audiences attention to our son and said, "Everybody turn around and look at that cute kid."
He waved... we blushed. Very nice.
Peter had to take off early, as he had his wedding anniversary to attend to, but we got photos with Renee, Greg, and Dave. We'd briefly met Renee and Greg at Tim Goodman's TV Night, and saw Renee at the Ditch Day at Sugarbowl, so they kind of remembered us, which was cool.
Photos:
http://gladlee.smugmug.com/gallery/1814467
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--Darryl
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Anyone else catch Soul Asylum (well, Dave Pirner and Dan Murphy anyway) on the Morning show this am? They were on around 8:45, talked to Greg and Renee a bit and then did one song. Decent song, but man, did Pirner's voice sound rough. If I were thinking about going to the show and heard that, I'd have second thoughts.
I missed or slept through this, but the next day Dave and the gang were talking about that night's SJ show and were trying to reassure listeners that it was just because it was early in the morning and that they were sure that by 8PM his voice would be just fine.
I think it was Benson who joked that he was singing songs that weren't actually on any scale or some such.
I would think that mornings are not really the best time for any musician, what with the late night gigs and all. So when we hear great in-studio performances on the Morning Show I'm always impressed.
--Darryl
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Anyone else catch Soul Asylum (well, Dave Pirner and Dan Murphy anyway) on the Morning show this am? They were on around 8:45, talked to Greg and Renee a bit and then did one song. Decent song, but man, did Pirner's voice sound rough. If I were thinking about going to the show and heard that, I'd have second thoughts.
I missed or slept through this, but the next day Dave and the gang were talking about that night's SJ show and were trying to reassure listeners that it was just because it was early in the morning and that they were sure that by 8PM his voice would be just fine.
I think it was Benson who joked that he was singing songs that weren't actually on any scale or some such.
I would think that mornings are not really the best time for any musician, what with the late night gigs and all. So when we hear great in-studio performances on the Morning Show I'm always impressed.
--Darryl
Much to my surprise, I really like their current "Crazy Mixed-Up World" song, which KFOG is currently (over)playing.
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It's funny -- it's kind of a guilty pleasure, but I find myself really liking it when they spin Van Halen, which they've been doing on a regular basis since the Cumulus takeover.
Just these two tracks, though: Dance the Night Away and You Really Got Me. Every 3-4 days.
Well, as long as they don't start spinning Van Hagar.
And I'm still a little ambivalent about hearing Boston's "More Than A Feeling", which got a few spins back in July, and one last Tuesday. It's really a little too Bone for me, I guess.
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at this moment, KFOG's playing Jimmy Cliff, "Wonderful World, Beautiful People". Dave's played this on 10@10 many times, but I think this is the first time I've heard it in regular rotation.
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at this moment, KFOG's playing Jimmy Cliff, "Wonderful World, Beautiful People". Dave's played this on 10@10 many times, but I think this is the first time I've heard it in regular rotation.
It's very rare indeed to hear Mr. Cliff during regular hours:
Fri Oct 7 13:33:00 2005 Jimmy Cliff "WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFU" Wonderful World, Beautiful People
Tue Feb 21 10:57:00 2006 Jimmy Cliff "WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFU" Wonderful World, Beautiful People
Thu Jun 1 23:33:00 2006 JIMMY CLIFF I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW Unavailable
Mon Aug 28 11:00:00 2006 Jimmy Cliff "WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFU" Wonderful World, Beautiful People [A&M]
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OMFWTFLOL-to-the-nth-power!!!!
KFOG just played "Happy Boy" by the Beat Farmers!!! F--k me! I've never heard then play THAT before.
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OMFWTFLOL-to-the-nth-power!!!!
KFOG just played "Happy Boy" by the Beat Farmers!!! F--k me! I've never heard then play THAT before.
Dave played it during the Morning show one day a few weeks ago. I think it tied into something--topic of discussion or some such. But it blew my s**t right away too.
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OMFWTFLOL-to-the-nth-power!!!!
KFOG just played "Happy Boy" by the Beat Farmers!!! F--k me! I've never heard then play THAT before.
Dave played it during the Morning show one day a few weeks ago. I think it tied into something--topic of discussion or some such. But it blew my s**t right away too.
HubbaHubbaHubbaHubbaHubba!
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OMFWTFLOL-to-the-nth-power!!!!
KFOG just played "Happy Boy" by the Beat Farmers!!! F--k me! I've never heard then play THAT before.
Dave played it during the Morning show one day a few weeks ago. I think it tied into something--topic of discussion or some such. But it blew my s**t right away too.
HubbaHubbaHubbaHubbaHubba!
Yeh, that was cool. heh
heh
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A man after mshray's own heart: This morning's Request-O-Rama winner was offered Dave Matthews tix as a bonus, and he declined, saying "I'm going to see The James Gang at the Mountain Winery." And then he requested "Tending My Garden"!
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OMFWTFLOL-to-the-nth-power!!!!
KFOG just played "Happy Boy" by the Beat Farmers!!! F--k me! I've never heard then play THAT before.
Dave played it during the Morning show one day a few weeks ago. I think it tied into something--topic of discussion or some such. But it blew my s**t right away too.
HubbaHubbaHubbaHubbaHubba!
Yeh, that was cool. heh
heh
Yeh, KPIG and Dr. Demento they ain't. But they have played it a few times before:
Fri Feb 18 17:15:00 2005 BEAT FARMERS HAPPY BOY
Fri Sep 9 19:27:00 2005 BEAT FARMERS HAPPY BOY Tales Of The New West
Mon Dec 12 07:21:22 2005 BEAT FARMERS HAPPY BOY Tales Of The New West
Wed Dec 14 16:36:00 2005 BEAT FARMERS HAPPY BOY Tales Of The New West
Wed Jul 19 07:06:00 2006 BEAT FARMERS HAPPY BOY Tales Of The New West
Fri Sep 1 10:48:00 2006 BEAT FARMERS HAPPY BOY Tales Of The New West
--Darryl, just back from Bumbershoot
Best of fest? Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. Very honorable mentions: Mates of State, Gossip and Dengue Fever. Jim Bob sez check 'em out.
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Yeh, KPIG and Dr. Demento they ain't. But they have played it a few times before:
Fri Feb 18 17:15:00 2005 BEAT FARMERS HAPPY BOY
Fri Sep 9 19:27:00 2005 BEAT FARMERS HAPPY BOY Tales Of The New West
Mon Dec 12 07:21:22 2005 BEAT FARMERS HAPPY BOY Tales Of The New West
Wed Dec 14 16:36:00 2005 BEAT FARMERS HAPPY BOY Tales Of The New West
Wed Jul 19 07:06:00 2006 BEAT FARMERS HAPPY BOY Tales Of The New West
Fri Sep 1 10:48:00 2006 BEAT FARMERS HAPPY BOY Tales Of The New West
note that 3 out of 6 are during Big Rick time.
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New Releases Thursday: Johnny Lang's back. Oh joy.
ETA: Yikes, he's making a bid for annual inclusion on the MLK Day set by including King samples in the song.
and here's the new Beck, "Nausea". No, that's not my reaction, it's the name of the song.
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Anyone else notice that "world class rock" seems to be skewing to the 90s a lot more lately? Been hearing several Nirvana tunes and also a lot of Alanis of late, to name just two.
And I'm thinking I'd like to start a movement to have You Oughta Know banned from the airwaves--sure, I get that the song is written from the POV of someone who's been harshly dumped, but the negativity and venom in that song is just bad--it never fails to put me in a foul mood. We have enough of that in this world.
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Anyone else notice that "world class rock" seems to be skewing to the 90s a lot more lately? Been hearing several Nirvana tunes and also a lot of Alanis of late, to name just two.
And I'm thinking I'd like to start a movement to have You Oughta Know banned from the airwaves--sure, I get that the song is written from the POV of someone who's been harshly dumped, but the negativity and venom in that song is just bad--it never fails to put me in a foul mood. We have enough of that in this world.
Alex Bennett once called her Alanis MoreUpset -- I've called her that ever since. Never mind the anger, I find there to be somewhat of a double standard in that it's OK for a woman to direct that anger at a guy in a song, but a guy saying the equivalent things to a woman would be considered misogynist.
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Anyone else notice that "world class rock" seems to be skewing to the 90s a lot more lately? Been hearing several Nirvana tunes and also a lot of Alanis of late, to name just two.
more evidence of this: Beck gettin' crazy wit da Cheeze Whiz in regular rotation.
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I note that they've got Rocco DeLuca playing at the Bridge-to-Bridge Run party. There's a new docu about DeLuca called I Trust You to Kill Me, his band is signed to Keifer Sutherland's label and Sutherland went on tour with them as their road manager. A sample critical quote from the NY Post:
"Too bad nearly half the film is about DeLuca, who has an irritating Freddie Mercury wail and is both obnoxious and moronic."
LOL!
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"...who has an irritating Freddie Mercury wail..."
LOL!
what the f**k is that supposed to mean?
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"...who has an irritating Freddie Mercury wail..."
LOL!
what the f**k is that supposed to mean?
It could mean the critic likes Freddie and finds bad imitations of him annoying; or it could mean he doesn't have much use for Freddie to begin with. The critic is Kyle Smith of the NY Post and he's rather rabidly right-wing, so I'm guessing the latter.
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Anyone else notice that "world class rock" seems to be skewing to the 90s a lot more lately? Been hearing several Nirvana tunes and also a lot of Alanis of late, to name just two.
And I'm thinking I'd like to start a movement to have You Oughta Know banned from the airwaves--sure, I get that the song is written from the POV of someone who's been harshly dumped, but the negativity and venom in that song is just bad--it never fails to put me in a foul mood. We have enough of that in this world.
Alex Bennett once called her Alanis MoreUpset -- I've called her that ever since. Never mind the anger, I find there to be somewhat of a double standard in that it's OK for a woman to direct that anger at a guy in a song, but a guy saying the equivalent things to a woman would be considered misogynist.
Ah, Alex. Hey, Alanis is ok -- she's quite more sedate now, opened up for Barenaked Ladies a few years back at Shoreline and put on a great show.
Anyways, did a quick grep through my listings, and yeah it seems like Alanis airplay is up a bit. Although things really started spiking back in Jan-Feb, well before the Cumulus takeover. Also annoying though is that they really only play stuff off of Jagged Little Pill. They ought to play some tracks off of the acoustic version of the whole album she recently released. (Rosalie does on Sundays.)
As far as Nirvana -- nah, except for the fact that they now play "THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD", they still play around the same amount of Nirvana per month, a lot of it unplugged, on average about once a day...
Of course my numbers can be suspect, so take this with a grain of salt.
--Darryl
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Anyone else notice that "world class rock" seems to be skewing to the 90s a lot more lately? Been hearing several Nirvana tunes and also a lot of Alanis of late, to name just two.
And I'm thinking I'd like to start a movement to have You Oughta Know banned from the airwaves--sure, I get that the song is written from the POV of someone who's been harshly dumped, but the negativity and venom in that song is just bad--it never fails to put me in a foul mood. We have enough of that in this world.
Alex Bennett once called her Alanis MoreUpset -- I've called her that ever since. Never mind the anger, I find there to be somewhat of a double standard in that it's OK for a woman to direct that anger at a guy in a song, but a guy saying the equivalent things to a woman would be considered misogynist.
Ah, Alex. Hey, Alanis is ok -- she's quite more sedate now, opened up for Barenaked Ladies a few years back at Shoreline and put on a great show.
Anyways, did a quick grep through my listings, and yeah it seems like Alanis airplay is up a bit. Although things really started spiking back in Jan-Feb, well before the Cumulus takeover. Also annoying though is that they really only play stuff off of Jagged Little Pill. They ought to play some tracks off of the acoustic version of the whole album she recently released. (Rosalie does on Sundays.)
As far as Nirvana -- nah, except for the fact that they now play "THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD", they still play around the same amount of Nirvana per month, a lot of it unplugged, on average about once a day...
Of course my numbers can be suspect, so take this with a grain of salt.
--Darryl
if you're talking about the 2004 shoreline concert, i believe the ladies opened for alanis. that's how i remember it, anyway. it would make sense that they open for her, no? hmm...well, of one thing i'm certain - my buddies and i were bummed we missed nellie mckay's set.
i remember when alex said that. ah, the good ole days.
re: the double-standard - i doubt a woman could remake dion's "the wanderer" without being labelled a whore. it goes both ways.
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i doubt a woman could remake dion's "the wanderer" without being labelled a whore.
Paging Paris Hilton!
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if you're talking about the 2004 shoreline concert, i believe the ladies opened for alanis. that's how i remember it, anyway. it would make sense that they open for her, no? hmm...well, of one thing i'm certain - my buddies and i were bummed we missed nellie mckay's set.
i remember when alex said that. ah, the good ole days.
re: the double-standard - i doubt a woman could remake dion's "the wanderer" without being labelled a whore. it goes both ways.
Ah, you're right. BNL opened. They switched off headlining every other show on that tour. I remember being disappointed that she didn't bring out BNL for "cameos" as she had done during their set.
I was also bummed to have only caught the tail end of Nellie. Did get to see her sing a song with Steve, I think, w/ Jim on bass, so that was fun. She's going to be at Bimbo's in a few weeks, actually.
Just bought BNL ticks for Nov. 28. $60 freaking dollars for Bill Graham Civic, but 2nd row section 5, so I can't complain too much, I guess. :-}
--Darryl
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Just bought BNL ticks for Nov. 28. $60 freaking dollars for Bill Graham Civic, but 2nd row section 5, so I can't complain too much, I guess. :-}
--Darryl
I know what you mean, bro. But these days, $60 is relatively reasonable for a big show. I'm balking a bit at $55 for the Meters (original lineup) at the Fillmore, but I know it'll rock, so should probably just shut up and kick down the $$$.
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Caught the tail end of Big Rick (now there's a visual!) and heard 3 "new" songs:
1. A Jurassic 5/DMB collab that was heavy on the rap -- Fogheads traditionally dislike that sorta thing, I'm wondering how long that'll be around.
2. Michael Franti's "Light Up Your Lighter" which totally kicks ass -- a scorching lyric with lines like "the war on terror is a war on peace". Most impressive.
3. the U2/Leonard Cohen collab from that Cohen docu.
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From Leah Garchik's column in today's Chronicle:
P.S.: A grizzled veteran of Burning Man says the sound of the first commercial voice was heard this year. The Flaming Lotus Girls were performing, "to odd music, during a fireworks show," when an announcement was heard: "This is KFOG broadcasting live from the Flaming Lotus Girls on the Playa." Hit the deck, will Ronald McDonald be there next year?
So who do ya think it was? Renee? Mike Powers? Irish Greg?
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some cool acoutstic guitar duo version of Stairway to Heaven. Martha said
"they're playing this on KFOG?"
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From Leah Garchik's column in today's Chronicle:
P.S.: A grizzled veteran of Burning Man says the sound of the first commercial voice was heard this year. The Flaming Lotus Girls were performing, "to odd music, during a fireworks show," when an announcement was heard: "This is KFOG broadcasting live from the Flaming Lotus Girls on the Playa." Hit the deck, will Ronald McDonald be there next year?
So who do ya think it was? Renee? Mike Powers? Irish Greg?
From Friday's column, Leah takes it back:
P.S.: My grizzled Burning Man veteran was a little too grizzled, perhaps from the heat. What he'd described as a KFOG announcement was made by a pirate station with a soundalike name.
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Caught the tail end of Big Rick (now there's a visual!) and heard 3 "new" songs:
1. A Jurassic 5/DMB collab that was heavy on the rap -- Fogheads traditionally dislike that sorta thing, I'm wondering how long that'll be around.
2. Michael Franti's "Light Up Your Lighter" which totally kicks ass -- a scorching lyric with lines like "the war on terror is a war on peace". Most impressive.
3. the U2/Leonard Cohen collab from that Cohen docu.
OMG, I heard this! I was very impressed with all three as well, especially the Cohen/U2 (and I'm largely unfamiliar with Lenny).
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Caught the tail end of Big Rick (now there's a visual!) and heard 3 "new" songs:
1. A Jurassic 5/DMB collab that was heavy on the rap -- Fogheads traditionally dislike that sorta thing, I'm wondering how long that'll be around.
2. Michael Franti's "Light Up Your Lighter" which totally kicks ass -- a scorching lyric with lines like "the war on terror is a war on peace". Most impressive.
3. the U2/Leonard Cohen collab from that Cohen docu.
OMG, I heard this! I was very impressed with all three as well, especially the Cohen/U2 (and I'm largely unfamiliar with Lenny).
I think you'd love Mr Cohen -- surely there's a cheap best-of floating around.
For the record I thought the Jurassic 5/DMB thing was pretty dreadful.
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I sit in the science prep room, absorbing Dylan, and thinking of how to integrate this and pirate talk in my next chemistry class!
Arrrr!
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I sit in the science prep room, absorbing Dylan, and thinking of how to integrate this and pirate talk in my next chemistry class!
Arrrr!
I heard them talking that up earlier -- I can't imagine how awful it will be. Fogheads are so clueless.
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Re: TLAPD, at least the guy who won was enthusiastic and had fun with it.
Anyways, interesting article from Ben Fong-Torres about a panel that Dave Benson and Chris Mays (Alice) spoke on where they pooh-poohed the imminent death of terrestrial radio. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/10/PKG0SJ71C91.DTL&type=tvradio
Excerpt:
"Our demise is largely overreported," Mays says. "We are the original content providers." The immediacy and localness of radio can't be matched by most Internet and satellite stations, she says, "and those are two of the things that will lead us into the future."
"Say that radio is dead," Benson says. "That's fine. We're going to keep on doing what we do. ... With all respect for the burgeoning digital world, there's an audience out there that we've had constant contact with for 40 years. We're in the audience business. While getting music digitally is a fantastic experience, we provide entertainment and community for an audience. As long as we do that very well, we'll be around."
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Re: TLAPD, at least the guy who won was enthusiastic and had fun with it.
Anyways, interesting article from Ben Fong-Torres about a panel that Dave Benson and Chris Mays (Alice) spoke on where they pooh-poohed the imminent death of terrestrial radio. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/10/PKG0SJ71C91.DTL&type=tvradio
Excerpt:
"Our demise is largely overreported," Mays says. "We are the original content providers." The immediacy and localness of radio can't be matched by most Internet and satellite stations, she says, "and those are two of the things that will lead us into the future."
"Say that radio is dead," Benson says. "That's fine. We're going to keep on doing what we do. ... With all respect for the burgeoning digital world, there's an audience out there that we've had constant contact with for 40 years. We're in the audience business. While getting music digitally is a fantastic experience, we provide entertainment and community for an audience. As long as we do that very well, we'll be around."
Benson inadvertently illuminates the problem: The decisions of Crap Channel et al have mostly eliminated what DJs are capable of bringing to the table (personality, entertainment and community)! I don't understand why people in the radio business aren't absorbing this point.
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I won tix this morning, but couldn't use tix! We'll be in Pacific Grove that night!
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I won tix this morning, but couldn't use tix! We'll be in Pacific Grove that night!
so you're offering them to one of us, right? :wink:
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Hey did anyone else catch The Occasional Scoop this morning? One of his best, kind of an anti-war/save the planet rant.
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Hey did anyone else catch The Occasional Scoop this morning? One of his best, kind of an anti-war/save the planet rant.
maybe Scoop heard Inessa's set yesterday and was inspired!
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Hey did anyone else catch The Occasional Scoop this morning? One of his best, kind of an anti-war/save the planet rant.
I did, and yes, one of his better efforts. He (or KFOG) should compile those somewhere--I don't think they keep them on the site forever.
Om shalom!!
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Wow, MTB, "Can't You See" has become a KFOG Playlist Katrina in record time. I heard Big Rick play it a couple months back and thought "wow... that's cool, haven't heard that in ages". But they've played it a LOT since then, at least to my ears.
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I won tix this morning, but couldn't use tix! We'll be in Pacific Grove that night!
so you're offering them to one of us, right? :wink:
If you didn't hear it, they hung up on me after I asked what night of the week it was!
Geoff-
That made GREAT radio!
Thank YOU!
-Dave
Original Message -----------------------
It was an honor to win the Jersey Boys contest this morning, even though my
wife and I will be out of town December 1, and would not have been able to
attend. Keep up the good work,
Geoff
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I just heard Dave back announce a set that included "the title track from Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy."
Which, as we all know, is on Physical Graffiti. :P
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I just heard Dave back announce a set that included "the title track from Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy."
Which, as we all know, is on Physical Graffiti. :P
So, per the glossary, that makes it an MMB.
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another nice "Rock of Ages" surprise: in the '80s column this morning was Randy Newman's "I Love L.A.", which I haven't heard on the radio in ages -- I don't think it's even shown up on 10@10 much (if at all).
unfortunately it was followed by the Morning Show crew doing one of their tedious (and all-too-frequent) faux "arguments" about whether "ILLA" is a sincere ode to the city or sarcastic/ironic.
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another nice "Rock of Ages" surprise: in the '80s column this morning was Randy Newman's "I Love L.A.", which I haven't heard on the radio in ages -- I don't think it's even shown up on 10@10 much (if at all).
unfortunately it was followed by the Morning Show crew doing one of their tedious (and all-too-frequent) faux "arguments" about whether "ILLA" is a sincere ode to the city or sarcastic/ironic.
In the case of Randy Newman, I'd have to say it's both. He grew up there, so I think he really does have affection for the place, but as is his way, I think he was taking the piss out of the place at the same time.
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Yikes! KFOG just played Blind Melon's "No Rain" for the second time in 2-1/2 hours.
"I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today..."
Well, then pull up yer pants, bub!
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Just happened to turn on KFOG as Big Rick was intro-ing the nightly "Buzz Cut" (remember the nighttime jock named Buzz something-or-other who started that feature?)
Anyway, tonight's Buzz Cut was something new by Tom Waits. I'm wondering if the Buzz Cuts show up on the Music Logs and if Darryl has any way of finding out how many Buzz Cuts end up in regular rotation (and how many get played once and then disapppear).
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New Releases: nice new tune from Joan Osborn , going in an Americana direction, and an Aussie band called Cat Empire (not to be confused with Cat Power).
Meanwhile, if I hear the commercial for Man of the Year (the Robin Williams flick that is reportedly just AWFUL) one more time... I will go postal.
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This Saturday, KFOG is doing a good old-school Beatles A to Z day. Don't know what that means for the the Marathon, but I guess since KFRC isn't around to do them anymore, at least someone is.
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This Saturday, KFOG is doing a good old-school Beatles A to Z day. Don't know what that means for the the Marathon, but I guess since KFRC isn't around to do them anymore, at least someone is.
I'm sure it starts right after the marathon -- and probably wraps up around 10pm.
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For you trivia masters, go to the contest page.
Thanks for listening to The Beatles A to Z on KFOG. Answer the trivia questions below on the next page and you could win a pair of passes to see The U.S. vs. John Lennon as well as a copy of the soundtrack!
Name the two songs that Paul McCartney plays lead guitar?
Name the Beatles' three songs that have a parenthesis in the title?
Name the only song that was recorded by only John and Paul?
On April 4th, 1964, The Beatles held the top 5 positions on the singles chart. Name all 5 songs.
Entries must be received by 9am on Monday, October 14, 2006. We'll select winners at random from all correct entries received and contact them via email. Good luck!
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SPOILER for one of the trivia questions
Name the Beatles' three songs that have a parenthesis in the title?
1. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
2. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
3. Anna (Go to Him)
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On April 4th, 1964, The Beatles held the top 5 positions on the singles chart. Name all 5 songs.
1. Can't Buy Me Love
2. Twist & Shout
3. She Loves You
4. I Want To Hold Your Hand
5. Please Please Me
and since no one ever asks, the rest of the top ten that week:
6. Suspicion - Terry Stafford
7. Hello Dolly - Louis Armstrong
8. Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) - Betty Everett
9. My Heart Belongs to Only You - Bobby Vinton
10. Glad All Over - Dave Clark 5
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So, since Dave's latest blog entry is all about his Myrtle Beach vacay, I thought I'd post a comment telling him about VIPRadio's Friday Beach Music show, and I also mentioned that XM is doing a recreation of CKLW (jingles and all) this week.
I went back a while later and my comment wasn't there. I thought maybe I screwed up and I posted it again, and again, a while later, it disappeared. So I emailed the info to Dave directly.
Then tonite when I got home I had an email from Dave (predating my email to him) telling me not to post "commercials for satellite and internet radio on the KFOG site". Jeez, ya try to be a nice guy and hip somebody to something you think he'll like...
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So, since Dave's latest blog entry is all about his Myrtle Beach vacay, I thought I'd post a comment telling him about VIPRadio's Friday Beach Music show, and I also mentioned that XM is doing a recreation of CKLW (jingles and all) this week.
I went back a while later and my comment wasn't there. I thought maybe I screwed up and I posted it again, and again, a while later, it disappeared. So I emailed the info to Dave directly.
Then tonite when I got home I had an email from Dave (predating my email to him) telling me not to post "commercials for satellite and internet radio on the KFOG site". Jeez, ya try to be a nice guy and hip somebody to something you think he'll like...
Big Brother! Does his contract allow him to only listen to KFOG? I second the jeez. It's a great big world out there.
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So, since Dave's latest blog entry is all about his Myrtle Beach vacay, I thought I'd post a comment telling him about VIPRadio's Friday Beach Music show, and I also mentioned that XM is doing a recreation of CKLW (jingles and all) this week.
I went back a while later and my comment wasn't there. I thought maybe I screwed up and I posted it again, and again, a while later, it disappeared. So I emailed the info to Dave directly.
Then tonite when I got home I had an email from Dave (predating my email to him) telling me not to post "commercials for satellite and internet radio on the KFOG site". Jeez, ya try to be a nice guy and hip somebody to something you think he'll like...
Big Brother! Does his contract allow him to only listen to KFOG? I second the jeez. It's a great big world out there.
I'm not surprised or upset at all. This site is paid for by KFOG, and there's not reason they should allow competitors 'equal time.' I'm sure Dave listens to music other than KFOG, it's just that he knows his job.
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So, since Dave's latest blog entry is all about his Myrtle Beach vacay, I thought I'd post a comment telling him about VIPRadio's Friday Beach Music show, and I also mentioned that XM is doing a recreation of CKLW (jingles and all) this week.
I went back a while later and my comment wasn't there. I thought maybe I screwed up and I posted it again, and again, a while later, it disappeared. So I emailed the info to Dave directly.
Then tonite when I got home I had an email from Dave (predating my email to him) telling me not to post "commercials for satellite and internet radio on the KFOG site". Jeez, ya try to be a nice guy and hip somebody to something you think he'll like...
Big Brother! Does his contract allow him to only listen to KFOG? I second the jeez. It's a great big world out there.
I'm not surprised or upset at all. This site is paid for by KFOG, and there's not reason they should allow competitors 'equal time.' I'm sure Dave listens to music other than KFOG, it's just that he knows his job.
I suppose such things can only be communicated by email and IM, then. :x
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So, since Dave's latest blog entry is all about his Myrtle Beach vacay, I thought I'd post a comment telling him about VIPRadio's Friday Beach Music show, and I also mentioned that XM is doing a recreation of CKLW (jingles and all) this week.
I went back a while later and my comment wasn't there. I thought maybe I screwed up and I posted it again, and again, a while later, it disappeared. So I emailed the info to Dave directly.
Then tonite when I got home I had an email from Dave (predating my email to him) telling me not to post "commercials for satellite and internet radio on the KFOG site". Jeez, ya try to be a nice guy and hip somebody to something you think he'll like...
Big Brother! Does his contract allow him to only listen to KFOG? I second the jeez. It's a great big world out there.
I'm not surprised or upset at all. This site is paid for by KFOG, and there's no reason they should allow competitors 'equal time.' I'm sure Dave listens to music other than KFOG, it's just that he knows his job.
I suppose such things can only be communicated by email and IM, then. :x
He has been very open by phone and (in the old days) fax. I myself have been bitten on the butt by things printed online, even in 'private' emails.
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So, since Dave's latest blog entry is all about his Myrtle Beach vacay, I thought I'd post a comment telling him about VIPRadio's Friday Beach Music show, and I also mentioned that XM is doing a recreation of CKLW (jingles and all) this week.
I went back a while later and my comment wasn't there. I thought maybe I screwed up and I posted it again, and again, a while later, it disappeared. So I emailed the info to Dave directly.
Then tonite when I got home I had an email from Dave (predating my email to him) telling me not to post "commercials for satellite and internet radio on the KFOG site". Jeez, ya try to be a nice guy and hip somebody to something you think he'll like...
Big Brother! Does his contract allow him to only listen to KFOG? I second the jeez. It's a great big world out there.
I'm not surprised or upset at all. This site is paid for by KFOG, and there's no reason they should allow competitors 'equal time.' I'm sure Dave listens to music other than KFOG, it's just that he knows his job.
I suppose such things can only be communicated by email and IM, then. :x
He has been very open by phone and (in the old days) fax. I myself have been bitten on the butt by things printed online, even in 'private' emails.
well... whatever. But given how few comments get posted on the DJ blogs (unless Dave solicits suggestions for a theme set on-the-air) it seems to me not very many people would've ever seen my "commercials" :wink:
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just went to the KFOG site (cuz the player still ain't workin') and the just-played box showed "This Love" by Kim Richey -- the song from her 2002 CD Rise that she co-wrote with Chuck Prophet. I don't remember that song getting much KFOG play at the time, and now it's showing up in rotation? WTF?
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they were discussing this "follow you into the dark" song, which made me think of Fleetwood Mac's "Dust" from Bare Trees:
Fleetwood Mac
Dust
Written by Danny Kirwan.
When the white flame in us is gone
And we that lost the world's delight
Stiffen in darkness.
Left alone
To crumble in our separate light
When your swift hair is quiet in death
And through the lips corruption thrust to still the labor of my breath
When we are dust, when we are dust
When we are dust, when we are dust
When your swift hair is quiet in death
And through the lips corruption thrust to still the labor of my breath
When we are dust, when we are dust
When we are dust, when we are dust
When the white flame in us is gone
And we that lost the world's delight
Stiffen in darkness
Left alone
To crumble in our separate light
When your swift hair is quiet in death
And through the lips corruption thrust to still the labor of my breath
When we are dust, when we are dust
When we are dust, when we are dust
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Only Darryl can answer this definitively, but does anyone else think KFOG is playing a lot more new-and-recent stuff and a lot less "classics"? Sure seems that way to me, but then I only listen at limited times (5:45-7 am; right after 10@10; the half-hour before the pm replay). The mix used to be 3 or 4 old tunes for every new one; it almost seems like that ratio has been reversed.
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So KFOG is playing Feist's "Mushaboom" again since she's doing Concert 4 Kids, and I just realized how very similar her voice is to Corinne Bailey Rae's.
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Only Darryl can answer this definitively, but does anyone else think KFOG is playing a lot more new-and-recent stuff and a lot less "classics"? Sure seems that way to me, but then I only listen at limited times (5:45-7 am; right after 10@10; the half-hour before the pm replay). The mix used to be 3 or 4 old tunes for every new one; it almost seems like that ratio has been reversed.
I've been wondering about that, too--I think your answer is in the lineup for the Concert for Kids this year. Where's your John Hiatt or your Bonnie Raitt? Nope, we've got Death Cab for Cutie (who are pretty darn good) and Feist, who to my knowledge were never played on KFOG before they got this booking.
A year ago, both those bands were staples of indie rock stations like KEXP and now KFOG is all over 'em.
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Only Darryl can answer this definitively, but does anyone else think KFOG is playing a lot more new-and-recent stuff and a lot less "classics"? Sure seems that way to me, but then I only listen at limited times (5:45-7 am; right after 10@10; the half-hour before the pm replay). The mix used to be 3 or 4 old tunes for every new one; it almost seems like that ratio has been reversed.
I've been wondering about that, too--I think your answer is in the lineup for the Concert for Kids this year. Where's your John Hiatt or your Bonnie Raitt? Nope, we've got Death Cab for Cutie (who are pretty darn good) and Feist, who to my knowledge were never played on KFOG before they got this booking.
A year ago, both those bands were staples of indie rock stations like KEXP and now KFOG is all over 'em.
actually the Feist tune has been in (light) KFOG rotation for the better part of this year, tho' it's sorta disappeared-and-now-reappeared.
My new term for Triple-A format girls singers: Norah Feisty Rae.
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It's Request-O-Rama-O-Rama this morning and there have been some great requests. One guy said Dealer's choice Kinks & Dave played "Waterloo Sunset", another guy requested either David Lindley & El Rayo X or Amboy Dukes (Renee & Peter voted for the Nuge) & the last guy requested Tom Waits "Diamonds on the Windshield".
If I'd gotten through I woulda requested (Yay!) The Beatles "Dr. Robert".
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Just happened to turn on KFOG as Big Rick was intro-ing the nightly "Buzz Cut" (remember the nighttime jock named Buzz something-or-other who started that feature?)
Anyway, tonight's Buzz Cut was something new by Tom Waits. I'm wondering if the Buzz Cuts show up on the Music Logs and if Darryl has any way of finding out how many Buzz Cuts end up in regular rotation (and how many get played once and then disapppear).
Hiya:
I just have this data. When do Buzz Cuts happen? Daily? Thursdays?
Sun Oct 8 09:39:02 2006 Tom Waits HOLD ON Mule Variations
Sun Oct 15 18:48:02 2006 Tom Waits HOLD ON Mule Variations
Thu Oct 19 08:48:11 2006 TOM WAITS LONG WAY HOME
Thu Oct 26 16:54:00 2006 TOM WAITS LONG WAY HOME
Thu Oct 26 23:51:00 2006 TOM WAITS LONG WAY HOME
I actually mailed the Morning Show on the 19th when Benson debuted "Long Way Home" to tell them that Norah Jones covered it on her sophomore effort, "Feels Like Home".
No response.
Turns out Tom's version appeared in 2002 on this very interesting sounding soundtrack:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005Y4OW/darrylshomepag0d
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I just have this data. When do Buzz Cuts happen? Daily? Thursdays?
The Buzz Cut happens every night, i think, between 9 & 9:30.
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just went to the KFOG site (cuz the player still ain't workin') and the just-played box showed "This Love" by Kim Richey -- the song from her 2002 CD Rise that she co-wrote with Chuck Prophet. I don't remember that song getting much KFOG play at the time, and now it's showing up in rotation? WTF?
It doesn't blip on the radar at all prior to Sep 29 but since then it's been getting a ton of play: Nearly 2 spins per day, every day. I'm not even sure what this song sounds like...
[Brief trip to iTunes...]
Huh... how bizarre. Not familiar to me at all. Seems to get played in the wee hours of the night a lot, 11pm-4am. Ah, and rarely in the morning, when I listen the most.
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Only Darryl can answer this definitively, but does anyone else think KFOG is playing a lot more new-and-recent stuff and a lot less "classics"? Sure seems that way to me, but then I only listen at limited times (5:45-7 am; right after 10@10; the half-hour before the pm replay). The mix used to be 3 or 4 old tunes for every new one; it almost seems like that ratio has been reversed.
I've been wondering about that, too--I think your answer is in the lineup for the Concert for Kids this year. Where's your John Hiatt or your Bonnie Raitt? Nope, we've got Death Cab for Cutie (who are pretty darn good) and Feist, who to my knowledge were never played on KFOG before they got this booking.
A year ago, both those bands were staples of indie rock stations like KEXP and now KFOG is all over 'em.
actually the Feist tune has been in (light) KFOG rotation for the better part of this year, tho' it's sorta disappeared-and-now-reappeared.
My new term for Triple-A format girls singers: Norah Feisty Rae.
Feist's "Mushaboom" was in moderate rotation from Jun 05-Jan 06. Maybe an average of 1 spin every 4-5 days.
Things ramped up in Feb 2006 to nearly 1 spin a day. This was consistent through Jul 2006. In Aug-Sep 2006 there was a serious dropout -- only played 3 times in that period. But starting Oct 15 Feist has now been in super heavy rotation, like 2 spins a day.
[As always stats may not reflect reality, as they're only pulling what's displayed on KFOG's website, and also may be crappy due to my bad programming skills.]
Mmm, "Norah Feisty Rae", new from Taco Bell!
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I've been wondering about that, too--I think your answer is in the lineup for the Concert for Kids this year. Where's your John Hiatt or your Bonnie Raitt? Nope, we've got Death Cab for Cutie (who are pretty darn good) and Feist, who to my knowledge were never played on KFOG before they got this booking.
A year ago, both those bands were staples of indie rock stations like KEXP and now KFOG is all over 'em.
Just some random stats since June 2006:
John Hiatt: 30 spins
Bonnie Raitt: 249 spins
Death Cab: 235 spins
Feist: 73 spins
Now, to be fair, Death Cab's "Soul Meets Body" (it's soooo cute when my son sings that line) was getting heavy (like 1-2 times a day) play from Aug 2005-Jan 2006, when "Crooked Teeth" finally started getting mixed in as well.
I think Death Cab for Cutie was on the indie rock stations back in 2002. That's when they played at Seattle's Bumbershoot and I didn't know who they were, so we missed them. Oops.
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I've been wondering about that, too--I think your answer is in the lineup for the Concert for Kids this year. Where's your John Hiatt or your Bonnie Raitt? Nope, we've got Death Cab for Cutie (who are pretty darn good) and Feist, who to my knowledge were never played on KFOG before they got this booking.
A year ago, both those bands were staples of indie rock stations like KEXP and now KFOG is all over 'em.
Just some random stats since June 2006:
John Hiatt: 30 spins
Bonnie Raitt: 249 spins
Death Cab: 235 spins
Feist: 73 spins
Now, to be fair, Death Cab's "Soul Meets Body" (it's soooo cute when my son sings that line) was getting heavy (like 1-2 times a day) play from Aug 2005-Jan 2006, when "Crooked Teeth" finally started getting mixed in as well.
I think Death Cab for Cutie was on the indie rock stations back in 2002. That's when they played at Seattle's Bumbershoot and I didn't know who they were, so we missed them. Oops.
I love these stats. Thanks so much, Darryl, for your archival work. Karma abounds.
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Morning Show off on a major "TV Themes We Love" tangent this hour.
I know I've asked this before, but are Peter and Renee really that dumb or are they pretending to be dumb so that dumb people in the audience can relate to them? (and yes, that's a common ploy on radio morning shows.) They thought "Theme From SWAT" was "Starsky & Hutch" and Renee thought the Carol Burnett song ("I'm so glad we've had this time together...") was from Mr Rogers' Neighborhood. :roll:
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I'm not usually near KFOG at 5pm on Friday, but I am today, and was kinda surprised that they still play "Smoke 2 Joints", what with the new owners and all.
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I'm not usually near KFOG at 5pm on Friday, but I am today, and was kinda surprised that they still play "Smoke 2 Joints", what with the new owners and all.
I love hearing it, no matter how many times. It's like some cathartic release from the 'real' world for just a few minutes. Every time KFOG has accidentally forgotten to play it, the phones ring off the hook. It's an ingrained part of our culture now.
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Another question for Darryl and his nifty play-list cataloguing script:
Have the Chili Peppers seen an increase in play over the last couple of weeks? Not just the current stuff (Dani California et al) but older things--I've heard Give It Away a couple of times in the past week, and several others of that vintage, too. Wondering if they've been bumped up in the rotation, or if I'm just stumbling across them more frequently.
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Hope y'all (but especially Geoff) caught Dave playing "Witchi Tai To" (the orig 1969 version by Everything is Everything) around 6:30 this morning. Talk about a flashback!
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Hope y'all (but especially Geoff) caught Dave playing "Witchi Tai To" (the orig 1969 version by Everything is Everything) around 6:30 this morning. Talk about a flashback!
Damn, I missed it, but that explains why Benson the PD was discussing Jim Pepper and his fabulous Comin' & Goin' album, which contains his own version of that tune, a longtime fave of mine as well. (Pepper wrote the song, iirc.)
"Water spirit spring is runnin' round in my head
Makes me feel glad that I'm not dead..."
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Hope y'all (but especially Geoff) caught Dave playing "Witchi Tai To" (the orig 1969 version by Everything is Everything) around 6:30 this morning. Talk about a flashback!
Damn, I missed it, but that explains why Benson the PD was discussing Jim Pepper and his fabulous Comin' & Goin' album, which contains his own version of that tune, a longtime fave of mine as well. (Pepper wrote the song, iirc.)
"Water spirit spring is runnin' round in my head
Makes me feel glad that I'm not dead..."
apparently a Foghead emailed Dave with some of the lyrics and wanted to know Name of Song, Who Did It, etc. So Dave went home and dug out his orig vinyl 45 of the tune.
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Hope y'all (but especially Geoff) caught Dave playing "Witchi Tai To" (the orig 1969 version by Everything is Everything) around 6:30 this morning. Talk about a flashback!
You may have heard me call him; I got kinda cocky, since I have about a half a dozen different versions of the song, and disagreed with him about the original version. In the broadcast version of our conversation, I got the buzzer treatment!
My memory could be jaded by all the different versions I've heard, but the one I have that is credited to Jim Pepper feels like the 'original' in the sense it's from the author.
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Dunno if you heard the discussion the other morning about "songs that have inspired you" (triggered by this week's EW cover story). Dave, to no one's surprise, mentioned McFadden & Whitehead, "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now".
TANC: last week someone brought a bilingual mix CD to the gym that featured a cover of "Ain't No..." en espanol. Betcha Dave'd LOVE that. :wink: There was also a disco-ed up Spanish version of Carole King's "Corazon" that morphed into "Love Hangover". Sadly, no idea who does them.
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Dunno if you heard the discussion the other morning about "songs that have inspired you" (triggered by this week's EW cover story). Dave, to no one's surprise, mentioned McFadden & Whitehead, "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now".
TANC: last week someone brought a bilingual mix CD to the gym that featured a cover of "Ain't No..." en espanol. Betcha Dave'd LOVE that. :wink: There was also a disco-ed up Spanish version of Carole King's "Corazon" that morphed into "Love Hangover". Sadly, no idea who does them.
Was this the comp?
http://www.bluebeat.com/albums/6177
Disco Forever Disc 1
1 We're On Our Way Home by Brainstorm
2 My Love Supreme by Milton Hamilton
3 Barely Breaking Even by Universal Robot Band
4 Chameleon by La Pregunta
5 You're So Right For Me by Eastside Connection
6 Ain't No Stopping Us Now by Charanga 76
7 Flight To Jamaica by The Crashers
8 Que Tal America by Two Man Sound
9 Corazon by The LTG Exchange
10 Love Hangover by Touch
11 Let's Make Love by Jeanne Napoli
12 Just As Long As I Got You by Love Committee
13 Smile by Skylite
14 I Got A Thing by Silver, Platinum & Gold
15 Shout At The Disco by Little Scotty
16 Work Song by Pat Lundy
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Dunno if you heard the discussion the other morning about "songs that have inspired you" (triggered by this week's EW cover story). Dave, to no one's surprise, mentioned McFadden & Whitehead, "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now".
TANC: last week someone brought a bilingual mix CD to the gym that featured a cover of "Ain't No..." en espanol. Betcha Dave'd LOVE that. :wink: There was also a disco-ed up Spanish version of Carole King's "Corazon" that morphed into "Love Hangover". Sadly, no idea who does them.
Was this the comp?
http://www.bluebeat.com/albums/6177
Wow... thanks! I'll check that list against the tunes on the CD (there was no accompanying track listing); it was described to me as a homemade mix but that could be wrong. The segue from "Corazon" to "Love Hangover" is an amazing coincidence, certainly.
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Dunno if you heard the discussion the other morning about "songs that have inspired you" (triggered by this week's EW cover story). Dave, to no one's surprise, mentioned McFadden & Whitehead, "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now".
TANC: last week someone brought a bilingual mix CD to the gym that featured a cover of "Ain't No..." en espanol. Betcha Dave'd LOVE that. :wink: There was also a disco-ed up Spanish version of Carole King's "Corazon" that morphed into "Love Hangover". Sadly, no idea who does them.
Was this the comp?
http://www.bluebeat.com/albums/6177
Wow... thanks! I'll check that list against the tunes on the CD (there was no accompanying track listing); it was described to me as a homemade mix but that could be wrong. The segue from "Corazon" to "Love Hangover" is an amazing coincidence, certainly.
Corazon is an amazing tune--I played on Woody Herman's arrangement of it with my HS jazz band.
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Hope y'all (but especially Geoff) caught Dave playing "Witchi Tai To" (the orig 1969 version by Everything is Everything) around 6:30 this morning. Talk about a flashback!
You may have heard me call him; I got kinda cocky, since I have about a half a dozen different versions of the song, and disagreed with him about the original version. In the broadcast version of our conversation, I got the buzzer treatment!
My memory could be jaded by all the different versions I've heard, but the one I have that is credited to Jim Pepper feels like the 'original' in the sense it's from the author.
I have studio & live versions of that by Brewer & Shipley. It was the last song on their second album & ever after it was the set closer to their live act. In the liner notes Michael Brewer says they learned the song by listening to Everything Is Everything on a Little Rock radio station while driving around Missouri, Kansas & Arkansas late at night when it was the only station they could get.
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Hope y'all (but especially Geoff) caught Dave playing "Witchi Tai To" (the orig 1969 version by Everything is Everything) around 6:30 this morning. Talk about a flashback!
You may have heard me call him; I got kinda cocky, since I have about a half a dozen different versions of the song, and disagreed with him about the original version. In the broadcast version of our conversation, I got the buzzer treatment!
My memory could be jaded by all the different versions I've heard, but the one I have that is credited to Jim Pepper feels like the 'original' in the sense it's from the author.
I have studio & live versions of that by Brewer & Shipley. It was the last song on their second album & ever after it was the set closer to their live act. In the liner notes Michael Brewer says they learned the song by listening to Everything Is Everything on a Little Rock radio station while driving around Missouri, Kansas & Arkansas late at night when it was the only station they could get.
I'd love to get a copy of the live version someday!
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love the new postioner I heard on the station this morning:
"streaming San Francisco Values to the world at kfog.com" LOL!
Also, as I was leaving the house this morning, KFOG was playing Oasis' "Wonderwall"... or maybe it was "Champagne Supernova" -- either way, neither song got KFOG play at the time they were current.
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Tuned in to KFOG early tonight, unusual for me; and the "Buzz Cut" they're playing is an Incubus song and NOT the one that's now charting on the Hot 100 ("Anna-Molly"). I think the title is "Diamonds and Coal"? They've REALLY honed the pop instincts this time 'round. I dig it, though I can also dig why purists/old fans might not.
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love the new postioner I heard on the station this morning:
"streaming San Francisco Values to the world at kfog.com" LOL!
Heh
Also, as I was leaving the house this morning, KFOG was playing Oasis' "Wonderwall"... or maybe it was "Champagne Supernova" -- either way, neither song got KFOG play at the time they were current.
Huh, around what time was that? My script didn't pick it up. Wonder if Dave just snuck it in somehow. As far as my data goes, the last time in recent history KFOG played Oasis was back in June 2005 when they gave "Let There Be Love" a few spins, and for a few months up to that, "Lyla".
But I'm a little worried about my data. Our son goes to sleep listening to KFOG, and they were just playing The Killers' "Bones" (who we just saw at Live 105's Not So Silent Night -- pretty rocking show, but goddamn I felt old). My wife said, "Hey, they're playing the new one!", so I dutifully looked at my data, since I was just about to post a very late response to the Chili Peppers query from a few weeks ago.
The upshot: their data is screwed up. Their "last played" page, shows Sister Hazel's "Your Mistake" instead of the Killers. And that page sources the same site that I do. Feh.
In other news, I heard a teaser for Monday's 10@10 saying the year is going to be 1982. Is it common for Dave to announce that on Saturdays?
--Darryl
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Another question for Darryl and his nifty play-list cataloguing script:
Have the Chili Peppers seen an increase in play over the last couple of weeks? Not just the current stuff (Dani California et al) but older things--I've heard Give It Away a couple of times in the past week, and several others of that vintage, too. Wondering if they've been bumped up in the rotation, or if I'm just stumbling across them more frequently.
They *are* getting more play, I think on average of about 5 spins a day. Prior to the Stadium Arcadium album hitting the airwaves (April 2006), it was more like 2-3 times a day. In May-June 2006 their record company must have really started pestering the music director or something (or greasing her palm), because it seems to have jumped to about a fairly consistent 4-times a day.
In the most recent couple of months the spins have mainly been "Snow" from the new album (average 3 spins a day). The other two spins a day have been a mix of the singles from the new album ("Dani California" and "Tell Me Baby") with a their older hits. In the last month or so I only have them playing "Give It Away" on these dates:
Thu Nov 2 18:39:00 2006 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS GIVE IT AWAY BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK
Thu Nov 9 17:24:00 2006 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS GIVE IT AWAY BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK
Mon Nov 20 19:48:00 2006 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS GIVE IT AWAY BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK
Thu Nov 30 16:39:00 2006 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS GIVE IT AWAY BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK
But as mentioned in my last post, I'm wary of the accuracy of the data that I'm getting from KFOG's website. There's definitely some mislabeled music in their database, and that screws up my data. :-{
--Darryl
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In other news, I heard a teaser for Monday's 10@10 saying the year is going to be 1982. Is it common for Dave to announce that on Saturdays?
Dave started recording a daily teaser for the next day's 10@10 at least five or six years ago; prior to that it was only once in a blue moon to promote "special" sets (Hits From Hell and the like). I remember because we griped about it at first -- it made the spin no longer a surprise. But we got used to it. Anyway, the promo for Monday usually runs all weekend. Most of us, I'm guessing, don't listen to KFOG as much as we used to, so it's rare that any of us happens to hear the promo.
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Your data doesn't show play of Snow (Hey Oh) which I think I hear a lot of. I def. hear more RHCP lately. No complaints.
Talk of Incubus above. Coming to SF in January. I plan to be there.
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Hope y'all (but especially Geoff) caught Dave playing "Witchi Tai To" (the orig 1969 version by Everything is Everything) around 6:30 this morning. Talk about a flashback!
You may have heard me call him; I got kinda cocky, since I have about a half a dozen different versions of the song, and disagreed with him about the original version. In the broadcast version of our conversation, I got the buzzer treatment!
My memory could be jaded by all the different versions I've heard, but the one I have that is credited to Jim Pepper feels like the 'original' in the sense it's from the author.
Oh my goodness this is gorgeous. Only now am giving it the attention it deserves. Beautifully played and surprisingly beautifully *recorded*. I haven't been to a show that got jammy since seeing the reconstituted Airplane at BB King's last August. Miss the feeling.
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Your data doesn't show play of Snow (Hey Oh) which I think I hear a lot of. I def. hear more RHCP lately. No complaints.
Sorry I wasn't clearer: They play the hell out of "Snow", an average of 3 times a day. I didn't include that in my last paste of data because I was specifically addressing urth's remark about hearing "Give It Away" more than a few times in one week, which my data didn't show.
But yeah, "Snow" has been consistently getting the 3-times-a-day treatment since September. I wonder who they had to pay off. :P
Or I guess people just keep requesting it. Shyeah, right.
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Ah, Christmas time... I love it.
Tue Dec 12 09:36:00 2006 DARLENE LOVE WHITE CHRISTMAS
Remarkably, KFOG *has* played Darlene outside of the morning hour, and even, inexplicably, once on July 8, 2005 at 6:27pm. Weird. Big Rick must've been in an odd mood.
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Ah, Christmas time... I love it.
Tue Dec 12 09:36:00 2006 DARLENE LOVE WHITE CHRISTMAS
Remarkably, KFOG *has* played Darlene outside of the morning hour, and even, inexplicably, once on July 8, 2005 at 6:27pm. Weird. Big Rick must've been in an odd mood.
They played Coldplay's "Have Yourself a Merry..." between 6:30 and 7 this morning, too.
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Ah, Christmas time... I love it.
Tue Dec 12 09:36:00 2006 DARLENE LOVE WHITE CHRISTMAS
Remarkably, KFOG *has* played Darlene outside of the morning hour, and even, inexplicably, once on July 8, 2005 at 6:27pm. Weird. Big Rick must've been in an odd mood.
I would hope they would play anything off the album at any hour during the holiday system. I don't seem to tire of it.
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So with KBCO's stream not working, I switched to KFOG... and Adam Sandler's "Hanukkah Song" makes its first appearance of the season.
Funny that Mel Gibson worships the 3 Stooges, even tho' they were Jewish. :wink:
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always nice to hear Scoop Nisker.
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always nice to hear Scoop Nisker.
it's the "very-occasional-almost-never" scoop now.
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always nice to hear Scoop Nisker.
it's the "very-occasional-almost-never" scoop now.
I think he comes in once a quarter, for the change of seasons.
But man, he really let one go this morning. Flat out called for Bush and Cheney to be impeached, and in the process must have dropped in some word that Irish Greg thought might have crossed the FCC's line of decency (no idea what it was--it went right by me, so it couldn't have been too egregious) because as soon as Scoop was done, Greg suggested he review the FCC regs before the next time he comes on.
Let's hope this Occasional Scoop doesn't turn out to be the Final Scoop.
Oh, and Renee, ditz that she is, kept referring to him as "Scoopy" for which I wanted to throttle her. They really should not let her drive the Morning show. Let Peter do it--he'd do a better job and not be so smarmy about it.
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But man, he really let one go this morning. Flat out called for Bush and Cheney to be impeached, and in the process must have dropped in some word that Irish Greg thought might have crossed the FCC's line of decency (no idea what it was--it went right by me, so it couldn't have been too egregious) because as soon as Scoop was done, Greg suggested he review the FCC regs before the next time he comes on.
Let's hope this Occasional Scoop doesn't turn out to be the Final Scoop.
Oh, and Renee, ditz that she is, kept referring to him as "Scoopy" for which I wanted to throttle her. They really should not let her drive the Morning show. Let Peter do it--he'd do a better job and not be so smarmy about it.
Wonder if they'll post this "scoop" on the website as they normally do.
"Scoopy"??? Jeez.
But I find Peter as annoying as Renee, I still say he's not very smart for someone who's been doing news as long as he has. He made so many errors during the 6am 'cast I nearly cut myself shaving I was yelling at the radio so much.
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Van Halen's "You Really Got Me"
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always nice to hear Scoop Nisker.
it's the "very-occasional-almost-never" scoop now.
I think he comes in once a quarter, for the change of seasons.
But man, he really let one go this morning. Flat out called for Bush and Cheney to be impeached, and in the process must have dropped in some word that Irish Greg thought might have crossed the FCC's line of decency (no idea what it was--it went right by me, so it couldn't have been too egregious) because as soon as Scoop was done, Greg suggested he review the FCC regs before the next time he comes on.
Here's the text from KFOG's site. I guess "blow job" was The Phrase That Pays.
http://www.kfog.com/morningshow/scoop.asp
Fogheads . . . Everything is connected . . . this year and the next year, the war and the environment, science and religion, Channukah and Christmas, you and me . . . and its all connected to the big cosmic story, and also to the fact that every single one of our individual and collective dramas will someday disappear into the emptiness of time . . . and with that understanding we try to celebrate our lives, and each other, in the here and now. And this is Scoop Nisker with a holy, holy day edition of the very Occasional Scoop.
And first of all fogheads, happy new year. As we celebrate once again that the earth, in its grand orbit, has gone all the way around the sun. And where did it get us? Right back where we started, except that now we’re feeling dizzier. Or is that just my age.
And you know fogheads, I never really understood aging until I started doing it more often. And 2 days from now, I will be turning 64, which was unimaginable to me back when I first heard that Beatles song. Back when I was doing news commentary on KSAN, Jive 95. Back when the war I was talking about was Vietnam . . . back when people were just starting to learn the word ecology. And yes, fogheads, she still feeds me . . . but we’ll have to see what happens next week.
But it’s all connected. And it is clear to me that the biggest news story of the year 2006 was the atmosphere. And I don’t just mean the planetary vibes. I mean the actual air, the stuff we move through and live by. The big news of 2006 came in the weather reports and from the science pages, and it was all about temperature, and the circulation of gases and water currents, the growing acidity of the oceans, the glaciers melting and fish stocks declining, the exponential increase in the rate of species extinction. The story of the year was not Iraq, or the Democrats winning congress. The story of the year, fogheads, is that there is a rip in the biosphere; a wound in the body of the earth. “AND “LOOK OUT HOUSTON. STORM IS COMING THROUGH.”
And even though I won’t make any grand predictions for 2007, I do have a suggestion for the coming year, fogheads . . . Let’s impeach George W. Bush. (And yes, of course, Dick Cheney’s got to go first.) But this is not an idle joke, fogheads, or some attempt to show how radical I am. And as a Buddhist trying to develop universal compassion, I’m not looking for revenge . . . although . . . I’m sure I couldn’t help but feel some of that legendary sweetness.
But seriously, fogheads, impeachment hearings should be started immediately, but the Democrats seem to be wimping out again . . . and maybe they’ve convinced you too, that we should all just try to get along. But you’ve heard of the Downing Street memo, fogheads, and maybe you remember the revelations of Richard Clarke or the Valery Plame affair. Anyone who is paying attention knows there is very substantial evidence that George Bush and his administration deliberately manipulated information —- some would call it lying -- in order to launch our nation into a horrific, unnecessary war. And there simply aren’t any higher crimes than that. Remember, Bill Clinton got impeached for getting a blow job and lying about it.
But the point is fogheads, that we need to prove to ourselves and the world that this deceit and these crimes cannot be allowed to stand. We have to rescue our nation from this arrogant Imperial Presidency, and reclaim our balance of powers as well as our moral balance, or else the horrors will continue in one form or another. And let’s face it, fogheads . . . George W. will never get it. And therefore impeachment may be the only way to stop this idiotic war, a war which only incites more terrorism and chaos in the Middle East.
And just think fogheads, if we could impeach Dick and George, the new president of the United States will be Nancy Pelosi. And don’t you just love the idea that the leader of the free world would be named Nancy. I say, “Let’s go for it.”
Of course everything is connected, fogheads, and the politics and the wars in the Middle East are all intertwined with our major religions and the holiday season. And I truly believe, fogheads, that if Jesus came to America today, and started preaching his original gospel . . . he would be arrested . . . and deported back to the Middle East. And isn't it interesting how many of our gods are illegal aliens.
And speaking of connections, fogheads, both Christmas and Channukah are connected to the Winter Solstice, (happening tomorrow) a holiday that goes back 30 thousand years . . . and has once again become a sacred event for many of us pagans.
So where I come from in Berkeley, people are busy practicing the mystic arts and preparing elaborate rituals gathered from all the world's tribes and traditions. 'Tis the season to get your Tarot cards read, or throw the E Ching, or consult whatever oracle you happen to be seeing these days. In my neighborhood its "hark the archetypal goddess sings . . . glory to whatever your karma brings."
And not only do we neo-pagans believe in evolution, we want to worship it. And that includes paying homage to the cycles of moon and sun, and especially the winter solstice, which marks the re-birth of the Sun . . . the s-U-n . . . our father who art in orbit . . . hallowed be thy rays.
And just maybe, if we brought some sacred attention to the sun and earth, we would remember that even though we worship different gods, we share the same planet . . . and if we want this human experiment to continue, we’ve got to stop putting so much of our energy and resources into war. It’s time to break free of the narrow national loyalties that keep us locked in competition and fear . . . time to begin a new era, and a new consciousness, dedicated to co-operation and the healing of our damaged planet.
And so, friends, before I run off to have some grog and potatoe latkes, remember to bow down to the sun this week, and of course, pray for an end to all the unholy wars, and finally, this is Scoop Nisker saying, once again, it’s all connected. So stay high but keep your priorities straight, and if you don't like the fruitcake your aunt sent you for Christmas, go out and make one of your own.
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Long live Scoop!
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Was listening to the morning show this am as I was getting dressed, and listeners were calling in with songs with which they had very strong memories attached (essentially "sledgehammers" except they weren't calling it that).
So one guy calls in and his big memory is attached to Walking on Sunshine. And before the guy can get any farther in his story, Dave pipes up and says, "Y'know, every time I play that song on 10@10, people give me a hard time about it!" And he sounded kinda bugged.
Between that and his comment about "Nigel" the other day, I think we've given Dave a complex.
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Was listening to the morning show this am as I was getting dressed, and listeners were calling in with songs with which they had very strong memories attached (essentially "sledgehammers" except they weren't calling it that).
So one guy calls in and his big memory is attached to Walking on Sunshine. And before the guy can get any farther in his story, Dave pipes up and says, "Y'know, every time I play that song on 10@10, people give me a hard time about it!" And he sounded kinda bugged.
Between that and his comment about "Nigel" the other day, I think we've given Dave a complex.
a completely deserved complex, I'd say :wink:
So, was this setting up a Sledgehammer-ish 10@10 for today?
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Ah, Christmas time... I love it.
Tue Dec 12 09:36:00 2006 DARLENE LOVE WHITE CHRISTMAS
Remarkably, KFOG *has* played Darlene outside of the morning hour, and even, inexplicably, once on July 8, 2005 at 6:27pm. Weird. Big Rick must've been in an odd mood.
I would hope they would play anything off the album at any hour during the holiday system. I don't seem to tire of it.
I Amazon-wished for the Phil Spector "Back to Mono" box set and got it for Christmas. It includes "A Christmas Gift for You". (Nice tip from the reviews of the latter led me to the $16.99 Box Set which was a mere $6 more than just the X-Mas disc alone, and includes a really nice book.)
As we drove up to Tahoe Thursday after Christmas, the biggest surprise off of the first disc was The Crystals ode to domestic abuse: He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss). Holy crap, we couldn't believe our ears!
He hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me and I knew he loved me
Cause if he didn't care for me
I could have never made him mad
He hit me and I was glad
We flew to the liner notes: holy crap -- G. Goffin and C. King!?
Wikipedia's got some interesting notes on the topic:
Goffin and King wrote the song after discovering that singer Little Eva was being regularly beaten by her boyfriend. When they inquired why she tolerated such treatment, Eva replied with complete sincerity that her boyfriend's actions were motivated by his love for her.
The song was written and intended as a sort of protest song from the point of view of an abused woman. Phil Spector's arrangement was ominous and ambiguous. Dave Thompson writes, "It was a brutal song, as any attempt to justify such violence must be, and Spector ’s arrangement only amplified its savagery, framing Barbara Alston’s lone vocal amid a sea of caustic strings and funereal drums, while the backing vocals almost trilled their own belief that the boy had done nothing wrong. In more ironic hands (and a more understanding age), 'He Hit Me' might have passed at least as satire. But Spector showed no sign of appreciating that, nor did he feel any need to. No less than the song’s writers, he was not preaching, he was merely documenting."
Huh.
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As we drove up to Tahoe Thursday after Christmas, the biggest surprise off of the first disc was The Crystals ode to domestic abuse: He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss). Holy crap, we couldn't believe our ears!
He hit me and it felt like a kiss
He hit me and I knew he loved me
Cause if he didn't care for me
I could have never made him mad
He hit me and I was glad
We flew to the liner notes: holy crap -- G. Goffin and C. King!?
Wikipedia's got some interesting notes on the topic:
Goffin and King wrote the song after discovering that singer Little Eva was being regularly beaten by her boyfriend. When they inquired why she tolerated such treatment, Eva replied with complete sincerity that her boyfriend's actions were motivated by his love for her.
The song was written and intended as a sort of protest song from the point of view of an abused woman. Phil Spector's arrangement was ominous and ambiguous. Dave Thompson writes, "It was a brutal song, as any attempt to justify such violence must be, and Spector ’s arrangement only amplified its savagery, framing Barbara Alston’s lone vocal amid a sea of caustic strings and funereal drums, while the backing vocals almost trilled their own belief that the boy had done nothing wrong. In more ironic hands (and a more understanding age), 'He Hit Me' might have passed at least as satire. But Spector showed no sign of appreciating that, nor did he feel any need to. No less than the song’s writers, he was not preaching, he was merely documenting."
Huh.
I've heard of this song, but have never heard it, and didn't know the lyrics or the backstory. Thank you muchly muchly for posting them. From personal experience, I don't think domestic violence was a recognized phenomenon until the early '80s (and it's still a poorly understood one).
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As we drove up to Tahoe Thursday after Christmas, the biggest surprise off of the first disc was The Crystals ode to domestic abuse: He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss). Holy crap, we couldn't believe our ears!
I've heard of this song, but have never heard it, and didn't know the lyrics or the backstory. Thank you muchly muchly for posting them. From personal experience, I don't think domestic violence was a recognized phenomenon until the early '80s (and it's still a poorly understood one).
Little Steven has played it a few times on his show -- it's your typical Spector/Crystals production, no hint of irony. Sounds weird to our ears, and even at the time, if it was a single, it never charted.
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As we drove up to Tahoe Thursday after Christmas, the biggest surprise off of the first disc was The Crystals ode to domestic abuse: He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss). Holy crap, we couldn't believe our ears!
I've heard of this song, but have never heard it, and didn't know the lyrics or the backstory. Thank you muchly muchly for posting them. From personal experience, I don't think domestic violence was a recognized phenomenon until the early '80s (and it's still a poorly understood one).
Little Steven has played it a few times on his show -- it's your typical Spector/Crystals production, no hint of irony. Sounds weird to our ears, and even at the time, if it was a single, it never charted.
The Motels covered it in the early 80s, and I think Hole/Courtney Golddigger did it later--late 90s maybe.
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according to the "New Releases Thursday" promo, KFOG's playing something from that Peter Frampton all-instrumental-with-special-guests CD... isn't that, like, 6 months old at this point?
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On the "New Releases" promo, Big Rick sez:
"Kenny Wayne Shepard -- he finally got to make that hard-core blues album he's always wanted to make..."
Oh joy.
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A very good Ben Fong-Torres piece in today's Chron about the KFOG morning show and how it all works:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/28/PKG7VLMKUI1.DTL
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A very good Ben Fong-Torres piece in today's Chron about the KFOG morning show and how it all works:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/28/PKG7VLMKUI1.DTL
thanks for sharing! that was a fun read.
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I'm getting really sick of this creepy Death Cuts for Cabbies song, "...Into the Dark". I know Emo sells, but sheesh.
Love of mine some day you will die
But I'll be close behind
I'll follow you into the dark
No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
*shudder*
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Best Request-O-Rama in ages: the winner asked for Billy Joel's "Miami 2017", which I had not heard on the radio since leaving NY 16 years ago.
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Dave is having an absolute ORGASM over the fact that he's about to interview... Judge Judy.
ETA Dave was in awe, but not a bad interview. Followed by (what else?) 10cc, "Good Morning Judge".
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http://www.kfog.com/pdvs.asp
While you enjoy the KFOG variety, see if you can figure out the "hidden theme" of our KFOG President’s Day Variety Show (6am to 12am).
Hrm. Here's the playlist so far (not including 10@10):
Mon Feb 19 06:03:00 2007 Crosby, Stills, Nash DEJA VU Deja Vu
Mon Feb 19 06:06:00 2007 ASHTON ALLEN DEWDROPS Dewdrops
Mon Feb 19 06:15:00 2007 Jack Johnson JACK JOHNSON (KFOG ARCHIVES) NOT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHAS
Mon Feb 19 06:33:01 2007 REM FIND THE RIVER AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE
Mon Feb 19 06:39:00 2007 BEN HARPER MORNING YEARNING Both Sides of the Gun [Digipak]
Mon Feb 19 06:48:00 2007 ALISON BROWN ANGEL Stolen Moments
Mon Feb 19 06:51:00 2007 DAVID WILCOX HARD PART Vista
Mon Feb 19 07:06:00 2007 JACKSON BROWNE FOUNTAIN OF SORROW LATE FOR THE SKY
Mon Feb 19 07:09:00 2007 LUCY KAPLANSKY I'VE JUST SEEN A FACE Tide [Bonus Tracks] [Remastered]
Mon Feb 19 07:18:01 2007 Original Soundtrack NOWHERE MAN I Am Sam
Mon Feb 19 07:21:00 2007 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VANILLA SKY VANILLA SKY
Mon Feb 19 07:27:01 2007 The Chieftains I KNOW MY LOVE Tears of Stone
Mon Feb 19 07:36:01 2007 JOHN MELLENCAMP PINK HOUSES MTV UNPLUGGED
Mon Feb 19 07:42:00 2007 Shawn Colvin FILL ME UP These Four Walls
Mon Feb 19 07:51:00 2007 THIRD EYE BLIND NEVER LET YOU GO BLUE
Mon Feb 19 07:54:00 2007 Chris Isaak BABY DID A BAD BAD THING Forever Blue
Mon Feb 19 08:00:01 2007 Bruce Springsteen BORN TO RUN Chimes Of Freedom [EP]
Mon Feb 19 08:06:01 2007 THE EAGLES PEACEFUL EASY FEELING COMMON THREAD: SONGS OF THE EAGLES / VARIOUS
Mon Feb 19 08:12:00 2007 Bob Dylan SPIRIT ON THE WATER Modern Times
Mon Feb 19 08:24:00 2007 JACKSON BROWNE JACKSON BROWNE ON LIVES INTERVIEW SEGMENT
Mon Feb 19 08:45:00 2007 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT GREEK SONG POSES (ADDED TRACK)
Mon Feb 19 08:51:00 2007 RAY LAMONTAGNE CRAZY
Mon Feb 19 08:57:00 2007 COUNTING CROWS FRIEND OF THE DEVIL FILMS ABOUT GHOSTS: THE BEST OF (ENH)
Mon Feb 19 09:06:00 2007 Randy Newman MR. PRESIDENT HAVE PITY O Good Old Boys: Deluxe Edition
Mon Feb 19 09:12:00 2007 INDIGO GIRLS I BELIEVE IN LOVE
Mon Feb 19 09:42:00 2007 THE POLICE MAN IN A SUITCASE ZENYATTA MONDATTA
Mon Feb 19 09:45:00 2007 Leo Kottke SWEET EMOTION Sixty Six Steps
Mon Feb 19 09:54:00 2007 Original Soundtrack SQUARE ONE Elizabethtown
Mon Feb 19 09:57:00 2007 J.J. CALE AFTER MIDNIGHT SPECIAL EDITION
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Missing from the above playlist, they played some really nice in-studio mini-sets from Shawn Mullins and Jack Johnson, where we actually got to hear some of the in-between-song banter/song background.
It was funny hearing Shawn talk about how he and Pete Droge were struggling with some lyrics while Matthew Sweet was sleeping on the couch or something. Matthew woke up, said, "What's the problem? Interstellar rainbow On its cosmic wheel. Rollin' where the wind blows... Never standin’ still. There you go." Shawn sez, "Dang, we should let you take naps more often."
Also nice to hear Jack Johnson talk about how the line from Inaudible Melodies was originally, "Slow down Bruce, you're moving too fast. Frames can't catch you when you're moving like that." He relates that he was taking a film studies course (presumably at UC Santa Barbara) that talked about Bruce Lee's moves being too quick for the camera to capture it realistically at 24fps. He was also taking a course on music and film, and was supposed to be working on a paper called "Inaudible Melodies." He ended up getting an extension for the paper and finishing the song.
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per this week's KFOG e-mail, this year's Kaboom will be Sat May 12th .
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Oh what an Oscar can do: KFOG is playing Melissa Etheridge's "I Need to Wake Up", as is KBCO. Neither station bothered with it last summer.
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This morning around 6:30 KFOG played that Oasis "all around the world" song which is now famous as the AT&T commercial. I don't think they ever played it when it was current.
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This morning around 6:30 KFOG played that Oasis "all around the world" song which is now famous as the AT&T commercial. I don't think they ever played it when it was current.
I heard it a handful of times, but probably not during the Morning Show.
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This morning around 6:30 KFOG played that Oasis "all around the world" song which is now famous as the AT&T commercial. I don't think they ever played it when it was current.
I heard it a handful of times, but probably not during the Morning Show.
I was thinking this morning songs that are featured in current ads should be banned!
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This morning around 6:30 KFOG played that Oasis "all around the world" song which is now famous as the AT&T commercial. I don't think they ever played it when it was current.
I heard it a handful of times, but probably not during the Morning Show.
I was thinking this morning songs that are featured in current ads should be banned!
They interviewed JCM last week about "Our Country" and his explanation of why he sold it to Chevy (and how it's NOT a "rah-rah jingoistic" song) was reasoned and convincing, IMHO.
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This morning around 6:30 KFOG played that Oasis "all around the world" song which is now famous as the AT&T commercial. I don't think they ever played it when it was current.
I heard it a handful of times, but probably not during the Morning Show.
I was thinking this morning songs that are featured in current ads should be banned!
They interviewed JCM last week about "Our Country" and his explanation of why he sold it to Chevy (and how it's NOT a "rah-rah jingoistic" song) was reasoned and convincing, IMHO.
I'm sure there's plenty of holes in my logic, but I feel like Chevy and AT&T are getting enough of my brain without having to hear it on a popular song. For me, since I don't like the Oasis song anyway, it's pretty unimportant, but I'm sure there could be others I'd feel more conflicted about.
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This morning around 6:30 KFOG played that Oasis "all around the world" song which is now famous as the AT&T commercial. I don't think they ever played it when it was current.
I've heard it a few times during the afternoon hours.
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Just heard a promo this morning--KFOG is going to give us another go-round of that venerable Arbitron ratings-boosting chestnut....
A to Z.
They're promising thousands of songs, deep album tracks, lots of stuff we don't usually hear, blahblahblah... Hopefully it'll be a good bit deeper than the last couple of A to Zs they've tried to foist off, but this is the first one post-Susquehanna, so we'll see. The PD hasn't changed, so the ownership may not make much of a diff.
It starts next week--March 22, I believe.
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Just heard a promo this morning--KFOG is going to give us another go-round of that venerable Arbitron ratings-boosting chestnut....
A to Z.
They're promising thousands of songs, deep album tracks, lots of stuff we don't usually hear, blahblahblah... Hopefully it'll be a good bit deeper than the last couple of A to Zs they've tried to foist off, but this is the first one post-Susquehanna, so we'll see. The PD hasn't changed, so the ownership may not make much of a diff.
It starts next week--March 22, I believe.
Does KFOG work A to Z into 10@10? I don't remember if they did before.
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Just heard a promo this morning--KFOG is going to give us another go-round of that venerable Arbitron ratings-boosting chestnut....
A to Z.
They're promising thousands of songs, deep album tracks, lots of stuff we don't usually hear, blahblahblah... Hopefully it'll be a good bit deeper than the last couple of A to Zs they've tried to foist off, but this is the first one post-Susquehanna, so we'll see. The PD hasn't changed, so the ownership may not make much of a diff.
It starts next week--March 22, I believe.
Does KFOG work A to Z into 10@10? I don't remember if they did before.
nope... although Dave might do a "by the numbers" set to kick things off (songs with numbers in the titles).
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KFOG's been bringing back a lot of late '90s/early '00s songs lately: here's Matt Nathanson's "Laid" cover, and I've recently heard Blues Traveler's "Back in the Day" and Phish's big KFOG hit from earlier this decade (I'm blanking on the title).
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Love the pic on the KFOG website of Stevie Nicks and Chris Isaak -- she looks younger than him! Guess drinking that goat blood keeps ya young :wink:
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Just noted in the weekly KFOG e-mail that Tim Finn will be guesting on the Morning Show tomorrow. Hope it's not between 8:30 and 9, when I'll likely be on the underground, which means it probably will be exactly during those hours.
I'm sure Dave is giddy about the prospect--the Finns are HUGE Davefaves.
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Just noted in the weekly KFOG e-mail that Tim Finn will be guesting on the Morning Show tomorrow. Hope it's not between 8:30 and 9, when I'll likely be on the underground, which means it probably will be exactly during those hours.
I'm sure Dave is giddy about the prospect--the Finns are HUGE Davefaves.
Betcha he does "Hit the Ground Running". Then that cranky Foghead who complained it was "that song you ALWAYS play" can call in.
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Just noted in the weekly KFOG e-mail that Tim Finn will be guesting on the Morning Show tomorrow. Hope it's not between 8:30 and 9, when I'll likely be on the underground, which means it probably will be exactly during those hours.
I'm sure Dave is giddy about the prospect--the Finns are HUGE Davefaves.
Betcha he does "Hit the Ground Running". Then that cranky Foghead who complained it was "that song you ALWAYS play" can call in.
Either that or Message to My Girl.
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Just noted in the weekly KFOG e-mail that Tim Finn will be guesting on the Morning Show tomorrow. Hope it's not between 8:30 and 9, when I'll likely be on the underground, which means it probably will be exactly during those hours.
I'm sure Dave is giddy about the prospect--the Finns are HUGE Davefaves.
Betcha he does "Hit the Ground Running". Then that cranky Foghead who complained it was "that song you ALWAYS play" can call in.
Either that or Message to My Girl.
He came on jsut before 8, and played a new song & then "Persausion". I thought his voice sounded horrible, like he hadn't even bothered to warm up. Dave was able to contain his giddiness for the most part; Greg, Peter & Renee all did equal parts of the conversation.
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Missed Mr Finn, but did hear (since the Drive's not streaming) a real, old-fashioned "My 3 Songs" in which all 3 songs were played in their entirety and Fogheads were invited to call in early if they could guess the next song (tho' no one did).
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Per the "New Releases Thurs" promo, we're to be treated to Ryan Adams' new duet with Sheryl Crow. Oh joy.
Does this mean she's f---ing HIM now?
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Joel Selvin is on KFOG telling "Summer of Love" stories and spinning vinyl. Great stuff.
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Joel Selvin is on KFOG telling "Summer of Love" stories and spinning vinyl. Great stuff.
truly great stuff. Had to stay in my car to hear the last few minutes after I had pulled into the parking lot at work.
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I just missed the new Macca tune, "Ever Present Past", on KFOG. But the Morning Crew seems to think it's his best in quite some time.
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I just missed the new Macca tune, "Ever Present Past", on KFOG. But the Morning Crew seems to think it's his best in quite some time.
Which ain't sayin' much. I heard it, it was OK in a very light poppy way, but he's McCartney, that's what he does. But it was no "Too Many People."
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I just missed the new Macca tune, "Ever Present Past", on KFOG. But the Morning Crew seems to think it's his best in quite some time.
Which ain't sayin' much. I heard it, it was OK in a very light poppy way, but he's McCartney, that's what he does. But it was no "Too Many People."
but better than "Another day"? :wink: THey've been raving about it on CG too. Guess I'll hear it soon enuf.
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Chaos & Creation was a major disappointment for me when I finally heard it. One or two brushes with melody and a lot of motions going through. Last album I really liked from him was '99's forgotten Run Devil Run.
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PS: Anything tasty from Barry Zito's recent visit?
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I'm already quite sick of this Tori Amos song. Tori, baby, if you have to write a song telling people you're a "MILF"... then you probably aren't one.
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Oh Joy: New Goo-Goo Dolls, sounding like 5 of their other songs thrown into a blender. Sheesh.
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Am I the only one who has trouble differentiating between Feist and Corrinne Bailey Rae?
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I just missed the new Macca tune, "Ever Present Past", on KFOG. But the Morning Crew seems to think it's his best in quite some time.
Just heard it as the lead-in to tonight's Sgt. Pepper replay. It's quite pleasant, no more and no less than, say, "Press" -- but I liked "Press."
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I will be SO glad when this damn Police tour has passed thru here (three more days, I believe). Both KFOG and KBCO (not sure when they hit Denver, but it should be soon) are playing the hell out of them.
Btw, I heard a radio ad from StubHub this am flogging Police tix. Hope that means they have lots of them and are risking a big loss on this show. If anyone has a desire to see this show, I'd encourage you to go over to the Coliseum about 6pm on Wednesday and see what the supply is like. I'd bet it'll be a strong buyers market.
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I'd bet it'll be a strong buyers market.
Especially since their drummer's admitted they don't have their shit together.
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I will be SO glad when this damn Police tour has passed thru here (three more days, I believe). Both KFOG and KBCO (not sure when they hit Denver, but it should be soon) are playing the hell out of them.
Yikes, KFOG is gonna play 3 hours of Police tomorrow before the concert (5-8pm). Poor Big Rick!
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KFOG is doing another Live From the Archives week next week, which might imply an LFTA set from Dave one day. Or not--he hasn't necessarily been doing the promo tie-in sets as regularly as he used to. Like no Kaboom set this year--or last, iirc.
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Hey Mark, did you call in on that morning show discussion about first children being smarter? I only heard the last half a minute or so of your conversation, and it just hit me that it sounded like you, then you said something about working for a start-up, so I figured it had to be. What'd you say, anyway?
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Hey Mark, did you call in on that morning show discussion about first children being smarter? I only heard the last half a minute or so of your conversation, and it just hit me that it sounded like you, then you said something about working for a start-up, so I figured it had to be. What'd you say, anyway?
Martha and I are both first children, what can I say? :lol:
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KFOG is doing another Live From the Archives week next week, which might imply an LFTA set from Dave one day. Or not--he hasn't necessarily been doing the promo tie-in sets as regularly as he used to. Like no Kaboom set this year--or last, iirc.
I was caller 10 this morning when Dave played a LFTA track by Plant in Paris. I was thrilled but after going thru my CD's I have the ones that I won: 5, 6, 8, and 10th anniv. special.
Anyone want to swap for 1, 2, or 10?
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Hey Mark, did you call in on that morning show discussion about first children being smarter? I only heard the last half a minute or so of your conversation, and it just hit me that it sounded like you, then you said something about working for a start-up, so I figured it had to be. What'd you say, anyway?
Yeah that was me. I said that I am the first of three but we're all only 12 months apart so it's not ver pronounced. I'm incrementally smarter as measured by standardized tests, but both brothers were straight A students & voted Most Likely To Succeed whereas I was an academic underachiever until college. One brother is a doctor & the other went to Stanford to study engineering. I then said that this 'firstborn is smarter' trend is really true in my dad's family. He's 5th of 7 (& arguably the 2nd brightest) but his oldest brother entered college at the age of 16 and got his PhD in Germany - taught in German - by age 22. (upon further reflection I think I exaggerated a bit, he was probably 24)
The Morning Show crew all said that bit about my uncle was very impressive & then Dave asked what I did. I said I'm working for a startup, so I get to pretend that I'm smart, but we won't know for sure until we make some money.
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I was caller 10 this morning when Dave played a LFTA track by Plant in Paris. I was thrilled but after going thru my CD's I have the ones that I won: 5, 6, 8, and 10th anniv. special.
Anyone want to swap for 1, 2, or 10?
I thought that was you!
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KFOG is doing another Live From the Archives week next week, which might imply an LFTA set from Dave one day. Or not--he hasn't necessarily been doing the promo tie-in sets as regularly as he used to. Like no Kaboom set this year--or last, iirc.
I was caller 10 this morning when Dave played a LFTA track by Plant in Paris. I was thrilled but after going thru my CD's I have the ones that I won: 5, 6, 8, and 10th anniv. special.
Anyone want to swap for 1, 2, or 10?
Congrats!
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I swear KFOG plays this Brett Dennen "Darllin Do Not Fear" song a dozen times a day.
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This Peter Bjorn & John song is kinda fun. Now I see what the hipsters meant.
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Anyone else get the Foghead Listener Survey email yesterday? Here's what I wrote in the comments section at the end:
Way too much "emo" right now. New Releases Thursday tends to revolve around songs by new artists who sound just like artists you already play (Coldplay clones, young women who sound like either Norah Jones or Corrinne Bailey Rae). I'm a big fan of Little Steven's show on your sister station; his new music picks are almost always great. In the past 3 years maybe 4 or 5 of those picks (out of 150!) have ended up in regular rotation on KFOG. Why didn't you play the new Stooges? NY Dolls? I was thrilled to hear you pick up on the Kaiser Chiefs; you need a lot more of that kind of stuff and less snoozy "Hey There Delilah" type songs. Some of the "classics" you play come up *way* too often in the rotation. Thanks!
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OMG! The last song prior to this morning's "magical" set was by Spoon! I guarantee that band has never been played on KFOG before yesterday (new music Thursday) and they've been around for years.
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OMG! The last song prior to this morning's "magical" set was by Spoon! I guarantee that band has never been played on KFOG before yesterday (new music Thursday) and they've been around for years.
Are they playing "The Underdog"? That one has some breakout potential, mostly thanks to the jaunty horns.
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OMG! The last song prior to this morning's "magical" set was by Spoon! I guarantee that band has never been played on KFOG before yesterday (new music Thursday) and they've been around for years.
Are they playing "The Underdog"? That one has some breakout potential, mostly thanks to the jaunty horns.
Yep, that's the one. Def. an homage to 60s r&b tunes.
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OMG! The last song prior to this morning's "magical" set was by Spoon! I guarantee that band has never been played on KFOG before yesterday (new music Thursday) and they've been around for years.
Are they playing "The Underdog"? That one has some breakout potential, mostly thanks to the jaunty horns.
Yep, that's the one. Def. an homage to 60s r&b tunes.
I'm pretty sure they've been playing that one for a while -- where's our expert? (and please tell me there's no connection to Underdog, the movie)
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OMG! The last song prior to this morning's "magical" set was by Spoon! I guarantee that band has never been played on KFOG before yesterday (new music Thursday) and they've been around for years.
Are they playing "The Underdog"? That one has some breakout potential, mostly thanks to the jaunty horns.
Yep, that's the one. Def. an homage to 60s r&b tunes.
I'm pretty sure they've been playing that one for a while -- where's our expert? (and please tell me there's no connection to Underdog, the movie)
They've definitely been playing it for weeks. I think the vocal sounds deliberately evocative of Phil Lynott.
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urth, are you sure you're not confusing Spoon with Spooner or I Am Spoonbender? :wink:
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I'm astounded that KFOG is not playing Amy Winehouse -- I find her 10 times more interesting than Feist, KBCO has several of Ms Winehouse's songs in rotation.
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I'm astounded that KFOG is not playing Amy Winehouse -- I find her 10 times more interesting than Feist, KBCO has several of Ms Winehouse's songs in rotation.
I agree; I had to find out about Amy Winehouse from one of my daughters! Great voice, scary looking.
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I'm astounded that KFOG is not playing Amy Winehouse -- I find her 10 times more interesting than Feist, KBCO has several of Ms Winehouse's songs in rotation.
I agree; I had to find out about Amy Winehouse from one of my daughters! Great voice, scary looking.
In addition, if you go to the rather lengthy "new releases" page on the KFOG website, most of the songs listed are in VERY light rotation, if they are in rotation at all. I wonder how songs that are not actually on-the-air but are "available" on the website are accounted for when reported to R&R and Billboard. (I guess they're being played on the "New Music" stream.)
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I'm astounded that KFOG is not playing Amy Winehouse -- I find her 10 times more interesting than Feist, KBCO has several of Ms Winehouse's songs in rotation.
I agree; I had to find out about Amy Winehouse from one of my daughters! Great voice, scary looking.
funny - i just "discovered" her two days ago, myself. certainly entertaining! i'm not listening to much radio these days that isn't alternative spanish or talk.
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alternative spanish
that would be "Portugese", wouldn't it?
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Just heard Annalisa's promo for her show later this morning and about choked when I heard this:
"You don't have to listen to schmaltzy, bland, programmed, at-work music...you can listen to KFOG!!"
After which I detected a slight pause and an inflected roll of the eyes.
Oy.
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we almost went this morning, but it blew up and Dave and Renay (sp?) are back in SF. I was expecting Alicat to have been there, but I see her posting in Regional. Must have been a pretty fatal problem to come to this.
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So today's morning show remote from Redwood City was aborted a little after 8 when apparently they nuked some key piece of equipment or something. There was a rather long music set, then Dave came on via Greg's cell phone and pretty much said the remote was history, and he and Renee would be beating it up to the city to finish the morning show from the KFOG Studios. I got to work about 10 after 9, and apparently they'd just arrived then.
Meanwhile the phoneline to RWC is still open and Peter's wired on Redbull and jabbering nonstop.
Will be curious to hear from Alicat for her blow-by-blow of what happened.
ETA: Sudden thought: wonder if this means Dave will do a "new" 10@10 today, since he's in the studio, or if they'll just play a classic again. I'm going to assume the latter.
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So today's morning show remote from Redwood City was aborted a little after 8 when apparently they nuked some key piece of equipment or something. There was a rather long music set, then Dave came on via Greg's cell phone and pretty much said the remote was history, and he and Renee would be beating it up to the city to finish the morning show from the KFOG Studios. I got to work about 10 after 9, and apparently they'd just arrived then.
Meanwhile the phoneline to RWC is still open and Peter's wired on Redbull and jabbering nonstop.
Will be curious to hear from Alicat for her blow-by-blow of what happened.
ETA: Sudden thought: wonder if this means Dave will do a "new" 10@10 today, since he's in the studio, or if they'll just play a classic again. I'm going to assume the latter.
Show was fun. Got there about 6:15 and they were live till about 8. Not sure what happened. Dave and Renee had a "drink" prior to leaving. It was a good time!
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So today's morning show remote from Redwood City was aborted a little after 8 when apparently they nuked some key piece of equipment or something. There was a rather long music set, then Dave came on via Greg's cell phone and pretty much said the remote was history, and he and Renee would be beating it up to the city to finish the morning show from the KFOG Studios. I got to work about 10 after 9, and apparently they'd just arrived then.
Meanwhile the phoneline to RWC is still open and Peter's wired on Redbull and jabbering nonstop.
Will be curious to hear from Alicat for her blow-by-blow of what happened.
ETA: Sudden thought: wonder if this means Dave will do a "new" 10@10 today, since he's in the studio, or if they'll just play a classic again. I'm going to assume the latter.
Show was fun. Got there about 6:15 and they were live till about 8. Not sure what happened. Dave and Renee had a "drink" prior to leaving. It was a good time!
When I started listening this morning, they were already back in studio. Evidentally, technical difficulties at the Fox.
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Yikes, sounds like quite a kluge. I've been in the midst of IT probs myself here, totrally missed the 'BCO '75 set. Sounds like an '83 classic from Dave?
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Just heard a commercial on the KFOG stream for John Doe's new album -- the spot was so sped-up that Renee sounded like one of the Chipmunks.
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KFOG's playing the new Knopfler, "Punish the Monkey" ... is that like "spanking the monkey"?
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OMG! The last song prior to this morning's "magical" set was by Spoon! I guarantee that band has never been played on KFOG before yesterday (new music Thursday) and they've been around for years.
Are they playing "The Underdog"? That one has some breakout potential, mostly thanks to the jaunty horns.
Yep, that's the one. Def. an homage to 60s r&b tunes.
I'm pretty sure they've been playing that one for a while -- where's our expert? (and please tell me there's no connection to Underdog, the movie)
Huh, as stated elsewhere, everytime I hear this song I keep thinking of Billy Joel's delivery in "Only The Good Die Young". Actually, that one's got some jaunty horns too, no?
Anyways, since ya asked:
According to my logs, "The Underdog" debuted on KFOG on May 21. That was a Monday, BTW. They were playing it at nearly once a day through June, but it really ramped up in July/August when they were consistently playing it at least twice a day and sometimes even 4 times in one day (!).
Strangely enough, it seems like the song has now peaked, as since August 31, it's only been played 5 times, so less than once a day.
In case you're interested, the top 15 songs spun on KFOG for August were:
87 COLLECTIVE SOUL HOLLYWOOD
82 SILVERCHAIR STRAIGHT LINES Young Modern
76 SNOW PATROL SHUT YOUR EYES Eyes Open
70 KT TUNSTALL HOLD ON
69 The Bravery TIME WON'T LET ME GO Sun and the Moon
69 COLBIE CAILLAT BUBBLY
62 MATT NATHANSON CAR CRASH SOME MAD HOPE
56 SPOON THE UNDERDOG GAGAGAGAGA
54 KOOKS SHE MOVES IN HER OWN WAY Inside In/Inside Out
49 BRYAN FERRY THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHA Dylanesque
49 BLOC PARTY I STILL REMEMBER Weekend in the City
48 BECK THINK IM IN LOVE INFORMATION
46 PETER BJORN AND JOHN YOUNG FOLKS WRITER'S BLOCK
46 Kaiser Chiefs RUBY Yours Truly Angry Mob
45 Plain White T's HEY THERE DELILAH HEY THERE DELILAH
Interestingly for September, it looks like Bruce is moving up:
22 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN RADIO NOWHERE
21 KT TUNSTALL HOLD ON
18 KOOKS SHE MOVES IN HER OWN WAY Inside In/Inside Out
16 PETER BJORN AND JOHN YOUNG FOLKS WRITER'S BLOCK
15 MARK KNOPFLER PUNISH THE MONKEY
14 MELISSA ETHERIDGE MESSAGE TO MYSELF
14 EAGLES HOW LONG
13 The Bravery TIME WON'T LET ME GO Sun and the Moon
12 SNOW PATROL SHUT YOUR EYES Eyes Open
12 MATT NATHANSON CAR CRASH SOME MAD HOPE
12 COLLECTIVE SOUL HOLLYWOOD
11 SILVERCHAIR STRAIGHT LINES Young Modern
11 Plain White T's HEY THERE DELILAH HEY THERE DELILAH
11 FEIST MY MOON MY MAN
10 Kaiser Chiefs RUBY Yours Truly Angry Mob
If I ever got off my lazy butt and put this into a database, it'd probably be more useful to get a weekly listing, as I think they probably swap out the playlists more frequently than once a month.
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Prince gets the prime right-before-10@10 slot with his new one -- hope that means this track is catching on. Just got the CD but haven't listened yet.
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Prince gets the prime right-before-10@10 slot with his new one -- hope that means this track is catching on. Just got the CD but haven't listened yet.
The jerk didn't put the song titles ANYWHERE on the packaging for his new CD, so I can't even tell you offhand which song SHOULD have been the single. But I feel like he didn't put his best foot forward.
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Prince gets the prime right-before-10@10 slot with his new one -- hope that means this track is catching on. Just got the CD but haven't listened yet.
The jerk didn't put the song titles ANYWHERE on the packaging for his new CD, so I can't even tell you offhand which song SHOULD have been the single. But I feel like he didn't put his best foot forward.
1. Planet Earth
2. Guitar
3. Somewhere Here On Earth
4. The One U Wanna C
5. Future Baby Mama
6. Mr. Goodnight
7. All The Midnights In The World
8. Chelsea Rodgers
9. Lion Of Juda
10. Resolution
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Prince gets the prime right-before-10@10 slot with his new one -- hope that means this track is catching on. Just got the CD but haven't listened yet.
The jerk didn't put the song titles ANYWHERE on the packaging for his new CD, so I can't even tell you offhand which song SHOULD have been the single. But I feel like he didn't put his best foot forward.
1. Planet Earth
2. Guitar
3. Somewhere Here On Earth
4. The One U Wanna C
5. Future Baby Mama
6. Mr. Goodnight
7. All The Midnights In The World
8. Chelsea Rodgers
9. Lion Of Juda
10. Resolution
Thanks. "Chelsea Rodgers" was the one I grooved on.
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Big Rick just played another cut from the new Robert Plant/Allison Krause(?) album -- "Killin' the Blues" was the song. Very pretty, kinda country tinged ditty.
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That was a remarkable amount of KFOG trivia I just heard. Who was rattling off all those answers, a listener?
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That was a remarkable amount of KFOG trivia I just heard. Who was rattling off all those answers, a listener?
yup. That was the quiz on Dave's blog. And here's Steve Miller again -- 10@10 will be a little late...
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As usual, they're not playing too close of attention to what songs are from what decade. James Taylor's Fire and Rain was just played as a 60s tune--pretty sure it was released in 1970.
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That was a remarkable amount of KFOG trivia I just heard. Who was rattling off all those answers, a listener?
yup. That was the quiz on Dave's blog.
I think the answers deserve to be preserved for posterity:
DONE! Correct answers are in BOLD.
1st song played on KFOG when we went rock:
1) "In A Godda Da Vida"-Iron Butterfly
2) "Beginnings" - Chicago
3) "Rock This Town" - Stray Cats
LAST song played on KFOG just before we went rock.
1) "Goodbye" - Mary Hopkin
2) "Last Farewell" - Roger Whittaker
3) "The End" - The Doors
FIRST Morning Man at KFOG:
1) Dung
2) Marty Cohen
3) Lee "Baby" Simms
FIRST newsman on KFOG:
1) Marshall Phillips
2) Scoop
3) J. Paul McGonnigle
FIRST "Concert For Kids" venue:
1) Shoreline
2) Persian Aub Zaam Zaam Room
3) Hard Rock Cafe
Before it was "KaBOOM", it was:
1) KaBlooey
2) Sky Concert
3) Wham Bam Thank You Fogheads
Why'd Amir go away?
1) Cookies
2) Ratings
3) A better job
Been with KFOG the longest?
1) Tony Salvadore
2) Raquel Lomeli
3) Dave Morey
Who's "Got The Money"?
1) Marty
2) Sid
3) H.R. Puffinstuff
What WASN'T a KFOG Slogan:
1) The Home Of Quality Rock-N-Roll
2) World Class Rock
3) The BIGGEST hits from the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's...and MORE!!"
BEFORE "Acoustic Sunrise", there was:
1) The Lutheran Hour
2) Pet Talk
3) The Jazz Brunch
Complete the following phrases:
"Kevin The ____" RAT***
"Trish The ____" DISH
"Bill Ruck the ________" ENGINEER
***This is BEFORE K. the Book Guy
What KFOG DJ went on to manage Cake?
-Bonnie Simmons
What KFOG Traffic Reporter went on to host NPR's Marketplace, then moved on to "NOW" on PBS...and what was his/her KFOG name?
David Brancaccio-Metro Dave
ORIGINAL "Voice" of KFOG:
1) Brother John
2) Father Coughlin
3) Mercy Hawkes
Who hosted "The Deadhead Hour":
1) David Gans
2) Percy Faith
3) Mickey Hart
Who was KFOG's Reggae guy?
1) Mark Silverstein
2) Dwight Marley
3) Doug Wendt
Name the very first "Archives" CD (BEFORE LFTA Vol 1).
KFOG Warriors Jam
Who HASN'T been an "announcer" for 10@10?
1) Don Pardo
2) Larry "Bud" Melman
3) Monty Hall
4) Mercy Hawkes
What was Sky Daniel's REAL first name?
1) Daniel
2) Rudolph
3) Paula
And why did we call him "Sky"?
1) Beautiful sky-blue eyes
2) He is SOOOO tall!
3) Favorite brand of vodka
What KCBS personality was once with the KFOG Morning Show?
1) Al Hart
2) Kim Wonderley
3) Katie Couric
Rosalie's maiden name:
1) Smith
2)Howarth
3) McCartney
First song played when we signed 97DOT7 on. (Southbay listener request)
1) "Do You Know The Way To San Jose"
2) "Rock This Town"
3) "Hotel California"
Complete this 10@10 phrase:
"Gene Pitney ______" RULES!
First celebrity "visit from and interview with" on KFOG? (fall '82 - maybe it was early '83?)
1) Bono
2) Ted Nugent
3) Carlos Santana
KFOG Overnight DJ - "Shoes Off"
1) Brooke Jones
2) Tarney Spencer
3) Bill Keffury
And who called that DJ one night to "make some silly requests"?
1) David Bowie
2) Iggy Pop
3) Fee Waybill
On the KFOG Morning Show...sang a song and changed the lyrics to "GREAT to be here...with DAVE...on K-F-O-G".
1) Nancy Sinatra
2) Mavis Staples
3) Ted Nugent
On the air when the '89 earthquake hit.
1) Big Bill Hill
2) Little Lil Cartwright
3) Trish Robbins
Said "Ah-HA! You're a gusher!" when Bonnie Simmons brought him backstage to meet me at a BAMMIES broadcast. (I was speechless..an idiot)
1) Todd Rundgren
2) Gene Pitney
3) Narada Michael Walden
What we used to steal from the prize closet.
1) Led Zeppelin box set
2) 5 pound Ghiradelli chocolate bar
3) "Pizza My Heart" coupons
Name of Peter's play:
1) EEEEK! Rosebud!!
2) "Aaah Rosebud"
3) YIKES! Rosebud!"
AND...for the win:
Complete the following sentence:
"The KFOG air studio (at Ghiradelli Square) was SO small.....
There wasn't room for the records. We kept them in a closet OUTSIDE the studio.
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FIRST Morning Man at KFOG:
1) Dung
2) Marty Cohen
3) Lee "Baby" Simms
Lee "Baby" Simms was also the nom de airwaves of Tom Waits' character in "Down By Law", which didn't come out until a few years later (86?). Wonder what the story is there?
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Hey Darryl,
If you have a chance, I'm wondering how much this Rock of Ages thing is resulting in significantly deeper albun track digging by the MD at KFOG. This morning around 9, the 70's track was Little Feat "Oh! Atlanta!". How often does that get played on KFOG otherwise? Likewise Mamas & Papas "California Dreamin'" yesterday.
Anyone have any others?
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Hey Darryl,
If you have a chance, I'm wondering how much this Rock of Ages thing is resulting in significantly deeper albun track digging by the MD at KFOG. This morning around 9, the 70's track was Little Feat "Oh! Atlanta!". How often does that get played on KFOG otherwise? Likewise Mamas & Papas "California Dreamin'" yesterday.
Anyone have any others?
I def have heard tracks that usually only pop up during, say, A-to-Z. Blind Faith's cover of "Well Alright" this morning, f'rinstance.
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Hey Darryl,
If you have a chance, I'm wondering how much this Rock of Ages thing is resulting in significantly deeper albun track digging by the MD at KFOG. This morning around 9, the 70's track was Little Feat "Oh! Atlanta!". How often does that get played on KFOG otherwise? Likewise Mamas & Papas "California Dreamin'" yesterday.
Anyone have any others?
I def have heard tracks that usually only pop up during, say, A-to-Z. Blind Faith's cover of "Well Alright" this morning, f'rinstance.
and right before 10@10 this morning Dave played Booker T's ""Green Onions".
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This KFOG live remote at Village Music is a delight -- music geek heaven. And the lady who did the Mill Valley song is coming up!
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This KFOG live remote at Village Music is a delight -- music geek heaven. And the lady who did the Mill Valley song is coming up!
She's wonderful, telling the story behind the song -- Tommy Tutone was her teacher's aide in 1970! God, I love this song.
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This KFOG live remote at Village Music is a delight -- music geek heaven. And the lady who did the Mill Valley song is coming up!
She's wonderful, telling the story behind the song -- Tommy Tutone was her teacher's aide in 1970! God, I love this song.
and -- surprise! -- you can still buy the album. I'd've sworn it was long out-of-print, but it avail on the Varese Sarabande website for 10.98!
http://www.varesesarabande.com/details.asp?pid=302%2D066%2D121%2D2
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OMG! The Left Banke, "I've Got Something on My Mind" -- a B-side. Loverly!
ETA: the needle got stuck about a minute or so into the song!
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Wow, the orig of "Hot Rod Lincoln"!
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This KFOG live remote at Village Music is a delight -- music geek heaven. And the lady who did the Mill Valley song is coming up!
She's wonderful, telling the story behind the song -- Tommy Tutone was her teacher's aide in 1970! God, I love this song.
and -- surprise! -- you can still buy the album. I'd've sworn it was long out-of-print, but it avail on the Varese Sarabande website for 10.98!
http://www.varesesarabande.com/details.asp?pid=302%2D066%2D121%2D2
God bless that label. Sunshine (pop), thy name is Varese.
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I've been concentrating pretty hard on work, but since 10 @ 10 ended, I don't remember a commercial or Annalisa -- just music and station breaks. But maybe I'm not paying enough attention...
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I've been concentrating pretty hard on work, but since 10 @ 10 ended, I don't remember a commercial or Annalisa -- just music and station breaks. But maybe I'm not paying enough attention...
Well, here's Annalisa for Mid day mindgames, so maybe I'm just too into my work!
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Anyone else get the "KFOG E-mail" today, with the link to the Foghead Music Panel? 10 songs clips to give your opinion on:
1. Glen Hansard/Marketa (sndtk of Once) - "Falling Slowly"
2. Spoon - "The Underdog"
3. Matt Nathanson - "Car Crash"
4. Wilco - "Walkin"
5. Robert Plant - "Gone Gone Gone"
6. Kooks - "She Moves in her Own Way"
7. Colbie Collet - "Bubbly"
8. Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
9. Snow Patrol - "Shut Your Eyes"
10. Peter, Bjorn & John- "Young Folks"
Most of these are in pretty heavy rotation; but I've only heard the song from Once on KFOG... well... once. And a lovely tune it is, glad it's finally getting some radio exposure.
But jeez, I've heard that Colbie Collet tune a dozen times and thought it was Feist. This whole Feist/Corrine Bailey Rae soundalike thing is outta control.
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Anyone else get the "KFOG E-mail" today, with the link to the Foghead Music Panel? 10 songs clips to give your opinion on:
1. Glen Hansard/Marketa (sndtk of Once) - "Falling Slowly"
2. Spoon - "The Underdog"
3. Matt Nathanson - "Car Crash"
4. Wilco - "Walkin"
5. Robert Plant - "Gone Gone Gone"
6. Kooks - "She Moves in her Own Way"
7. Colbie Collet - "Bubbly"
8. Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
9. Snow Patrol - "Shut Your Eyes"
10. Peter, Bjorn & John- "Young Folks"
Most of these are in pretty heavy rotation; but I've only heard the song from Once on KFOG... well... once. And a lovely tune it is, glad it's finally getting some radio exposure.
But jeez, I've heard that Colbie Collet tune a dozen times and thought it was Feist. This whole Feist/Corrine Bailey Rae soundalike thing is outta control.
I did. I hate the first one. I turned the radio on and that song was on. I thought I had the "Light Rock, Less Talk" station but realized I had KFOG on. The 1st song is really the only one listed I hated. A couple I didn't care for but I didn't mind the others.
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8. Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
I've never heard that but there was another new Kaiser Chiefs song, "The Angry Mob," that I liked a lot. Did it get any spins?
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8. Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
I've never heard that but there was another new Kaiser Chiefs song, "The Angry Mob," that I liked a lot. Did it get any spins?
Wha???
"Ruby" got played to death out here on at least 4 stations, incl. KFOG, definitely second only to the Plain White Tees for the Summer Song of '07 race.
Conversely never heard "Angry Mob" that I'm aware of.
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8. Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
I've never heard that but there was another new Kaiser Chiefs song, "The Angry Mob," that I liked a lot. Did it get any spins?
Wha???
"Ruby" got played to death out here on at least 4 stations, incl. KFOG, definitely second only to the Plain White Tees for the Summer Song of '07 race.
Conversely never heard "Angry Mob" that I'm aware of.
The CD is titled Yours Truly, Angry Mob so I guess that's the more-or-less title tune.
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Anyone else get the "KFOG E-mail" today, with the link to the Foghead Music Panel? 10 songs clips to give your opinion on:
1. Glen Hansard/Marketa (sndtk of Once) - "Falling Slowly"
2. Spoon - "The Underdog"
3. Matt Nathanson - "Car Crash"
4. Wilco - "Walkin"
5. Robert Plant - "Gone Gone Gone"
6. Kooks - "She Moves in her Own Way"
7. Colbie Collet - "Bubbly"
8. Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
9. Snow Patrol - "Shut Your Eyes"
10. Peter, Bjorn & John- "Young Folks"
Most of these are in pretty heavy rotation; but I've only heard the song from Once on KFOG... well... once. And a lovely tune it is, glad it's finally getting some radio exposure.
But jeez, I've heard that Colbie Collet tune a dozen times and thought it was Feist. This whole Feist/Corrine Bailey Rae soundalike thing is outta control.
Sounds to me like they're trying to figure out which songs people are sick to death of, as most of them have indeed been in heavy rotation since summertime.
And I agree fully about that Colbie Caillat tune--a dead ringer for Norah Jones to my ears, but Feist, Corinne Bailey Rae, same difference. Pretty lightweight, too.
I think there are a couple in the list that haven't gotten into the playlist so much tho--I can't say I've heard the Plant or Wilco songs too often on KFOG, as well as the Hansard/Marketa tune.
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Hey all. Stats geek here (interestingly, I hate math). KFOG's "Now Playing" thingy has been broken since Oct 2, so my stats are a bit out of date:
First just the numbers:
> 1. Glen Hansard/Marketa (sndtk of Once) - "Falling Slowly"
First played 06/03/2007 - 42 times
> 2. Spoon - "The Underdog"
First played 05/21/2007 - 152 times
> 3. Matt Nathanson - "Car Crash"
First played 06/07/2007 - 156 times
> 4. Wilco - "Walkin"
First played 05/13/2007 - 107 times
> 5. Robert Plant - "Gone Gone Gone"
First played 08/22/2007 - 35 times
> 6. Kooks - "She Moves in her Own Way"
First played 06/19/2007 - 165 times
> 7. Colbie Collet - "Bubbly"
First played 05/23/2007 - 223 times (no *wonder* we're sick of it!)
> 8. Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
First played 04/04/2007 - 318 times (and we *really* hate this one)
> 9. Snow Patrol - "Shut Your Eyes"
First played 04/03/2007 - 309 times
> 10. Peter, Bjorn & John- "Young Folks"
First played 03/01/2007 - 289 times
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Hey Darryl,
If you have a chance, I'm wondering how much this Rock of Ages thing is resulting in significantly deeper albun track digging by the MD at KFOG. This morning around 9, the 70's track was Little Feat "Oh! Atlanta!". How often does that get played on KFOG otherwise? Likewise Mamas & Papas "California Dreamin'" yesterday.
Anyone have any others?
I def have heard tracks that usually only pop up during, say, A-to-Z. Blind Faith's cover of "Well Alright" this morning, f'rinstance.
and right before 10@10 this morning Dave played Booker T's ""Green Onions".
Sorry to get to this so late. But yeah, I heard "California Dreamin" too and totally thought it was out of place.
And yeah, there were certainly some other rarely heard tracks. Which to me really makes that whole "Rock of Ages" thing especially lame, because they have to dig out songs they hardly ever play to make it work.
"California Dreamin'" was heard 03/23/2007 and 09/26/2006. I don't have any record of it otherwise.
"Well, All Right" was heard 04/01/2007, 09/30/2006 and 09/27/2006 (probably during the last "Rock of Ages" promo).
"Green Onions"? Never showed up outside of 10@10 (3/16/2007).
Speaking of green, CCR's "Green River", not heard since last September. Two songs later, Alan Parsons Project "Games People Play", heard 5 times since June 2006.
Oh this is interesting: James Taylor, "Fire and Rain" on 09/17/2007. "Mexico" played on 05/05/2007 (hahah, Cinco de Mayo), a few spins in February, but then a whole lotta JT in December, when they played all of his Christmas hits. Yeesh.
Well, anyways...
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Anyone else get the "KFOG E-mail" today, with the link to the Foghead Music Panel? 10 songs clips to give your opinion on:
1. Glen Hansard/Marketa (sndtk of Once) - "Falling Slowly"
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I did. I hate the first one. I turned the radio on and that song was on. I thought I had the "Light Rock, Less Talk" station but realized I had KFOG on. The 1st song is really the only one listed I hated. A couple I didn't care for but I didn't mind the others.
I actually like this song, and really liked the movie. Saw Glen w/ his band The Frames up in Seattle @ Bumbershoot. Got video of him performing this with a lucky audience member who stepped up and nailed it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhKyjpxZUQo
Her video leading up to being called up is cute too:
http://www.youtube.com/user/joyfulin
Enh, then again, I didn't hate Colbie Caillat's "Bubbly" the first 100 times. I'm happy when KFOG deigns to throw some women into the mix. Sure, it'd be better if it was Meshell Ndegeocello or Joan Osborne's new albums. :-/
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Sorry to get to this so late.
That's okay, thanks for the research!
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Anyone tried to get on the KFOG website lately? I tried yesterday, then again just now to check the football pool results for this week (I cacked this week) and am getting nothing but server-not-found errors. Hope y'all have their stream's URL bookmarked (and it's still working in the first place).
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Anyone tried to get on the KFOG website lately? I tried yesterday, then again just now to check the football pool results for this week (I cacked this week) and am getting nothing but server-not-found errors. Hope y'all have their stream's URL bookmarked (and it's still working in the first place).
Worked for me just now.
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anyone else surprised to hear KFOG running commercials for the "Wonders of Cannabis Festival"?
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anyone else surprised to hear KFOG running commercials for the "Wonders of Cannabis Festival"?
Yep, and it's happening only about 5 blocks from my house--I'm tempted to walk down and see what it's about.
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Hope Urth caught Big Rick's "buzz cut" tonight -- Jeff Tweedy doing a cover of "Simple Twist of Fate" from the forthcoming Dylan movie sndtk.
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Hope Urth caught Big Rick's "buzz cut" tonight -- Jeff Tweedy doing a cover of "Simple Twist of Fate" from the forthcoming Dylan movie sndtk.
I did not--but I'll be looking for it.
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Hope Urth caught Big Rick's "buzz cut" tonight -- Jeff Tweedy doing a cover of "Simple Twist of Fate" from the forthcoming Dylan movie sndtk.
Just looked up the soundtrack on AMG--if the movie is half as good as the soundtrack appears to be, it should be fabulous:
http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fuxzehldke
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Hope Urth caught Big Rick's "buzz cut" tonight -- Jeff Tweedy doing a cover of "Simple Twist of Fate" from the forthcoming Dylan movie sndtk.
Here y'alls go:
http://www.myspace.com/imnottheresoundtrack
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YES YES! Benson spun Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' "Be Easy" at 8:45am to a good response from Morning Show and caller, who asked "Is the whole album this good? Wow."
It was cute.
I like that Mike Doughty track, "27 Jennifers". So true for us kids born in the 70s. My god there were a lot of Jennifers growing up through the 80s.
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YES YES! Benson spun Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' "Be Easy" at 8:45am to a good response from Morning Show and caller, who asked "Is the whole album this good? Wow."
Guess Benson reads EW and the Chron. The record company's gotta be happy to have that kinda buzz to build on.
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YES YES! Benson spun Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' "Be Easy" at 8:45am to a good response from Morning Show and caller, who asked "Is the whole album this good? Wow."
I'm so relieved to know that this kind of stuff still happens.
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I like that Mike Doughty track, "27 Jennifers". So true for us kids born in the 70s. My god there were a lot of Jennifers growing up through the 80s.
I liked it too when I heard it earlier this week.
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YES YES! Benson spun Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' "Be Easy" at 8:45am to a good response from Morning Show and caller, who asked "Is the whole album this good? Wow."
I'm so relieved to know that this kind of stuff still happens.
I've been meaning to get over to Amoeba to get a copy of this and maybe Dap Dippin' too. Btw, they're booked into Bimbo's on Dec. 5--methinks I gotta be there. Anyone else?
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YES YES! Benson spun Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' "Be Easy" at 8:45am to a good response from Morning Show and caller, who asked "Is the whole album this good? Wow."
I'm so relieved to know that this kind of stuff still happens.
I've been meaning to get over to Amoeba to get a copy of this and maybe Dap Dippin' too. Btw, they're booked into Bimbo's on Dec. 5--methinks I gotta be there. Anyone else?
damn, it had to be on a "school night".
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They are playing a new Iggles tune right now -- "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture". Assuming it's new, anyway.
Two observations:
1. when did the Iggles get a social conscience?
2. this song rocks.
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They are playing a new Iggles tune right now -- "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture". Assuming it's new, anyway.
Two observations:
1. when did the Iggles get a social conscience?
2. this song rocks.
I'm guessing it's a Henley composition -- he's always been the political one, tho' he tended to show it on his solo efforts rather than the group LPs.
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They are playing a new Iggles tune right now -- "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture". Assuming it's new, anyway.
Two observations:
1. when did the Iggles get a social conscience?
2. this song rocks.
Here's a good interview with Don Henley that gets into (1.):
http://billboard.com/bbcom/feature/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003658087
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They are playing a new Iggles tune right now -- "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture". Assuming it's new, anyway.
Two observations:
1. when did the Iggles get a social conscience?
2. this song rocks.
Here's a good interview with Don Henley that gets into (1.):
http://billboard.com/bbcom/feature/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003658087
jeez, 1st it's the goat, and now the Iggles. Honestly, I didn't get what the hell Henley had to do with some new band called the Iggles until I put it all together!
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YES YES! Benson spun Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' "Be Easy" at 8:45am to a good response from Morning Show and caller, who asked "Is the whole album this good? Wow."
I'm so relieved to know that this kind of stuff still happens.
I've been meaning to get over to Amoeba to get a copy of this and maybe Dap Dippin' too. Btw, they're booked into Bimbo's on Dec. 5--methinks I gotta be there. Anyone else?
damn, it had to be on a "school night".
BTW, "Be Easy" was Big Rick's "buzz cut" tonight.
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Just heard a promo for tomorrow's (Thursday) morning show, and they're having Grace Slick live in the studio. They didn't say what hour, but I'd guess 8am-ish. So don't say we didn't tell ya!
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Just heard a promo for tomorrow's (Thursday) morning show, and they're having Grace Slick live in the studio. They didn't say what hour, but I'd guess 8am-ish. So don't say we didn't tell ya!
Woo-hoo, I'm off! I will try and listen, though I do have yet another dentist visit. The Airplane's also featured on the Drive' artist spotlight tomorrow -- interesting synergy there.
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Just heard a promo for tomorrow's (Thursday) morning show, and they're having Grace Slick live in the studio. They didn't say what hour, but I'd guess 8am-ish. So don't say we didn't tell ya!
Woo-hoo, I'm off! I will try and listen, though I do have yet another dentist visit. The Airplane's also featured on the Drive' artist spotlight tomorrow -- interesting synergy there.
Hmm, wonder if there's a book or a box set coming out?
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Just heard a promo for tomorrow's (Thursday) morning show, and they're having Grace Slick live in the studio. They didn't say what hour, but I'd guess 8am-ish. So don't say we didn't tell ya!
Woo-hoo, I'm off! I will try and listen, though I do have yet another dentist visit. The Airplane's also featured on the Drive' artist spotlight tomorrow -- interesting synergy there.
Hmm, wonder if there's a book or a box set coming out?
No, but Grace is doing duets albums with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss :wink:
(Ah loves a good "callback")
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Just heard a promo for tomorrow's (Thursday) morning show, and they're having Grace Slick live in the studio. They didn't say what hour, but I'd guess 8am-ish. So don't say we didn't tell ya!
Woo-hoo, I'm off! I will try and listen, though I do have yet another dentist visit. The Airplane's also featured on the Drive' artist spotlight tomorrow -- interesting synergy there.
Hmm, wonder if there's a book or a box set coming out?
No, but Grace is doing duets albums with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss :wink:
(Ah loves a good "callback")
Wish they'd thought to do that back in the day. A Grace & Robert album, like Marvin & Diana. She could squeeze his lemon and call it a hand grenade.
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Grace in rare form on Thurs morning-- and they're playing "Play on Love"!
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Grace in rare form on Thurs morning-- and they're playing "Play on Love"!
Hope Gaz caught this. I tuned in about 7:40 and immediately shot him an e-mail when I realized Grace was on.
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Grace in rare form on Thurs morning-- and they're playing "Play on Love"!
Hope Gaz caught this. I tuned in about 7:40 and immediately shot him an e-mail when I realized Grace was on.
I'm afraid I had to miss the whole thing - had a crown replaced. Not feeling so great. Eager to hear any deets - including why she was on in the first place.
ETA: Thanks for thinking of me for this! Really appreciated.
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Grace in rare form on Thurs morning-- and they're playing "Play on Love"!
Hope Gaz caught this. I tuned in about 7:40 and immediately shot him an e-mail when I realized Grace was on.
I'm afraid I had to miss the whole thing - had a crown replaced. Not feeling so great. Eager to hear any deets - including why she was on in the first place.
ETA: Thanks for thinking of me for this! Really appreciated.
Crown replacement isn't a painful thing in my experience -- did they give you bad gas? Feel better, bub!
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don't know if you heard me this AM, I was ranting about the jet contrails. It's one of my favorite things to watch, but I don't get off on all the conspiracy stuff. I hung up on them at a certain point.
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don't know if you heard me this AM, I was ranting about the jet contrails. It's one of my favorite things to watch, but I don't get off on all the conspiracy stuff. I hung up on them at a certain point.
Y'know, I vaguely remember hearing something about contrails one of the times my alarm went off before 7 this morning. I just hit snooze and went back to sleep, tho so I didn't really figure out what the deal was.
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Yikes, Scoop Nisker is rapping.
I haven't heard one of Scoop's, er, scoops, in quite a while -- but today I can understand why his bits are a love-it-or-hate-it thing with Fogheads. This is going on far too long.
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Woohoo, Big Rick is playing "Time Warp", the fuuuullll version.
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Big Rick just played this, which I hope gets more play...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Fqiw5bPmo
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Big Rick just played this, which I hope gets more play...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Fqiw5bPmo
That's been out for quite a while and gets dug up from time to time on Live 105 & Channel 104.9 as well. But I agree, it deserves wider exposure. Hadn't seen the video, so thanks for posting the link.
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I've been throwing stuff at the radio this week, as "Request-O-Rama" winners have been exceedingly lame; one guy said "play whatever you want" (then why bother to win the contest, dude?) and another woman simply HAD to hear "Rehab" by Ms Whine-house (which woulda come up within a half hour anyway). But this morning the winner said: "It's not Xmas at our house unless we hear 'Santa Claus & His Old Lady'". I wanna live with *those* folks. Bet they bake a lot of, er, brownies...
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Only tuned in this morning for about 3 minutes, but heard this gem of an exchange:
The substitute news person (peter's sick) played a newsclip out of Florida where they are legislating against the gangsta saggy pants look in schools. The voice of some official said, "We hope that if the kids realize where this look comes from they'll reconsider it. It comes from prison, and if you are available that night, then you were your pants baggy". This led to generic exclamations of OMG in the KFOG studio, and then Dave proclaimed:
"Well from now on I'm wearin' my trousers baggy!"
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Only tuned in this morning for about 3 minutes, but heard this gem of an exchange:
The substitute news person (peter's sick) played a newsclip out of Florida where they are legislating against the gangsta saggy pants look in schools. The voice of some official said, "We hope that if the kids realize where this look comes from they'll reconsider it. It comes from prison, and if you are available that night, then you were your pants baggy". This led to generic exclamations of OMG in the KFOG studio, and then Dave proclaimed:
"Well from now on I'm wearin' my trousers baggy!"
That's hilarious! But the FLA legislators should realize kids KNOW where it comes from -- that's why they do it.
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Only tuned in this morning for about 3 minutes, but heard this gem of an exchange:
The substitute news person (peter's sick) played a newsclip out of Florida where they are legislating against the gangsta saggy pants look in schools. The voice of some official said, "We hope that if the kids realize where this look comes from they'll reconsider it. It comes from prison, and if you are available that night, then you were your pants baggy". This led to generic exclamations of OMG in the KFOG studio, and then Dave proclaimed:
"Well from now on I'm wearin' my trousers baggy!"
That's hilarious! But the FLA legislators should realize kids KNOW where it comes from -- that's why they do it.
In other words: Kids are stupid, but they're not dumb.
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in the 6:00 hour, a discussion of songs with medical themes (A Foghead was making a mix-CD for her doctor husband and med student son), Dave played the Smiths' "Girlfriend in a Coma"! A KFOG bustout?
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Glad to hear Broooce's "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" in KFOG rotation. This album made my Top 10 for the year.
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Glad to hear Broooce's "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" in KFOG rotation. This album made my Top 10 for the year.
They're 4 or 5 cuts deep into Magic on KFOG -- tons of airplay.
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anyone else hear the Led Zep Song Title Spelling Bee this morning? Truly painful.
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anyone else hear the Led Zep Song Title Spelling Bee this morning? Truly painful.
yes, it was odd, to say the least. What's the big Zep deal? Are they coming to SF? It seems like yesterday was about the Satanic message in Stairway!
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anyone else hear the Led Zep Song Title Spelling Bee this morning? Truly painful.
yes, it was odd, to say the least. What's the big Zep deal? Are they coming to SF? It seems like yesterday was about the Satanic message in Stairway!
The three surviving members did a reunion show in London last week, and seems like tons of Fogheads can't get enough of it. Lots of rumors, but no confirmation of any further dates at this time. As always, Plant is being rather circumspect, but he did announce European dates with Allison Krause.
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anyone else hear the Led Zep Song Title Spelling Bee this morning? Truly painful.
yes, it was odd, to say the least. What's the big Zep deal? Are they coming to SF? It seems like yesterday was about the Satanic message in Stairway!
The three surviving members did a reunion show in London last week, and seems like tons of Fogheads can't get enough of it. Lots of rumors, but no confirmation of any further dates at this time. As always, Plant is being rather circumspect, but he did announce European dates with Allison Krause.
yes, even I know about the reunion, and it sounds like it was a good show, but it just seems like a little excess; but then again, excess is what it's all about, eh? ;D
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anyone else hear the Led Zep Song Title Spelling Bee this morning? Truly painful.
yes, it was odd, to say the least. What's the big Zep deal? Are they coming to SF? It seems like yesterday was about the Satanic message in Stairway!
The three surviving members did a reunion show in London last week, and seems like tons of Fogheads can't get enough of it. Lots of rumors, but no confirmation of any further dates at this time. As always, Plant is being rather circumspect, but he did announce European dates with Allison Krause.
yes, even I know about the reunion, and it sounds like it was a good show, but it just seems like a little excess; but then again, excess is what it's all about, eh? ;D
In conjunction with the reunion show, they have released yet-another best-of CD and have released a remastered version of Song Remains the Same with bonus tracks. And those two goodies are a Morning Show prize giveaway every day this week. Hence the "spelling bee", in which folks thought "D'yer Mak'er" began with "G" or "J".
CG's website has a story saying Percy's put the kibosh on a reunion tour.
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anyone else hear the Led Zep Song Title Spelling Bee this morning? Truly painful.
Was "Carouselambra" one of them?
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Hey, did I miss it, or was there almost no discussion of the Concert for Kids after the fact?
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anyone else hear the Led Zep Song Title Spelling Bee this morning? Truly painful.
Was "Carouselambra" one of them?
Yup. and the aforemention "D'yer Mak'er" and also "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" (and yes -- apostrophes and hypens count!)
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Hey, did I miss it, or was there almost no discussion of the Concert for Kids after the fact?
I heard them talk about what a fab time they had during the first hour the next morning -- but then that hour's all I usually hear of the Morning Show
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Yesterday Dave read the "live" Sharks spot -- "You like your Thornton getting raves and your Nabokov making saves" -- and mispronounced Nabokov. So today he read it again and simply deleted the Nabokov part. Guess he doesn't follow hockey -- there's no Latino players ;)
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Who's singing lead on this new Eagles tune, "Somebody"? Doesn't quite sound like Frey to me, and I know it's not Henley. I only realized it was the Iggles when the harmonies kicked in.
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Who's singing lead on this new Eagles tune, "Somebody"? Doesn't quite sound like Frey to me, and I know it's not Henley. I only realized it was the Iggles when the harmonies kicked in.
I only heard it once, but I though it was Frey.
ETA: according to the AMG review:
"...the second disc of Long Road Out of Eden...generally feels stuck in the late '80s, as Walsh spends seven minutes grooving on "Last Good Time in Town" as if he were a Southwestern Jimmy Buffett with a worldbeat penchant, Glenn Frey sings Jack Tempchin and John Brannen's "Somebody" as if it were a sedated, cheerful "Smuggler's Blues," and the whole thing feels polished with outdated synthesizers."
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Who's singing lead on this new Eagles tune, "Somebody"? Doesn't quite sound like Frey to me, and I know it's not Henley. I only realized it was the Iggles when the harmonies kicked in.
I only heard it once, but I though it was Frey.
ETA: according to the AMG review:
"...the second disc of Long Road Out of Eden...generally feels stuck in the late '80s, as Walsh spends seven minutes grooving on "Last Good Time in Town" as if he were a Southwestern Jimmy Buffett with a worldbeat penchant, Glenn Frey sings Jack Tempchin and John Brannen's "Somebody" as if it were a sedated, cheerful "Smuggler's Blues," and the whole thing feels polished with outdated synthesizers."
his voice/my ears are both getting old, I guess...
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Hey all -- the new board looks swanky. Glad all the old posts got migrated over in the update. :-}
Actually this is 10@10 related... my wife heard a funny "sound button/bite" during NPR's Fresh Air the other day.
She swears it was a classical cover of that song that Dave often plays during 10@10s that has a latin sound/beat to it and a woman exclaiming "Ai, ai..." in ecstacy.
Does anybody know what song that is? Maybe I'll have to post an audio of my wife doing her version of it to help. ;-}
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Hey all -- the new board looks swanky. Glad all the old posts got migrated over in the update. :-}
Actually this is 10@10 related... my wife heard a funny "sound button/bite" during NPR's Fresh Air the other day.
She swears it was a classical cover of that song that Dave often plays during 10@10s that has a latin sound/beat to it and a woman exclaiming "Ai, ai..." in ecstacy.
Does anybody know what song that is? Maybe I'll have to post an audio of my wife doing her version of it to help. ;-}
I think you mean Jungle Fever by the Chakachas. It's showed up in a few 72 sets as well as one Valentine's Day and one Thankgiving Turkey set.
But we'd still love to hear your wife's version... ;)
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Apparently the KFOG jocks have been commanded to post about their favorites of '07. Most of them tossed off a cursory post of a few hundred words or so (although Rosalie must have listed 30+ albums at least). But check out what Annalisa posted. Yikes, she goes on and on and on about her favorite shows--and none of them are currently on the kfog playlist--Iggy, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, Patti Smith, and...Kid ROCK?!? And lengthy addenda on Henry Rollins and the Dalai Lama. By far the most interesting blog she's written, and I don't think she uses the phrase "you phenomenal human being" once...
http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?id=31&Entry=2059
And what did Dave post? He ignored the edict altogether and posted some slides of Morey family Xmases past. Worth a look, you'll get to see what Dave looked like as a longhaired, hippy freak around, say, 74 I'm guessing.
http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=2055&id=35
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Apparently the KFOG jocks have been commanded to post about their favorites of '07. Most of them tossed off a cursory post of a few hundred words or so (although Rosalie must have listed 30+ albums at least). But check out what Annalisa posted. Yikes, she goes on and on and on about her favorite shows--and none of them are currently on the kfog playlist--Iggy, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, Patti Smith, and...Kid ROCK?!? And lengthy addenda on Henry Rollins and the Dalai Lama. By far the most interesting blog she's written, and I don't think she uses the phrase "you phenomenal human being" once...
http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?id=31&Entry=2059
And what did Dave post? He ignored the edict altogether and posted some slides of Morey family Xmases past. Worth a look, you'll get to see what Dave looked like as a longhaired, hippy freak around, say, 74 I'm guessing.
http://www.kfog.com/Blog/Blog/ViewItem.asp?Entry=2055&id=35
SPOILER
Turns out Dave was the missing Winter brother:
(http://www.kfog.com/blog/blog/Images/Articles/Entry2056_4623.jpg)
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Turns out Dave was the missing Winter brother:
(http://www.kfog.com/blog/blog/Images/Articles/Entry2056_4623.jpg)
ROTFLSHIPMP!
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Turns out Dave was the missing Winter brother:
(http://www.kfog.com/blog/blog/Images/Articles/Entry2056_4623.jpg)
ROTFLSHIPMP!
looks like a cross between Danny Kirwan and Todd Rundgren.
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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*
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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?
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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 (?)
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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?
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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.
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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. :-}
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Hi everyone -- no worries. My taping worked. Yeah, I dig that version of Jolene by Mindy Smith.
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So yeah, here's what I was trying to record:
http://www.darryl.com/acousticluke.mp3
(http://www.darryl.com/luke.jpg)
:-}
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So yeah, here's what I was trying to record:
http://www.darryl.com/acousticluke.mp3
(http://www.darryl.com/luke.jpg)
:-}
Good job, Mom and Dad! So you had a doula, eh? Nice. Mazel tov!
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Re: A to Z
I guess one thing that makes it "random" is that KFOG plays stuff that is typically *not* in their standard rotation. Which frankly (of course) pisses me off, because if it makes the cut for A to Z, then why can't they play it whenever?
Some "surprising" cuts that I liked hearing:
Oasis -- All Around The World (I had forgotten what the rest of this song sounded like thanks to AT&T's incessant playing of only the title line for their jingle.)
Mindy Smith -- Come to Jesus
Steeley Dan -- Cousin Dupree (creepy cousin)
Pearl Jam -- Crazy Mary (live version -- just great)
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels -- Devil with a Blue Dress (according to my records I guess they *do* pull this out every couple of months. Odd.)
Ramones -- Do You Remember Rock and Roll?
Beatles -- Doctor Robert (wha? I've never heard this before. I actually happen to have an Uncle Robert who's an anaesthesiologist.)
So yeah, a more accurate promo would have been:
Big Rick -- "Yeah, what I like about A-to-Z is that we get to hear great songs that otherwise we would never play because according to a focus group it didn't appeal to the 25-40 male demo"
Dave Morey -- "You might get to hear one or two of those Frank Zappa tunes we pull out every once in a while to try and prove our 'indie cred' despite the fact that we almost never play them in normal rotation, lest we offend one of our precious advertisers."
Rosalie -- "A-to-Z lets us dig into the KFOG library and find great deeper tracks that we will play once a year and then carefully bury away, never to be heard again."
:P
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Some "surprising" cuts that I liked hearing:
Oasis -- All Around The World (I had forgotten what the rest of this song sounded like thanks to AT&T's incessant playing of only the title line for their jingle.)
Mindy Smith -- Come to Jesus
Steeley Dan -- Cousin Dupree (creepy cousin)
Pearl Jam -- Crazy Mary (live version -- just great)
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels -- Devil with a Blue Dress (according to my records I guess they *do* pull this out every couple of months. Odd.)
Ramones -- Do You Remember Rock and Roll?
Beatles -- Doctor Robert (wha? I've never heard this before. I actually happen to have an Uncle Robert who's an anaesthesiologist.)
The Mindy Smith is one of those that was in heavy rotation as a current and then disappeared completely. Ditto "Cousin Dupree". Interesting that they played the Ramones tune during A-to-Z, since Dave included it in today's 1979 10@10. "Dr Robert", of course, gets played during Beatles A-to-Z too. It's a big Little Steven fave.
Today I got the "KFOG E-mail" and they were promoting a private concert with "emerging artist" Newton Faulkner:
(http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/pix/2007/04/newtonfaulkner_243x278.jpg)
I hereby declare a moratorium on white-boy dreadlocks!
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Some "surprising" cuts that I liked hearing:
Oasis -- All Around The World (I had forgotten what the rest of this song sounded like thanks to AT&T's incessant playing of only the title line for their jingle.)
Mindy Smith -- Come to Jesus
Steeley Dan -- Cousin Dupree (creepy cousin)
Pearl Jam -- Crazy Mary (live version -- just great)
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels -- Devil with a Blue Dress (according to my records I guess they *do* pull this out every couple of months. Odd.)
Ramones -- Do You Remember Rock and Roll?
Beatles -- Doctor Robert (wha? I've never heard this before. I actually happen to have an Uncle Robert who's an anaesthesiologist.)
The Mindy Smith is one of those that was in heavy rotation as a current and then disappeared completely. Ditto "Cousin Dupree". Interesting that they played the Ramones tune during A-to-Z, since Dave included it in today's 1979 10@10. "Dr Robert", of course, gets played during Beatles A-to-Z too. It's a big Little Steven fave.
Today I got the "KFOG E-mail" and they were promoting a private concert with "emerging artist" Newton Faulkner:
(http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/pix/2007/04/newtonfaulkner_243x278.jpg)
I hereby declare a moratorium on white-boy dreadlocks!
Yeah, I'm already wishing he'd un-emerge.
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Interesting that they played the Ramones tune during A-to-Z, since Dave included it in today's 1979 10@10.
Actually that was Rock & Roll High School in the '79 set. I'd love to hear Do You Remember Rock & Roll some time. Or Bonzo Goes to Bitburg.
Fully agree about the whiteboy dreads. Adam Duritz pretty much removed any vestige of cool they might have otherwise had.
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Interesting that they played the Ramones tune during A-to-Z, since Dave included it in today's 1979 10@10.
Actually that was Rock & Roll High School in the '79 set. I'd love to hear Do You Remember Rock & Roll some time. Or Bonzo Goes to Bitburg.
Fully agree about the whiteboy dreads. Adam Duritz pretty much removed any vestige of cool they might have otherwise had.
Oops -- after posting that I realized it was "Do You remember..." that Little Steven played Sun nite (and called "one of the greatest records ever made") and so that explains my "end of the century" comment yesterday. I must've not had enuf coffee. ;)
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Interesting that they played the Ramones tune during A-to-Z, since Dave included it in today's 1979 10@10.
Actually that was Rock & Roll High School in the '79 set. I'd love to hear Do You Remember Rock & Roll some time. Or Bonzo Goes to Bitburg.
Fully agree about the whiteboy dreads. Adam Duritz pretty much removed any vestige of cool they might have otherwise had.
Oops -- after posting that I realized it was "Do You remember..." that Little Steven played Sun nite (and called "one of the greatest records ever made") and so that explains my "end of the century" comment yesterday. I must've not had enuf coffee. ;)
Actually that sounds like the kind of mis-remembering that I'd do (and have). Nice to have company--you stand out less in a crowd. :D
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I just completed the Foghead listener survey & to the question "Is there anything you'd liek to tell the program director? I replied:
"I wish Benson would listen to Little Steven every Sunday night on your sister station. At least 4-5 times per year he previews a new song (for exampe Kaiser Chiefs last year) that it seems like it takes KFOG much longer to pick up on...if you pick up on it at all."
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I just completed the Foghead listener survey & to the question "Is there anything you'd liek to tell the program director? I replied:
"I wish Benson would listen to Little Steven every Sunday night on your sister station. At least 4-5 times per year he previews a new song (for exampe Kaiser Chiefs last year) that it seems like it takes KFOG much longer to pick up on...if you pick up on it at all."
Ha! I said *exactly that* the last time I filled out a KFOG listener thingy. It's amazing how many of his "coolest Song of the Week"s sound like no-brainer KFOG adds but yet go ignored -- last year's Stooges reunion and NY Dolls reunion come to mind, but there have been many many others. KFOG *is* currently playing the Foxboro Hottubs (or at least they were), but that's the first one in a long time.
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Has KFOG been playing Rilo Kiley's "Silver Lining" for long? I quite liked that when I reviewed it for the Stylus Singles Jukebox last fall - it reminded me of Jackie DeShannon's "Vanilla Olay."
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Has KFOG been playing Rilo Kiley's "Silver Lining" for long? I quite liked that when I reviewed it for the Stylus Singles Jukebox last fall - it reminded me of Jackie DeShannon's "Vanilla Olay."
yes, they've been playing it endlessly, in fact. Does nothing for me.
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yeesh, yet another for the Corinne Colbie Feist list: Yael Naim, "New Soul", which is also being heard on some commercial or other. It's really beyond ridiculous at this point, how many of these soundalike women KFOG has on their playlist.
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yeesh, yet another for the Corinne Colbie Feist list: Yael Naim, "New Soul", which is also being heard on some commercial or other. It's really beyond ridiculous at this point, how many of these soundalike women KFOG has on their playlist.
That one won't be around for long. It debuted in the Top 10 after being in an iPod ad, then left the Top 40 two weeks later.
So is KFOG playing any of the Shelby Lynne Dusty-covers album? I'm really digging her take on "Anyone Who Had a Heart," but the rest is starting to wither for me.
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So is KFOG playing any of the Shelby Lynne Dusty-covers album?
Sadly, no. But funny you should mention it because there was an exchange on the Morning Show about KFOG and country the other day -- an artist whose name escapes me performed live and they were very bluegrassy; a Foghead wrote in and chastized KFOG for being maddeningly inconsistent regarding the genre. "You play something as country as that and yet you gave short shrift to the Dixie Chicks when they were trying to go mainstream". Dave & Co denied the accusation, of course, and I had to laugh -- that Dixie Chicks song was in VERY light rotation at best.
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So I happened to go to the KFOG site and the "Just Played" feature showed:
The Band, Chest Fever
The Dead, Good Lovin'
Ray Charles, Fever
um... think that mighta been a feverish My 3 Songs?
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So I happened to go to the KFOG site and the "Just Played" feature showed:
The Band, Chest Fever
The Dead, Good Lovin'
Ray Charles, Fever
um... think that mighta been a feverish My 3 Songs?
Spring fever, to be precise.
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This new Steve Winwood tune is not bad--definitely harkens back to Traffic at times--but man, they're playing the hell out of it. Paging Darrell--could you give us an idea of this song's escalation of frequency in the rotation over the last couple of weeks?
(Last week I switch from KFOG to KBCO at about 11:15 one morning, and both of them were playing it. I was like, "wait a minute--I thought I changed the station! Oh..."
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This new Steve Winwood tune is not bad--definitely harkens back to Traffic at times--but man, they're playing the hell out of it. Paging Darrell--could you give us an idea of this song's escalation of frequency in the rotation over the last couple of weeks?
(Last week I switch from KFOG to KBCO at about 11:15 one morning, and both of them were playing it. I was like, "wait a minute--I thought I changed the station! Oh..."
indeed, and of course it features Crapton, of whom Fogheads never tire. ::)
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This new Steve Winwood tune is not bad--definitely harkens back to Traffic at times--but man, they're playing the hell out of it. Paging Darrell--could you give us an idea of this song's escalation of frequency in the rotation over the last couple of weeks?
(Last week I switch from KFOG to KBCO at about 11:15 one morning, and both of them were playing it. I was like, "wait a minute--I thought I changed the station! Oh..."
indeed, and of course it features Crapton, of whom Fogheads never tire. ::)
I like that song a lot, and Clapton's guitar work on it is very fine. I'm not all that fond of his mid-career work either, but that doesn't mean that everything he touches turns to crap. ;D
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This new Steve Winwood tune is not bad--definitely harkens back to Traffic at times--but man, they're playing the hell out of it. Paging Darrell--could you give us an idea of this song's escalation of frequency in the rotation over the last couple of weeks?
(Last week I switch from KFOG to KBCO at about 11:15 one morning, and both of them were playing it. I was like, "wait a minute--I thought I changed the station! Oh..."
indeed, and of course it features Crapton, of whom Fogheads never tire. ::)
I like that song a lot, and Clapton's guitar work on it is very fine. I'm not all that fond of his mid-career work either, but that doesn't mean that everything he touches turns to crap. ;D
we kid because we love!
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Paging Darrell
As sensitive as we are to overplayed songs on KFOG, some Fogheads have no clue: Dave read an email from someone wanting to know why KFOG isn't playing the new Eagles album -- "it seems to be getting little notice from radio". Good gawd, KFOG is 3 tracks deep into the thing. (and I only listen in the morning!)
BTW during the 6:00 hour, we heard the 'oo, "Getting in Tune", and John Hiatt bangin' like-a Charlie Watts -- 2 songs I don't recall hearing outside of 10@10.
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Today's 9 oclock quiz -- my three detectives songs (for EC tickets, inspired by Watching the Detectives). First two are easy, but, like the fogheads that called in, I'm blanking on the third though I know I watched the show a billion times. Maybe it's Mannix.
First two:
Magnum PI , Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV (you have to know the detectives full name)
Rockford Files, Jim Rockford.
ETA: It WAS Mannix, Joe Mannix.
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driving home last evening I was listening to Live 105 when they said caller 20 would get 2 3-day passes to this big Outside Lands festival. I figgered WTH & actually got a ring on my second attempt. But I was caller 12 & couldn't get back through. 20 minutes later I was listening to KFOX when Tim Jeffreys was doing his KFOX Chronicles, and caller 20 could win tix to the Earthquakes season opener. I figgered WTH & actually got a ring on my second attempt. But I was caller 15.
Hit redial and was caller 20! So if you were listening around 5:40 (after a pair of AC/DC songs) you'd have heard me & Tim talking about traffic in Hayward & then me give the correct answer to the question, what is Elton John's real name? (he turned 61 yesterday), so I get to take my older son to a soccer game in 2 weeks.
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driving home last evening I was listening to Live 105 when they said caller 20 would get 2 3-day passes to this big Outside Lands festival. I figgered WTH & actually got a ring on my second attempt. But I was caller 12 & couldn't get back through. 20 minutes later I was listening to KFOX when Tim Jeffreys was doing his KFOX Chronicles, and caller 20 could win tix to the Earthquakes season opener. I figgered WTH & actually got a ring on my second attempt. But I was caller 15.
Hit redial and was caller 20! So if you were listening around 5:40 (after a pair of AC/DC songs) you'd have heard me & Tim talking about traffic in Hayward & then me give the correct answer to the question, what is Elton John's real name? (he turned 61 yesterday), so I get to take my older son to a soccer game in 2 weeks.
Congrats! Now you can never say that Reginald Kenneth Dwight never did you any favors.
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This morning there was a discussion of the "golden age of duets", and Irish Greg mentioned EJ & Kiki, "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart". To which Dave replied, "The only time I've ever played it on 10@10 the phones lit up with people saying 'why are you playing that crap?' I haven't played it since."
Per the shraytabase, it was indeed played once -- in a HFH set. Is Dave pulling a Hillary here?
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This morning there was a discussion of the "golden age of duets", and Irish Greg mentioned EJ & Kiki, "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart". To which Dave replied, "The only time I've ever played it on 10@10 the phones lit up with people saying 'why are you playing that crap?' I haven't played it since."
Per the shraytabase, it was indeed played once -- in a HFH set. Is Dave pulling a Hillary here?
Perhaps his moment predates the Shraytabase.
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This morning there was a discussion of the "golden age of duets", and Irish Greg mentioned EJ & Kiki, "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart". To which Dave replied, "The only time I've ever played it on 10@10 the phones lit up with people saying 'why are you playing that crap?' I haven't played it since."
Per the shraytabase, it was indeed played once -- in a HFH set. Is Dave pulling a Hillary here?
Perhaps his moment predates the Shraytabase.
in that case, he *has* "played it since" ;)
Sorry, the Morning Show makes me very cranky sometimes. Bad enuf Peter gushes over American Idol every week.
Oh, and after the above discussion, Dave played Marvin & Tammi, "Ain't no Mountain...", and Renee said "meh -- that didn't do anything for me" >:( >:( >:(
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This morning there was a discussion of the "golden age of duets", and Irish Greg mentioned EJ & Kiki, "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart". To which Dave replied, "The only time I've ever played it on 10@10 the phones lit up with people saying 'why are you playing that crap?' I haven't played it since."
Per the shraytabase, it was indeed played once -- in a HFH set. Is Dave pulling a Hillary here?
Perhaps his moment predates the Shraytabase.
in that case, he *has* "played it since" ;)
Sorry, the Morning Show makes me very cranky sometimes. Bad enuf Peter gushes over American Idol every week.
Oh, and after the above discussion, Dave played Marvin & Tammi, "Ain't no Mountain...", and Renee said "meh -- that didn't do anything for me" >:( >:( >:(
And you expected more from Renee? Consider the source here. This is the woman whose self-proclaimed favorite year on 10@10 is 1987. Seriously.
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This morning there was a discussion of the "golden age of duets", and Irish Greg mentioned EJ & Kiki, "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart". To which Dave replied, "The only time I've ever played it on 10@10 the phones lit up with people saying 'why are you playing that crap?' I haven't played it since."
Per the shraytabase, it was indeed played once -- in a HFH set. Is Dave pulling a Hillary here?
Perhaps his moment predates the Shraytabase.
in that case, he *has* "played it since" ;)
Sorry, the Morning Show makes me very cranky sometimes. Bad enuf Peter gushes over American Idol every week.
Oh, and after the above discussion, Dave played Marvin & Tammi, "Ain't no Mountain...", and Renee said "meh -- that didn't do anything for me" >:( >:( >:(
And you expected more from Renee? Consider the source here. This is the woman whose self-proclaimed favorite year on 10@10 is 1987. Seriously.
OTOH -- she suggested Ozzy Osbourne/Lita Ford's "Close My Eyes Forever" as a good duet, and said "I *love* Lita Ford!". If so, she should convince Dave to play "Kiss Me Deadly".
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Just got the weekly "KFOG e-mail" and it's Kaboom! time once again. The official announcement will be Monday morning but the deets: Sat. May 10th, performers are Matt Nathanson, Collective Soul and Los Lobos, and tix this year are 15 bucks plus service charge* (weren't they 10 last year? if so -- Sheesh.)
*"We've worked with Ticketmaster to keep the ticket fees as low as possible. The service charge per ticket will be just $1.50, with a $3 charge per order. You can choose to have the tickets mailed to you or print them at home using TicketFast. (TicketFast is an optional service of Ticketmaster that offers you the convenience of printing tickets at home for an additional $2.50 per order.)
So, for a family of four, your cost will be just $60 + $6 + $3 = $69. You can't beat that price to see Los Lobos, Collective Soul and Matt Nathanson on one stage, and don't forget the best fireworks show of the year!"
I say "harrumph!"
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(TicketFast is an optional service of Ticketmaster that offers you the convenience of printing tickets at home for an additional $2.50 per order.)
I'll never understand how they can deliver this line with a straight face.
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Just got the weekly "KFOG e-mail" and it's Kaboom! time once again. The official announcement will be Monday morning but the deets: Sat. May 10th, performers are Matt Nathanson, Collective Soul and Los Lobos, and tix this year are 15 bucks plus service charge* (weren't they 10 last year? if so -- Sheesh.)
I finally dug around and found the "Kaboom" thread from last year -- tix were indeed 10 bucks in '07. So that's a 50% increase. Again: sheesh.
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This Matt Nathanson song (Drown Me In Love?) is leaning heavily toward the bland, and accentuated by the fact that the one line with the hook (somethingsomething, loosen my lips, faith and desire, swing of your hips...) is repeated about 50 times throughout the song with no lyrical variation or anything. Not exactly fine songcraft.
ETA: One hopes he'll go back to playlist purgatory once his Ka-Boom turn is over.
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OMFWTFLOL! the '70s track in this Rock of Ages set is... "Ride the Tiger"! Woo Hoo!
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OMFWTFLOL! the '70s track in this Rock of Ages set is... "Ride the Tiger"! Woo Hoo!
Jinx between threads--I made almost the same comment at the end of today's 10@10 thread.
And the next time around, Annalisa pulled out Bruce's original version of For You.
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OMFWTFLOL! the '70s track in this Rock of Ages set is... "Ride the Tiger"! Woo Hoo!
Jinx between threads--I made almost the same comment at the end of today's 10@10 thread.
And the next time around, Annalisa pulled out Bruce's original version of For You.
One last comment and i promise I'll stop: Now they've got the Wallflowers' Three Marlenas. Hope Lou Reed is getting royalties for this--the guitar part is 100 percent Sweet Jane.
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OMFWTFLOL! the '70s track in this Rock of Ages set is... "Ride the Tiger"! Woo Hoo!
Jinx between threads--I made almost the same comment at the end of today's 10@10 thread.
And the next time around, Annalisa pulled out Bruce's original version of For You.
One last comment and i promise I'll stop: Now they've got the Wallflowers' Three Marlenas. Hope Lou Reed is getting royalties for this--the guitar part is 100 percent Sweet Jane.
Sweet Jane is 100% Louie Louie, Hang On Sloopy, Wild Thing, or whatever.
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OMFWTFLOL! the '70s track in this Rock of Ages set is... "Ride the Tiger"! Woo Hoo!
Jinx between threads--I made almost the same comment at the end of today's 10@10 thread.
And the next time around, Annalisa pulled out Bruce's original version of For You.
One last comment and i promise I'll stop: Now they've got the Wallflowers' Three Marlenas. Hope Lou Reed is getting royalties for this--the guitar part is 100 percent Sweet Jane.
Sweet Jane is 100% Louie Louie, Hang On Sloopy, Wild Thing, or whatever.
Ha! Throw in Alice Cooper's "Be My Lover", which always seemed a total cop of "Sweet Jane" to me.
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sounds like one of those Rock-of-Ages, 5-decades-with-1-artist sets: Santana across the years.
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Today's world class rock of ages commentary: Following 10@10, a Santana twin-spin: Jingo in the 60s, followed by Everything's Coming Our Way in the 70s. Could it be Winning representing the 80s and Smooth for the 90s to come?
ETA: Cha-CHING!!! Three out of four...
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Today's world class rock of ages commentary: Following 10@10, a Santana twin-spin: Jingo in the 60s, followed by Everything's Coming Our Way in the 70s. Could it be Winning representing the 80s and Smooth for the 90s to come?
ETA: Cha-CHING!!! Three out of four...
Get yer dialing finger ready and you'll be "Winning"!
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Today's world class rock of ages commentary: Following 10@10, a Santana twin-spin: Jingo in the 60s, followed by Everything's Coming Our Way in the 70s. Could it be Winning representing the 80s and Smooth for the 90s to come?
ETA: Cha-CHING!!! Three out of four...
"Smooth" is an '00s tune, no? ('90s & '00s blend together for me)
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Today's world class rock of ages commentary: Following 10@10, a Santana twin-spin: Jingo in the 60s, followed by Everything's Coming Our Way in the 70s. Could it be Winning representing the 80s and Smooth for the 90s to come?
ETA: Cha-CHING!!! Three out of four...
"Smooth" is an '00s tune, no? ('90s & '00s blend together for me)
oops, it's "Put ya Lights on", from the same LP, and yeah, it's '90s -- can't believe that's so long ago. So what's the Santana "now"?
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Today's world class rock of ages commentary: Following 10@10, a Santana twin-spin: Jingo in the 60s, followed by Everything's Coming Our Way in the 70s. Could it be Winning representing the 80s and Smooth for the 90s to come?
ETA: Cha-CHING!!! Three out of four...
"Smooth" is an '00s tune, no? ('90s & '00s blend together for me)
"Smooth" carried over from fall '99 well into 2000.
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Today's world class rock of ages commentary: Following 10@10, a Santana twin-spin: Jingo in the 60s, followed by Everything's Coming Our Way in the 70s. Could it be Winning representing the 80s and Smooth for the 90s to come?
ETA: Cha-CHING!!! Three out of four...
"Smooth" is an '00s tune, no? ('90s & '00s blend together for me)
"Smooth" carried over from fall '99 well into 2000.
and now the '00s santana is that awful thing with the Nickleback guy. *shudder* We all deserve a prize just for sitting thru this.
and worse yet, Rock Of Ages means no 10@10 Bonus track.
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Today's world class rock of ages commentary: Following 10@10, a Santana twin-spin: Jingo in the 60s, followed by Everything's Coming Our Way in the 70s. Could it be Winning representing the 80s and Smooth for the 90s to come?
ETA: Cha-CHING!!! Three out of four...
"Smooth" is an '00s tune, no? ('90s & '00s blend together for me)
"Smooth" carried over from fall '99 well into 2000.
The song debut on the Hot 100 chart on July 31, 1999, hit #1 for 12 weeks from October 23, 1999 - January 8, 2000.
I think it was the most overplayed song of that period. It played on KFOG and top 40 radio at the time.
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Catching up on posts now that the housework is wrapped up, yesterday when Scoop Nisker did his annual Earth Day rant he said two things that I thought were worth sharing.
on the subject of evolution
"Scientists now tell us we actually have three brains: a reptilian brain, a mammalian brain & the neocortex or human brain. And studies show that the neocortex spends most of its time making up excuses for the actions of the other two." <rimshot>
further on evolution & DNA
"[he saw] a T-shirt printed with the words: YOU SHARE 25% OF YOUR DNA WITH A BANANA. GET OVER YOURSELF!"
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Oh yeah -- KFOG used to play Train. Now they just pull it out so that all the 90s songs don't have to be Sheryl Crow.
They've also gotta dig deep for their 60s tracks. Really? The Troggs? It's almost funny.
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Oh yeah -- KFOG used to play Train. Now they just pull it out so that all the 90s songs don't have to be Sheryl Crow.
They've also gotta dig deep for their 60s tracks. Really? The Troggs? It's almost funny.
Did Dave say that? I think they've probably gotta work hard to find '60s tracks that won't make the younger demo change the station. ;)
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Dave just related a phone call from some guy wanting to know who did "it's going to take some time" -- it was driving him crazy. And Dave says he couldn't think of it until he hung up. "It's the Carpenters!" Well, yes, but also Carole King, who wrote it, Dave.
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Dave just related a phone call from some guy wanting to know who did "it's going to take some time" -- it was driving him crazy. And Dave says he couldn't think of it until he hung up. "It's the Carpenters!" Well, yes, but also Carole King, who wrote it, Dave.
Heh, the only version of the song I've ever actually heard was Dishwalla's cover for the If I Were a Carpenter comp. (Which is a must-own, IMHO.)
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Oh yeah -- KFOG used to play Train. Now they just pull it out so that all the 90s songs don't have to be Sheryl Crow.
They've also gotta dig deep for their 60s tracks. Really? The Troggs? It's almost funny.
Did Dave say that? I think they've probably gotta work hard to find '60s tracks that won't make the younger demo change the station. ;)
I've been frankly getting pretty fed up with their 60's cuts during Rock of Ages week. I think on Monday I heard something that was a 1HW (can't recall it since) but everything since has been Beatles-Stones-CCR-Doors - major Hall of Fame stuff - sounds just like KFOX. I think the closest thing to a rarity I heard all week (and working from home I've listened to many more hours this week than usual) was The Kingsmen. >:( >:( >:(
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Dave just related a phone call from some guy wanting to know who did "it's going to take some time" -- it was driving him crazy. And Dave says he couldn't think of it until he hung up. "It's the Carpenters!" Well, yes, but also Carole King, who wrote it, Dave.
Heh, the only version of the song I've ever actually heard was Dishwalla's cover for the If I Were a Carpenter comp. (Which is a must-own, IMHO.)
Speaking of must-own, I can't believe you don't have a decent Carpenters anthol. Turn in your Friend-of-Dorothy(and Karen) Card!
But the covers comp is pretty fab -- Shonen Knife's "Top of the World" is one of the great power-pop tracks of the last 2 years, IMHO.
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Dave just related a phone call from some guy wanting to know who did "it's going to take some time" -- it was driving him crazy. And Dave says he couldn't think of it until he hung up. "It's the Carpenters!" Well, yes, but also Carole King, who wrote it, Dave.
Heh, the only version of the song I've ever actually heard was Dishwalla's cover for the If I Were a Carpenter comp. (Which is a must-own, IMHO.)
Speaking of must-own, I can't believe you don't have a decent Carpenters anthol. Turn in your Friend-of-Dorothy(and Karen) Card!
I own an indecent one. It's missing not only IGTTSTTT, but also "Solitaire" and "Touch Me When We're Dancing" and "Ticket to Ride."
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Oh yeah -- KFOG used to play Train. Now they just pull it out so that all the 90s songs don't have to be Sheryl Crow.
They've also gotta dig deep for their 60s tracks. Really? The Troggs? It's almost funny.
Did Dave say that? I think they've probably gotta work hard to find '60s tracks that won't make the younger demo change the station. ;)
I've been frankly getting pretty fed up with their 60's cuts during Rock of Ages week. I think on Monday I heard something that was a 1HW (can't recall it since) but everything since has been Beatles-Stones-CCR-Doors - major Hall of Fame stuff - sounds just like KFOX. I think the closest thing to a rarity I heard all week (and working from home I've listened to many more hours this week than usual) was The Kingsmen. >:( >:( >:(
Just played Sly & The Family Stone's "Stand". Love that tune. Also love the Liquid Jesus version off of the Pump Up The Volume soundtrack.
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Dave just related a phone call from some guy wanting to know who did "it's going to take some time" -- it was driving him crazy. And Dave says he couldn't think of it until he hung up. "It's the Carpenters!" Well, yes, but also Carole King, who wrote it, Dave.
Heh, the only version of the song I've ever actually heard was Dishwalla's cover for the If I Were a Carpenter comp. (Which is a must-own, IMHO.)
Speaking of must-own, I can't believe you don't have a decent Carpenters anthol. Turn in your Friend-of-Dorothy(and Karen) Card!
But the covers comp is pretty fab -- Shonen Knife's "Top of the World" is one of the great power-pop tracks of the last 2 years, IMHO.
That version of "Top of the World" has to go back further than 2 years. We used it for my wife's section of our wedding reception slideshow back in 2002.
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Dave just related a phone call from some guy wanting to know who did "it's going to take some time" -- it was driving him crazy. And Dave says he couldn't think of it until he hung up. "It's the Carpenters!" Well, yes, but also Carole King, who wrote it, Dave.
Heh, the only version of the song I've ever actually heard was Dishwalla's cover for the If I Were a Carpenter comp. (Which is a must-own, IMHO.)
Speaking of must-own, I can't believe you don't have a decent Carpenters anthol. Turn in your Friend-of-Dorothy(and Karen) Card!
But the covers comp is pretty fab -- Shonen Knife's "Top of the World" is one of the great power-pop tracks of the last 2 years, IMHO.
That version of "Top of the World" has to go back further than 2 years. We used it for my wife's section of our wedding reception slideshow back in 2002.
Sorry, typo: meant to say "last 20 years"
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Oh yeah -- KFOG used to play Train. Now they just pull it out so that all the 90s songs don't have to be Sheryl Crow.
They've also gotta dig deep for their 60s tracks. Really? The Troggs? It's almost funny.
Did Dave say that? I think they've probably gotta work hard to find '60s tracks that won't make the younger demo change the station. ;)
I've been frankly getting pretty fed up with their 60's cuts during Rock of Ages week. I think on Monday I heard something that was a 1HW (can't recall it since) but everything since has been Beatles-Stones-CCR-Doors - major Hall of Fame stuff - sounds just like KFOX. I think the closest thing to a rarity I heard all week (and working from home I've listened to many more hours this week than usual) was The Kingsmen. >:( >:( >:(
well, here's the Byrds' "So You Wanna Be a R'R Star", one you don't hear every day. If they'd followed it with Patti Smith's cover I'd've had an orgasm.
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Duffy just blew the studio crew away with "Mercy" -- have mercy indeed!
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Duffy just blew the studio crew away with "Mercy" -- have mercy indeed!
and now she's doing a cover of Otis' "These Arms of Mine"!
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Duffy just blew the studio crew away with "Mercy" -- have mercy indeed!
and now she's doing a cover of Otis' "These Arms of Mine"!
I'm sorry I missed that! But I bet I'll hear it at year's end on the next LFTA comp.
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Oh yeah -- KFOG used to play Train. Now they just pull it out so that all the 90s songs don't have to be Sheryl Crow.
They've also gotta dig deep for their 60s tracks. Really? The Troggs? It's almost funny.
Did Dave say that? I think they've probably gotta work hard to find '60s tracks that won't make the younger demo change the station. ;)
I've been frankly getting pretty fed up with their 60's cuts during Rock of Ages week. I think on Monday I heard something that was a 1HW (can't recall it since) but everything since has been Beatles-Stones-CCR-Doors - major Hall of Fame stuff - sounds just like KFOX. I think the closest thing to a rarity I heard all week (and working from home I've listened to many more hours this week than usual) was The Kingsmen. >:( >:( >:(
well, here's the Byrds' "So You Wanna Be a R'R Star", one you don't hear every day. If they'd followed it with Patti Smith's cover I'd've had an orgasm.
No, not everyday, that's true, but...I guess my feeling is that when they make a big deal of "going deep into the Wall of CD's", I'm entitled to expect more. But for all I know, they just ran out and bought about 15 greatest hits CD's and that would have covered everything I've heard.
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Oh yeah -- KFOG used to play Train. Now they just pull it out so that all the 90s songs don't have to be Sheryl Crow.
They've also gotta dig deep for their 60s tracks. Really? The Troggs? It's almost funny.
Did Dave say that? I think they've probably gotta work hard to find '60s tracks that won't make the younger demo change the station. ;)
I've been frankly getting pretty fed up with their 60's cuts during Rock of Ages week. I think on Monday I heard something that was a 1HW (can't recall it since) but everything since has been Beatles-Stones-CCR-Doors - major Hall of Fame stuff - sounds just like KFOX. I think the closest thing to a rarity I heard all week (and working from home I've listened to many more hours this week than usual) was The Kingsmen. >:( >:( >:(
well, here's the Byrds' "So You Wanna Be a R'R Star", one you don't hear every day. If they'd followed it with Patti Smith's cover I'd've had an orgasm.
No, not everyday, that's true, but...I guess my feeling is that when they make a big deal of "going deep into the Wall of CD's", I'm entitled to expect more. But for all I know, they just ran out and bought about 15 greatest hits CD's and that would have covered everything I've heard.
Oh, You're quite right. It seems to me that all the '60 sets we hear on various 10@10s, even Rob's and Ginger's, tend to be heavy on staples ("Up on Cripple Creek" and "Goin' Up the Country" spring to mind) in a way that '70s sets are not. It's demographic cover-your-ass thinking on the part of radio in general -- play something too obscure and 20-somethings tune away, even if every one of *us* are sitting here posting "OMFG! BOSFRA!"
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It's demographic cover-your-ass thinking on the part of radio in general -- play something too obscure and 20-somethings tune away, even if every one of *us* are sitting here posting "OMFG! BOSFRA!"
Ha ha! Well said.
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It's demographic cover-your-ass thinking on the part of radio in general -- play something too obscure and 20-somethings tune away, even if every one of *us* are sitting here posting "OMFG! BOSFRA!"
Ha ha! Well said.
So, the BOSFRA thing threw me for a loop, and I went over to the club lingo topic and figured it out!
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It's demographic cover-your-ass thinking on the part of radio in general -- play something too obscure and 20-somethings tune away, even if every one of *us* are sitting here posting "OMFG! BOSFRA!"
Ha ha! Well said.
So, the BOSFRA thing threw me for a loop, and I went over to the club lingo topic and figured it out!
a very recent addition to the glossary.
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I don't doubt your observations about the 60s songs during Rock of Ages week, but big props to Annalisa who, independent of that promotion, just pulled out the Gregg Allman solo version of Midnight Rider (circa 73?). Hadn't heard that one in a good while. (Just checked the DB, and it's in there only once--six years ago almost to the day: April 30, 2002. I would hope KFOG has played it sometime since then. ;) )
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I don't doubt your observations about the 60s songs during Rock of Ages week, but big props to Annalisa who, independent of that promotion, just pulled out the Gregg Allman solo version of Midnight Rider (circa 73?). Hadn't heard that one in a good while. (Just checked the DB, and it's in there only once--six years ago almost to the day: April 30, 2002. I would hope KFOG has played it sometime since then. ;) )
Shortly after my rant on Friday Annalisa played The Contours, so props for that.
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Heard now on KFOG, 10 minutes before 10@10: new Coldplay, "Violet Hill." VERY impressed!
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A caller got Dave to play the new Journey song this morning, because it's "awesome!" So he did, and the morning crew, and one caller, were embarrassed to say that it was good.
But it wasn't, so I was embarrassed for them.
Just more of the same, post when-they-were-good Journey, if you ask me.
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A caller got Dave to play the new Journey song this morning, because it's "awesome!" So he did, and the morning crew, and one caller, were embarrassed to say that it was good.
But it wasn't, so I was embarrassed for them.
Just more of the same, post when-they-were-good Journey, if you ask me.
I made a similar comment on the WDRV thread after Mike gave a WOS to the Journey tune Bob played.
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Heard now on KFOG, 10 minutes before 10@10: new Coldplay, "Violet Hill." VERY impressed!
I liked it a lot on first hearing as well. It's been in heavy KFOG rotation for about 2 weeks now. I got the free download from the Coldplay website (along with about 2 million others at last count). I still like it, but if KFOG gives it the Plain White T's treatment, I'm sure I'll get over it quickly.
BTW, I did the download because my 8 yr old said he really liked it on first listen (we were in the car at the time).
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Annalisa just played "Lover of the Bayou", by Mudcrutch. Sounded really good, more guitar oriented than most Heartbreakers stuff. I liked it.
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Annalisa just played "Lover of the Bayou", by Mudcrutch. Sounded really good, more guitar oriented than most Heartbreakers stuff. I liked it.
When Petty runs out of Byrds covers, the world will end. But yeah, it's nicely done. I always thought McGuinn should do an album of Petty tunes.
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The "Acoustic Sunrise" ad at 5 before the hour played a clip from Willie Nelson's "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other." I was so delighted when that charted Hot 100 on its iTunes sales. Does/did KFOG actually play it?
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The "Acoustic Sunrise" ad at 5 before the hour played a clip from Willie Nelson's "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other." I was so delighted when that charted Hot 100 on its iTunes sales. Does/did KFOG actually play it?
they played it for a couple of weeks at the time it came out. As did KPIG.
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interesting Ben Fong-Torres column in today's Chron about repetition on KFOG and other stations:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/01/PK6T10R1GI.DTL
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interesting Ben Fong-Torres column in today's Chron about repetition on KFOG and other stations:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/01/PK6T10R1GI.DTL
I like Ben a lot, and would tend to agree. I even hear certain songs on KPIG in what seems like heavy rotation for them now and then.
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I just tuned past KFOG on my way to KPOO, and they were playing the Soup Dragons' fab Stones cover, "I'm Free" -- I can't recall ever hearing that in regular KFOG rotation.
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Couldn't find a great thread for this...
Anyway, has anybody else noticed the new advertising campaign from Shreve and Company? Gay marraige is finally mainstream -- a major jeweler has recognized a growing market. I love America.
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Couldn't find a great thread for this...
Anyway, has anybody else noticed the new advertising campaign from Shreve and Company? Gay marraige is finally mainstream -- a major jeweler has recognized a growing market. I love America.
I'm shocked Tom Shane didn't jump on it first!
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Just read (in DM's blog, of all places) that Mike Powers is leaving KFOG to do an evening shift somewhere in LA. His last KFOG broadcast will be this Sunday.
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Just read (in DM's blog, of all places) that Mike Powers is leaving KFOG to do an evening shift somewhere in LA. His last KFOG broadcast will be this Sunday.
He's also been doing the afternoon sports updates on KNBR of late. Cumulus will miss him.
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Was just catching up on Ben Fong Torres' radio columns on SFGate, and read the one from last Sunday, which features a lengthy interview with KFOG's own Annalisa, and includes a few tidbits about her that I did not know. Like her real name: Lisa Parsiale. And also there's a mention that she has a boyfriend. Which runs counter to what we'd heard around here, but anyone can change their minds I guess.
Anyway, worth the read if you haven't already:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/13/PKP111IRJG.DTL&hw=Radio+Waves&sn=002&sc=788
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Was just catching up on Ben Fong Torres' radio columns on SFGate, and read the one from last Sunday, which features a lengthy interview with KFOG's own Annalisa, and includes a few tidbits about her that I did not know. Like her real name: Lisa Parsiale. And also there's a mention that she has a boyfriend. Which runs counter to what we'd heard around here, but anyone can change their minds I guess.
Hrm. Considering we heard that from Irish Greg himself (and not "a friend-of-a-friend whose cousin told us..." sorta thing) that's kind of interesting.
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Was just catching up on Ben Fong Torres' radio columns on SFGate, and read the one from last Sunday, which features a lengthy interview with KFOG's own Annalisa, and includes a few tidbits about her that I did not know. Like her real name: Lisa Parsiale. And also there's a mention that she has a boyfriend. Which runs counter to what we'd heard around here, but anyone can change their minds I guess.
Hrm. Considering we heard that from Irish Greg himself (and not "a friend-of-a-friend whose cousin told us..." sorta thing) that's kind of interesting.
It's sexy to be flexy.
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Go check out the finalists for the LFTA15 cover contest. One of the entries is a takeoff on American Gothic, with Rosalie and Dave's heads photoshopped in. It's not good enough to win, but clever nonetheless...
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Go check out the finalists for the LFTA15 cover contest. One of the entries is a takeoff on American Gothic, with Rosalie and Dave's heads photoshopped in. It's not good enough to win, but clever nonetheless...
They've been talking about it on the Morning Show and "encouraging" folks to vote for it.
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Go check out the finalists for the LFTA15 cover contest. One of the entries is a takeoff on American Gothic, with Rosalie and Dave's heads photoshopped in. It's not good enough to win, but clever nonetheless...
They've been talking about it on the Morning Show and "encouraging" folks to vote for it.
Greg & Renee are doing the 'encouraging', Dave is being self-deprecating.
I voted for it.
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Go check out the finalists for the LFTA15 cover contest. One of the entries is a takeoff on American Gothic, with Rosalie and Dave's heads photoshopped in. It's not good enough to win, but clever nonetheless...
They've been talking about it on the Morning Show and "encouraging" folks to vote for it.
Greg & Renee are doing the 'encouraging', Dave is being self-deprecating.
I voted for it.
I also voted for it. There were a few other covers I liked as well.
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Live music alert: The Fixx will perform in the 9:00 hour on KFOG this morning.
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Live music alert: The Fixx will perform in the 9:00 hour on KFOG this morning.
Actually they were on around 8:30. The lead singer is very funny.
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Piece on Bay Area morning DJ's. Morey is called a "crank"; guess we all can be cranky some mornings:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=29&entry_id=28615 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=29&entry_id=28615)
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Piece on Bay Area morning DJ's. Morey is called a "crank"; guess we all can be cranky some mornings:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=29&entry_id=28615 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=29&entry_id=28615)
I posted a comment there and said Dave was a "treasure", but i will say that he has had more than a few cranky mornings in the last few years. If you don't have a long history of listening to Dave regularly (I suspect the author of that blog doesn't) than you can't possibly put a couple of random mornings into the overall context of his 26 years on KFOG. Not to mention everything we've gleaned from *Dave's* blog!
ETA: I went back to read the comments that were posted after I posted mine... I can't believe the number of people who think Fernando & Greg on Energy 92.7 are "hilarious". Yeesh.
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Piece on Bay Area morning DJ's. Morey is called a "crank"; guess we all can be cranky some mornings:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=29&entry_id=28615 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=29&entry_id=28615)
I posted a comment there and said Dave was a "treasure", but i will say that he has had more than a few cranky mornings in the last few years. If you don't have a long history of listening to Dave regularly (I suspect the author of that blog doesn't) than you can't possibly put a couple of random mornings into the overall context of his 26 years on KFOG. Not to mention everything we've gleaned from *Dave's* blog!
ETA: I went back to read the comments that were posted after I posted mine... I can't believe the number of people who think Fernando & Greg on Energy 92.7 are "hilarious". Yeesh.
I find it hard to believe you let this line go, RGMike. 8)
Peter Finch is my favorite. He's the Scottie Pippen of Bay Area morning radio.
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Tim Hockenberry (today's "live'n'local" musical guest) closed the show with a rather nice cover of "Like a Rolling Stone". Tho' his voice is so Cockeresque-raspy he oughta be named Tim Hock-a-loogie...
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Just a quick note that I met up with mshray at today's morning show broadcast in Walnut Creek. Nice crowd, nice weather, nice show. Unfortunately in the photo that Morey took of the crowd, now on the KFOG Morning Show page, at the table behind the 3 ladies in black upfront, you can barely see mshray in his red fleece top and I was obviously away from my chair at that moment, either off to the left waiting to ask Romanowski a question on air, or inside getting more coffee. See http://www.kfog.com/morningshow (http://www.kfog.com/morningshow)
However, later Mark and I each got a pic with Morey, while he was trying to have a cig out back by the dumpster, and I got a pic with Romo. We'll try to get those posted for y'all. A good time was had by all!
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Tim Hockenberry (today's "live'n'local" musical guest) closed the show with a rather nice cover of "Like a Rolling Stone". Tho' his voice is so Cockeresque-raspy he oughta be named Tim Hock-a-loogie...
At this morning's broadcast we agreed that Hockenberry sounds like a combo of Marc Cohn and Tom Waits. I spoke with him for a few minutes, he's from upstate NY, now lives in Mill Valley.
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This is sad. The 9 o'clock quiz this morning is "name that vice-president." First foghead failed on the opener, who was Carter's vp? Second foghead got Mondale, but failed on the second question, guessing Quayle as Reagan's vp.
Sigh.
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This is sad. The 9 o'clock quiz this morning is "name that vice-president." First foghead failed on the opener, who was Carter's vp? Second foghead got Mondale, but failed on the second question, guessing Quayle as Reagan's vp.
Sigh.
Sigh indeed. When you consider that Fogheads are smarter than American voters generally... it does not bode well. No wonder McCain's crap is working.
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The winner was pretty good, however. Or, very quick with google.
And the final question, who is the current vp: he answered 'Satan' and got the win!
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The winner was pretty good, however. Or, very quick with google.
And the final question, who is the current vp: he answered 'Satan' and got the win!
LOL! Sorry I missed that.
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This is sad. The 9 o'clock quiz this morning is "name that vice-president." First foghead failed on the opener, who was Carter's vp? Second foghead got Mondale, but failed on the second question, guessing Quayle as Reagan's vp.
Sigh.
I have to confess that I didn't know Mondale was Carter's VP. ???
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This is sad. The 9 o'clock quiz this morning is "name that vice-president." First foghead failed on the opener, who was Carter's vp? Second foghead got Mondale, but failed on the second question, guessing Quayle as Reagan's vp.
Sigh.
I have to confess that I didn't know Mondale was Carter's VP. ???
Not that surprising, considering your age. I was having difficulty with Lyndon Johnson's vp (Humphrey), but I was under 10 years old then.
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this is a database question, so I suppose it's directed to Mshray, but others may know the answer.
While browsing, I found these two rows:
Date Year/Them Artist Song
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August 23, 2001 1971 Runt We Gotta Get You A Woman
April 12, 2002 1970 Runt We Gotta Get You A Woman
that's Todd Rundgren, right? I think he's at least 5'10", so what gives?
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this is a database question, so I suppose it's directed to Mshray, but others may know the answer.
While browsing, I found these two rows:
Date Year/Them Artist Song
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August 23, 2001 1971 Runt We Gotta Get You A Woman
April 12, 2002 1970 Runt We Gotta Get You A Woman
that's Todd Rundgren, right? I think he's at least 5'10", so what gives?
My guess is "intern error". The data for the Shraytabase is captured from the KFOG website (by darryl, I believe), and added to the Shraytabase -- GIGO.
Wikipedia has no information on Rundgren's stature. But "We Gotta Get You A Woman" IS from his first solo album Runt.
ETA: Here's something I did not know, from wiki -- a Souply Sales connection!
While Tony Sales (son of comedian Soupy Sales) handles bass on Ballad, his brother Hunt Sales (who played drums on most of 'Runt', Rundgren's solo debut)
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this is a database question, so I suppose it's directed to Mshray, but others may know the answer.
While browsing, I found these two rows:
Date Year/Them Artist Song
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August 23, 2001 1971 Runt We Gotta Get You A Woman
April 12, 2002 1970 Runt We Gotta Get You A Woman
that's Todd Rundgren, right? I think he's at least 5'10", so what gives?
Todd's pseudonym on his first LP (post-Nazz and pre-everything else). Dunno why he chose it, I'm guessing maybe a childhood nickname? ("Hey, RUNT-gren...")
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ETA: Here's something I did not know, from wiki -- a Souply Sales connection!
While Tony Sales (son of comedian Soupy Sales) handles bass on Ballad, his brother Hunt Sales (who played drums on most of 'Runt', Rundgren's solo debut)
the Sales boys, of course, later joined Bowie in TinMachine. Jeez, how old were they in 1970? -- 12? 13?
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this is a database question, so I suppose it's directed to Mshray, but others may know the answer.
While browsing, I found these two rows:
Date Year/Them Artist Song
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August 23, 2001 1971 Runt We Gotta Get You A Woman
April 12, 2002 1970 Runt We Gotta Get You A Woman
that's Todd Rundgren, right? I think he's at least 5'10", so what gives?
Todd's pseudonym on his first LP (post-Nazz and pre-everything else). Dunno why he chose it, I'm guessing maybe a childhood nickname? ("Hey, RUNT-gren...")
This is all news to me, including the Sales info. I thought Runt was a functioning band of which Todd was a member. Either way, still sounds a lot like really early Steely Dan to these ears.
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this is a database question, so I suppose it's directed to Mshray, but others may know the answer.
While browsing, I found these two rows:
Date Year/Theme Artist Song
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August 23, 2001 1971 Runt We Gotta Get You A Woman
April 12, 2002 1970 Runt We Gotta Get You A Woman
that's Todd Rundgren, right? I think he's at least 5'10", so what gives?
Yep, that's Todd, but this song (and the album it was released on) were issued under the name "Runt", a play on his last name I'd guess. I think this was his first solo release after Nazz broke up, and prior to Something/Anything.
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Rod, are you going to "Golf With the Raiders"? Charity event in Pleasanton.
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Rod, are you going to "Golf With the Raiders"? Charity event in Pleasanton.
Haven't heard anything about it, but those things are usually kind of pricey. It's a pricey enough hobby already.
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Gawd I hate this Jason Mraz song. He may think he's givin' it his "bestest" but I beg to differ. Fingernails on a blackboard.
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Gawd I hate this Jason Mraz song. He may think he's givin' it his "bestest" but I beg to differ. Fingernails on a blackboard.
Haha, that's my favorite album of the year, and one of my favorite singles. Of course, I've been a Mraz fan since his debut and have a silly crush on him.
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Gawd I hate this Jason Mraz song. He may think he's givin' it his "bestest" but I beg to differ. Fingernails on a blackboard.
Haha, that's my favorite album of the year, and one of my favorite singles. Of course, I've been a Mraz fan since his debut and have a silly crush on him.
"silly" is the word, all right. Saw him recently doing talking-head duty on one of those VH-1 '80s things, with his smirk and his hipster hat. Ugh.
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Just noticed that the KFOG web site is sporting new head shots of all of the airstaff (although Rosalie is wearing the same jacket she had on in the old one). Good shots of Dave and Annalisa, but Renee looks like she's rolling her eyes in hers. And Big Rick's mug is half in shadow--who signed off on that one?
http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/
But the KFOG blog pages are still MIA.
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Just noticed that the KFOG web site is sporting new head shots of all of the airstaff (although Rosalie is wearing the same jacket she had on in the old one). Good shots of Dave and Annalisa, but Renee looks like she's rolling her eyes in hers. And Big Rick's mug is half in shadow--who signed off on that one?
http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/
But the KFOG blog pages are still MIA.
Great pics, but... Renee does need a re-do unless slightly silly is the desired look. I think Big Ricks is fine. Artistic shadowing.
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I don't know why I was so pleased to hear the full "Layla" at 10 before the hour. But it's a perfect song for right now.
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Just noticed that the KFOG web site is sporting new head shots of all of the airstaff (although Rosalie is wearing the same jacket she had on in the old one). Good shots of Dave and Annalisa, but Renee looks like she's rolling her eyes in hers. And Big Rick's mug is half in shadow--who signed off on that one?
http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/
But the KFOG blog pages are still MIA.
Great pics, but... Renee does need a re-do unless slightly silly is the desired look. I think Big Ricks is fine. Artistic shadowing.
Is Big Rick planning a career with the WWF? Talk a bout looking COMPLETELY different than the previous pic:
(http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/images/rick_stuart.jpg)
He's lost some serious weight since the Live 105 days when he weighed over 300 lbs.
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Just noticed that the KFOG web site is sporting new head shots of all of the airstaff (although Rosalie is wearing the same jacket she had on in the old one). Good shots of Dave and Annalisa, but Renee looks like she's rolling her eyes in hers. And Big Rick's mug is half in shadow--who signed off on that one?
http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/
But the KFOG blog pages are still MIA.
Great pics, but... Renee does need a re-do unless slightly silly is the desired look. I think Big Ricks is fine. Artistic shadowing.
Is Big Rick planning a career with the WWF? Talk a bout looking COMPLETELY different than the previous pic:
(http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/images/rick_stuart.jpg)
He's lost some serious weight since the Live 105 days when he weighed over 300 lbs.
Sometime during his show yesterday he mentioned that he and a buddy had gone for a long and arduous bike ride earlier in the day. So I guess he's been working on his physical fitness some.
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Just noticed that the KFOG web site is sporting new head shots of all of the airstaff (although Rosalie is wearing the same jacket she had on in the old one). Good shots of Dave and Annalisa, but Renee looks like she's rolling her eyes in hers. And Big Rick's mug is half in shadow--who signed off on that one?
http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/
But the KFOG blog pages are still MIA.
Great pics, but... Renee does need a re-do unless slightly silly is the desired look. I think Big Ricks is fine. Artistic shadowing.
Is Big Rick planning a career with the WWF? Talk a bout looking COMPLETELY different than the previous pic:
(http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/images/rick_stuart.jpg)
He's lost some serious weight since the Live 105 days when he weighed over 300 lbs.
Yeah, his nickname wasn't just based on his personality. Good for him, though--couldn't have been easy. (Just had another observation on his new pic: think Zippy the Pinhead.)
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Renee (not Renel!) is doing a happy hour today at the Ramp (http://www.ramprestaurant.com), from 5:00. I have happy hour plans in Mtn View, but it sounds like fun.
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I noticed on Dave's Blog a photo from 8/1 Live & Local Walnut Creek. That's me in middle (sportcoat) and mshray at left (blue shirt, red jacket), we're talking with KFOG engineer: http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#0801 (http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#0801)
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Renee (not Renel!) is doing a happy hour today at the Ramp (http://www.ramprestaurant.com), from 5:00. I have happy hour plans in Mtn View, but it sounds like fun.
no wonder she was off this morning -- she was resting up to par-TAY!
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I noticed on Dave's Blog a photo from 8/1 Live & Local Walnut Creek. That's me in middle (sportcoat) and mshray at left (blue shirt, red jacket), we're talking with KFOG engineer: http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#0801 (http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#0801)
Right below all that is the following, which could also be on the Funny Stuff thread. Several of these are side-splitters.
In case you missed it. Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitationalwhich once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary,alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply A new definition. The winners are:
Cashtration: The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an a--hole.
Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
Bozone: The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows
little sign of breaking down in the near future.
Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't … get it.
Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
Karmageddon: It's when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, and then the Earth explodes, and it's a serious bummer.
Glibido: All talk and no action.
Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
Arachnoleptic Fit: The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
heehee?
OK.
THANKS to everyone for the great time this morning.
Enjoy the weekend.
-Dave
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Sorry, late to the discussion, but re: those new photos -- yipes!
These two look like they're posing for the high school yearbook:
(http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/images/08renee_Richardson207x173.jpg)(http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/images/08gregMcQuaid207x173.jpg)
Not so much in their previous photos:
(http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/images/renee.jpg)(http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/images/greg_mcquaid.jpg)
And I've gotta agree w/urth on Big Rick's readiness for WWF:
(http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/images/rick_stuart.jpg)(http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/images/08BigRick207x173.jpg)
Rosalie *lurves* that jacket:
(http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/images/rosalie_howarth.jpg)(http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/images/08rosalieHowarth207x173.jpg)
And I think Peter lost some weight too. Or he looks thinner w/o glasses. Also, he's got a much cooler looking pose.
(http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/images/peter_finch.jpg)(http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/images/08peter_Finch207x173.jpg)
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When Wayback Dave & I were at the Walnut Creek Live 'n' Local we chatted a bit with Renee who admitted to losing ten pounds, and she said Peter lost over 40. It clearly showed.
Greg on the other hand has bulked up a tad. About four years ago I hung with him at a remote & he chain smoked worse than Dave. Now he's running marathons and winning bike races.
BTW, Darryl, did you attend the Live 'n' Local at Gordon Biersch in SJ again this year?
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Hey mshray -- yeah, we were there (Morning Show remote in SJ). Sorry, I totally forgot to check in here to see who else would be there.
Here's some of my photos:
http://flickr.com/photos/notatinklefan/sets/72157606796319788/
Don "Elvis" was pretty great.
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Hey mshray -- yeah, we were there (Morning Show remote in SJ). Sorry, I totally forgot to check in here to see who else would be there.
Here's some of my photos:
http://flickr.com/photos/notatinklefan/sets/72157606796319788/
Don "Elvis" was pretty great.
I wasn't there, although I really wanted to be. That was the mornign that we went to the title company and spent 90 minutes signing documents for our new house. Beer for breakfast woulda been a lot more fun.
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I wasn't there, although I really wanted to be. That was the mornign that we went to the title company and spent 90 minutes signing documents for our new house. Beer for breakfast woulda been a lot more fun.
Well hey, to be able to buy a new house in current times is something. Guess you got a good price *and* a good interest rate? How was it getting the loan? I hear they're a little more stringent now. :-}
I forewent the beer, but we decided to hit the breakfast buffet as things were winding down (maybe around 9-9:30AM), and our waiter/waitress conveniently forgot to bill us for it. I believe we still left a nice tip out of guilt.
--Darryl
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Listening to KFOG over the weeekend, and I gotta say that this Webster character is not growing on me. Glad that Annalisa is filling in for Dave & not him this week.
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Listening to KFOG over the weeekend, and I gotta say that this Webster character is not growing on me. Glad that Annalisa is filling in for Dave & not him this week.
I find Annalisa's delivery to be one of the most annoying things on KFOG... even more than hearing Coldplay's "La Vida Loca" for the fourth time in a day. Sometimes she's got this sing-song-y delivery that borders on baby talk. you usually hear it when she first checks onto the Air: you hear the recorded voice of Dave Morey (something like "Wanna hear one more classic song from the 10 at 10 set? Here's Annalisa with a bonus track..") and then she breaks in with her "I'm talking to Romper Room" voice: 'THANK you, dave MORey..."
man, I'm cranky today.
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Is this "Say Hey (I Love You)" song by Michael Franti a big hit, chart-wise? 'cause it sure deserves to be -- it sounds like people should be singing it at baseball games 'n' stuff.
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Is this "Say Hey (I Love You)" song by Michael Franti a big hit, chart-wise? 'cause it sure deserves to be -- it sounds like people should be singing it at baseball games 'n' stuff.
Thanks for ID'ing it. Reminds me of "Iko Iko."
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anyone else hear the 9:00 Pop Quiz today? The prize was 3rd row Santana seats, so the category was "Famous 3rds", as in 'Breakfast, Lunch & ...'
It took several callers to get through the whole thing, and one guy in the middle gave the following answer:
Renee: Peter, Greg & ...
Foghead: Dave
and after about 1.6 seconds of hemming and hawing, they disqualified him and the next caller said 'Bobby'.
I was driving and laughing as loud as I've laughed in some time.
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anyone else hear the 9:00 Pop Quiz today? The prize was 3rd row Santana seats, so the category was "Famous 3rds", as in 'Breakfast, Lunch & ...'
It took several callers to get through the whole thing, and one guy in the middle gave the following answer:
Renee: Peter, Greg & ...
Foghead: Dave
and after about 1.6 seconds of hemming and hawing, they disqualified him and the next caller said 'Bobby'.
I was driving and laughing as loud as I've laughed in some time.
that's funny, 'cause I woulda said Dave too, probably.
In the 6am hour they were giving away Buffett tix (Jimmy, not Warren) and you had to name your fave Buffett LP and then name as many songs from it as possible. One woman couldn't name a single album (then why do you want tickets, lady?).
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Just noticed a promo for this on the KFOG webpage front door carousel. A short video about how the morning starts for the guys on the Morning show. Kind of amusing. Go here:
http://www.kfog.com/default.asp#fogvision
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Just noticed a promo for this on the KFOG webpage front door carousel. A short video about how the morning starts for the guys on the Morning show. Kind of amusing. Go here:
http://www.kfog.com/default.asp#fogvision
I didn't see any diff between Renee "before" and Renee "after". LOL! But I love that she really does blow that Sleep Train whistle.
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Just noticed a promo for this on the KFOG webpage front door carousel. A short video about how the morning starts for the guys on the Morning show. Kind of amusing. Go here:
http://www.kfog.com/default.asp#fogvision
I didn't see any diff between Renee "before" and Renee "after". LOL! But I love that she really does blow that Sleep Train whistle.
Dave sorta snapped at Greg in that clip, didn't he? ah, family dynamics...
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Alicat just called me to say she heard Dave Morey announce his retirement from the Morning Show effective Dec 19th. He will carry on with the 10@10's, but nothing else.
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Alicat just called me to say she heard Dave Morey announce his retirement from the Morning Show effective Dec 19th. He will carry on with the 10@10's, but nothing else.
Paging Webster?
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Alicat just called me to say she heard Dave Morey announce his retirement from the Morning Show effective Dec 19th. He will carry on with the 10@10's, but nothing else.
Seems obvious that they'd promote from within since their deejays have such an established brand. I vote for Big Rick, but it'll prob be Annalisa or Webster.
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Dave's blog has details. Listeners are getting teary-eyed. "I'll miss your bedroom voice!"
http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#masterplan
great pic of young Dave.
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Alicat just called me to say she heard Dave Morey announce his retirement from the Morning Show effective Dec 19th. He will carry on with the 10@10's, but nothing else.
Seems obvious that they'd promote from within since their deejays have such an established brand. I vote for Big Rick, but it'll prob be Annalisa or Webster.
I know Tinka doesn't want it to be Annalisa, but I sure don't want it to be Webster. And I can't imagine Rick being an interview-the-guests type of guy.
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Alicat just called me to say she heard Dave Morey announce his retirement from the Morning Show effective Dec 19th. He will carry on with the 10@10's, but nothing else.
Seems obvious that they'd promote from within since their deejays have such an established brand. I vote for Big Rick, but it'll prob be Annalisa or Webster.
I know Tinka doesn't want it to be Annalisa, but I sure don't want it to be Webster. And I can't imagine Rick being an interview-the-guests type of guy.
or a get-up-at-3am guy! LOL!
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Apparently Dave posted his pllans on his blog but I can't get to it yet. Selling his 2br in Novato too. I knew the day would come but I'm not ready.
eta:
the master plan, http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#masterplan
Writing the first line of this – that’s the hardest part.
Let’s just jump into it and say:
I’m retiring.
Wait. That makes me sound really old.
Let’s try:
Dear Fogheads,
After much thought, I’ve decided….
Nope. That’s going to sound like we’re mad at each other.
How about this?
Memo format:
To: All
From: Me
Re: The Master Plan.
It is time to announce my retirement…EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT THAT OLD.
My decision.
Last show for KFOG will be Friday, December 19th.
Here’s the deal:
I’ve been thinking about this for a couple years. Thanks to excellent planning and despite global collapse of the financial industry, I will be able to realize a dream I’ve had for a long time.
I’m leaving the Bay Area – returning to Michigan. It’s hard to explain to someone who’s not from there so I won’t even try. I think y’all know how I feel about the Midwest.
I’m pretty much done with radio although I will be doing 10@10 and other stuff for KFOG from the luxurious state-of-the-art home studio located on the 2nd floor loft of my lakefront villa.
Mostly though – I’m gonna watch the sun rise over a Great Lake, smoke cigarettes legally, read, bicycle, work at the library, explore the Upper, write, do some pirate radio, walk the beach, screen movies for friends, rake leaves, grow green beans, motorcycle, think about stuff, visit old friends, make new ones, shovel snow, take pictures, wait for thunderstorms, and….and…………
It’s been a great run. 26 years with KFOG. That’s something I’m very proud of and grateful for.
I’ve always been lucky that way.
The past few years…working with Peter and Greg and Renee. It’s the best. I will miss them. They are family. People say they love KFOG’s Morning Show because we sound like we really like each other. I’m telling you now – that ain’t no put-on. I think I can speak on behalf of my co-conspirators – we have a GREAT time. 4 people living and sharing totally different lifestyles and we are each so much richer for have knowing the others.
That’s my take on it.
And the others at KFOG?
The BEST!
Lots of smiles. Occasional drama too. I think I’m gonna miss that the most. Daily chats with Raquel and Joe and Karynann and Kelly and Benson and Sheri and Andrew and Steve and Kerry and Chuck and Special and Brian and….
THIS list could go on for pages and pages.
Let’s cut to:
Over the years I’ve worked with and learned from great talents at some of the bestest radio stations. The resume is pretty short compared to the average DJ. Not much bouncing around after the first 3 years.
WLAV, WSAI, WDAI….and KFOG.
Also: WAFT, WMAX, WZZM, WKTM, KSFX.
9 stations in 40 years of radio. Oh. Wait. WOAK, 89.3 FM—Dondero High School makes 10. And let’s not forget Cincinnati Community Station WAIF where I worked with John Zeh on the Gaydreams program. He’s the one who got in trouble though.
First commercial radio appearance: A 10th grade field trip to WWJ Detroit. DJ Morrie Carlson asked me to read some copy. I thought I’d flubbed it but after we broke for commercials, he said he thought I was pretty good. “Stay with it.” So I did. Got a job while in High School and summer of graduation, had to make a decision:
Go to college or take the full-time job at WAFT?
Hey - $1.60 an hour? I’ll take radio!
Geek Stuff:
I got to do top-of-the-hour legal IDs for WLS and WLW. Never worked for either but thanks to friends, my voice once E-nunciated:
“MusicRadio - WLS…Chicago”
and:
“This is WLW…Cincinnati, Ohio.”
I’ve worked every format (‘cept religious- I applied at WFUR but they took one look at my hair and said: “No openings”) Done: Top 40, MOR, Oldies, Country, AOR, Classic Rock, All-News, Disco, Urban….and most recently, AAA for the best of them all - KFOG.
I’ve worked public affairs and news.
I produced/engineered the Gospel Tones Hour. (live gospel music)
Ed & Joan’s Polka Show and Cita Musicale too.
Did traffic, continuity, production and even filled in for Sally (receptionist) at WSAI.
Been a MD and a PD.
Did mornings, middays, afternoons, evenings and….my favorite shift…overnights.
Once spent the night with ABC Broadcast Standards and Practices…and her husband.
Used to call the overnight jock at ZZM and win his contests.
Bev Bevans cruised me in the WSAI lobby.
KSFX on Polk Street just upstairs from the Giraffe – WELCOME TO SF!!!
And how about them Chocolate Chip Cookies at KFOG?
HooBoy. Too many stories----
Worked with board ops, record turners, producers. But always best – alone in the studio picking my own music and running my own board.
Proud to say: Done it all and loved almost every minute of it.
Favorite part of the job?
Running that control board. It’s like flying a plane - except nobody gets hurt when you crash. And I HAVE crashed!
But - to sit down, play music, talk one-on-one with listeners…and get paid for it - that is one fine job. And - yes….I can make comparisons. I’ve also worked as a house painter and movie theater popcorn boy/projectionist.
Lemme tell ya - Radio is the best.
And so….Thank You.
Fogheads and The Family at KFOG.
I hope you’ll miss me.
So – now it’s official.
Do me ONE favor. Between now and “last day” – let’s NOT get gooey.
Deal?
OK. Wanna see a picture?
Say “Yes!”
Larry took this back in….’72 was it? I thought it was a great shot but couldn’t talk the PD into using it. Me thinks he thought it was a little too….well, I’m not sure what he thought it was a little too of -
Anyway(s) – while I still have this forum, I want to share the picture and credit the photographer.
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I think this also means he has somewhat given up on the dating scene, can't imagine rural Michigan coming anywhere close to providing the same opportunities for Dave that Marin would. And I'm pretty sure if he was in a relationship with someone who would move back to MI with him we'd have had some mention by now.
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I think this also means he has somewhat given up on the dating scene, can't imagine rural Michigan coming anywhere close to providing the same opportunities for Dave that Marin would. And I'm pretty sure if he was in a relationship with someone who would move back to MI with him we'd have had some mention by now.
the internet, to a large extent, has changed that. Long-term-relationships are always hard to find, but you can "hook up" anywhwere these days.
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Alicat just called me to say she heard Dave Morey announce his retirement from the Morning Show effective Dec 19th. He will carry on with the 10@10's, but nothing else.
Seems obvious that they'd promote from within since their deejays have such an established brand. I vote for Big Rick, but it'll prob be Annalisa or Webster.
I know Tinka doesn't want it to be Annalisa, but I sure don't want it to be Webster. And I can't imagine Rick being an interview-the-guests type of guy.
or a get-up-at-3am guy! LOL!
HA! you are so right. Rick is a roll out of bed at noon sort of dude. I did hear him interview Chris Issak last week, though, and their interaction was fantastic. Then again, they seem to know each other and have some natural friendliness, and Chris Issak is a great interview anytime.
I don't think Big Rick would be as fun or get away with the same kind of stuff with, say, that Zem Joaquim lady (the Green maven from Marin).
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I think this also means he has somewhat given up on the dating scene, can't imagine rural Michigan coming anywhere close to providing the same opportunities for Dave that Marin would. And I'm pretty sure if he was in a relationship with someone who would move back to MI with him we'd have had some mention by now.
the internet, to a large extent, has changed that. Long-term-relationships are always hard to find, but you can "hook up" anywhwere these days.
I thought Dave was in a LTR...? I guess I don't listen as often as I thought.
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Dave's blog has details. Listeners are getting teary-eyed. "I'll miss your bedroom voice!"
http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#masterplan
great pic of young Dave.
Holy crap. I'm....gobsmacked. Glad to hear 10@10 will continue, but have to wonder if he'll continue to do it in real time (with a T-1 line he certainly could), or they're going to be prerecorded. Hope it's the former.
ETA: Jeezus, I move out of SF and the whole place goes to hell... ;)
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Alicat just called me to say she heard Dave Morey announce his retirement from the Morning Show effective Dec 19th. He will carry on with the 10@10's, but nothing else.
a big hole in my soul. :'(
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I think this also means he has somewhat given up on the dating scene, can't imagine rural Michigan coming anywhere close to providing the same opportunities for Dave that Marin would. And I'm pretty sure if he was in a relationship with someone who would move back to MI with him we'd have had some mention by now.
the internet, to a large extent, has changed that. Long-term-relationships are always hard to find, but you can "hook up" anywhwere these days.
I thought Dave was in a LTR...? I guess I don't listen as often as I thought.
Dave and Alejandro broke up ages ago, tho' they're still friends afaik
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This has really turned out to be a day of losses.
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This has really turned out to be a day of losses.
Yeah, no kidding.
I'm trying to be happy for Dave, that he gets to retire at a relatively young age and enjoy life for a long time, one hopes.
Always knew this day would come, just figured it wouldn't be for a few years yet.
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I think this also means he has somewhat given up on the dating scene, can't imagine rural Michigan coming anywhere close to providing the same opportunities for Dave that Marin would. And I'm pretty sure if he was in a relationship with someone who would move back to MI with him we'd have had some mention by now.
the internet, to a large extent, has changed that. Long-term-relationships are always hard to find, but you can "hook up" anywhwere these days.
A caller who knew the Michigan area was trying to ferret out exactly where Dave was moving to. He joked that it was top secret, but that there was "a boy down the road to plow the fields" or somesuch.
Most likely a joke, but we only tune in/wake up around 8-9AM, so who knows, maybe it was a reference to something earlier in the morning.
But yah, we're so sad. As I wrote to Dave, et al, when our oldest boy (4-yo) was 2, my wife was carrying him to the 2006 Live and Local appearance at Gordon Biersch. As they approached, when he heard Dave's voice over the speakers, he said, "I'm home."
Yah, he and his brother (9-mo), listen to a *lot* of KFOG. And Dave will be missed.
http://albums.phanfare.com/isolated/XnLp5rOJ/1005252/2558153#imageID=42682328
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Alicat just called me to say she heard Dave Morey announce his retirement from the Morning Show effective Dec 19th. He will carry on with the 10@10's, but nothing else.
Seems obvious that they'd promote from within since their deejays have such an established brand. I vote for Big Rick, but it'll prob be Annalisa or Webster.
I know Tinka doesn't want it to be Annalisa, but I sure don't want it to be Webster. And I can't imagine Rick being an interview-the-guests type of guy.
or a get-up-at-3am guy! LOL!
HA! you are so right. Rick is a roll out of bed at noon sort of dude. I did hear him interview Chris Issak last week, though, and their interaction was fantastic. Then again, they seem to know each other and have some natural friendliness, and Chris Issak is a great interview anytime.
I don't think Big Rick would be as fun or get away with the same kind of stuff with, say, that Zem Joaquim lady (the Green maven from Marin).
That interview was hee-larious. Especially funny when Chris and Kenny were talking (I think) about being afraid of Big Rick beating them up. (I was imagining it was their reaction to his new WWE haircut/physique.)
But yeah, they clearly had some history, and they all started rattling off the names of various old SF nightclubs (the I-Beam?) etc.
I was actually pleasantly surprised at the interview, since Rick so rarely gets to do any. But yeah, I imagine the schedule change would be pretty difficult.
I don't mind Webster, but I agree he might be an odd fit. I wonder if Annalisa wants the morning slot. Again, getting up at the crack of dawn has got to be pretty wearing on your schedule.
This is kind of an off-the-wall idea, but I think it would be a kick to have Rosalie in the morning slot. I know not everyone here is a fan of her acoustic sunrise show, but she's got great interviewing chops. And as my wife said, boy, Dave really stole the thunder out of this announcement that was buried in the last Foghead e-mail:
The entire KFOG family congratulates our Rosalie on her 25th anniversary at KFOG on Friday, October 17. She's seen and done it all in her years here, and on behalf of all of the Fogheads that she's touched with her calm, compassionate connection to our radio community, we say, "Thank you." Listen to Rosalie this weekend as she continues her KFOG legacy.
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on SFGate:
Ben Fong-Torres' Radio Waves column on Dave's retirement announcement (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/17/PK9413CSEQ.DTL)
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This is kind of an off-the-wall idea, but I think it would be a kick to have Rosalie in the morning slot. I know not everyone here is a fan of her acoustic sunrise show, but she's got great interviewing chops. And as my wife said, boy, Dave really stole the thunder out of this announcement that was buried in the last Foghead e-mail:
The entire KFOG family congratulates our Rosalie on her 25th anniversary at KFOG on Friday, October 17. She's seen and done it all in her years here, and on behalf of all of the Fogheads that she's touched with her calm, compassionate connection to our radio community, we say, "Thank you." Listen to Rosalie this weekend as she continues her KFOG legacy.
Indeed, I was in the car this afternoon and heard Annalisa mention the Rosalie anniv. I like her a lot, always listened to Acoustic Sunrise before KPIG came to SF.
I also noted that I heard that Pretenders "Chinese Plastic" tune for the second time today around that time (apx 3:30pm; I also heard it during Dave's shift), so after a slow start it seems to have worked its way up to heavy(er) rotation.
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Hard times at KFOG? Or just a computer glitch?
We usually get about 5 mins of commercials between the sets of a 10@10 Marathon; this morning the first couple of sets just rolled with barely a breather for a 30-second KFOG in-house promo. The sales dept cannot be pleased.
ETA: despite a lack of commercials earlier, we're just now (10:50) getting to the 5th set in the marathon (1978). I woke up at 8:10 and heard the last song of the VT set -- a relatively short set, so if that was the first set, the marathon probably didn't start until 7:30. Guess maybe there *was* a computer snafu.
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Hard times at KFOG? Or just a computer glitch?
We usually get about 5 mins of commercials between the sets of a 10@10 Marathon; this morning the first couple of sets just rolled with barely a breather for a 30-second KFOG in-house promo. The sales dept cannot be pleased.
ETA: despite a lack of commercials earlier, we're just now (10:50) getting to the 5th set in the marathon (1978). I woke up at 8:10 and heard the last song of the VT set -- a relatively short set, so if that was the first set, the marathon probably didn't start until 7:30. Guess maybe there *was* a computer snafu.
there seemed to be a jillion ads after the 84 set.
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Hard times at KFOG? Or just a computer glitch?
We usually get about 5 mins of commercials between the sets of a 10@10 Marathon; this morning the first couple of sets just rolled with barely a breather for a 30-second KFOG in-house promo. The sales dept cannot be pleased.
ETA: despite a lack of commercials earlier, we're just now (10:50) getting to the 5th set in the marathon (1978). I woke up at 8:10 and heard the last song of the VT set -- a relatively short set, so if that was the first set, the marathon probably didn't start until 7:30. Guess maybe there *was* a computer snafu.
nope, the marathon started at 7 sharp. I couldn't sleep, so I was going back and forth from KFRC's AT40 and KFOG all morning.
marathon order today
1978 (Mon)
64-73 VT (Tue)
1989 (Thu)
1973 (Fri)
1984 (Wed)
ETA: Actually, they did screw up today: as mshray points out (http://10at10club.com/forum/index.php?topic=5067.30) in the 1978 10@10 thread, they repeated the 1978 set as the sixth set.
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ETA: Actually, they did screw up today: as mshray points out (http://10at10club.com/forum/index.php?topic=5067.30) in the 1978 10@10 thread, they repeated the 1978 set as the sixth set.
Yeah I was just about to copy that comment over here. Pretty sure this has never happened before.
Okay, this is weird. I woke up rather early today (Sat) and turned on KFOG at about 7:20. Heard the last 5 songs of this set. Then came the Vertical Tasting (my 1st-grader now loves Doo Wah Diddy), then 1973, then 1989 (which Dave closed by saying, "Coming up, possibly the best set of the week"), and then 1984. And then 1978 all over again, starting at around 10:40. I had to sit down and review all the sets of the week, 'cause I thought I was losing my mind. Nope, I'm not crazy. They're playing 6 sets today.
Now, although they advertise the replay starting at 7, they often they don't start until closer to 7:20. And as far as I can remember the whole thing always finishes after 11. So having wrapped at 10:40 maybe they needed some filler.
Right now I'm hearing "Mr. Blue Sky" again, which was the first song I heard this morning.
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Yikes, what an annoying way to start the day: Just before 6, KFOG played "Sweet Home Alabama". Then Dave came on to say good morning and intro the news, and instead he played Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" (which samples Skynyrd & Zevon and is about Michigan). A number of callers complained and so half-an-hour later... he played it AGAIN. More complaints. Dave thought it was hilarious. If you heard the clip of someone saying "Make it stop! Make it stop!" that was me (and I *never* call Dave).
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Yikes, what an annoying way to start the day: Just before 6, KFOG played "Sweet Home Alabama". Then Dave came on to say good morning and intro the news, and instead he played Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" (which samples Skynyrd & Zevon and is about Michigan). A number of callers complained and so half-an-hour later... he played it AGAIN. More complaints. Dave thought it was hilarious. If you heard the clip of someone saying "Make it stop! Make it stop!" that was me (and I *never* call Dave).
it was kind of funny in a sort of bad movie way. Crazy DJ locks the station and plays the same song over and over again! What I want to know is does Kid Rock give songwriting credits to Zevon and Skynyrd?
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Even more annoying (but not a joke): KFOG just played "Santeria" by Sublime, which was NEVER a KFOG song at the time it was a hit (a Live 105 biggie, however). I never really "got" Sublime (I believe I once called them "the Police with less education and more tattoos"). But it's in "oldie" rotation now.
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Even more annoying (but not a joke): KFOG just played "Santeria" by Sublime, which was NEVER a KFOG song at the time it was a hit (a Live 105 biggie, however). I never really "got" Sublime (I believe I once called them "the Police with less education and more tattoos"). But it's in "oldie" rotation now.
I heard (from a reliable source) that KFOG is thinking of shifting the scope of their playlist a bit. Drop some of the supertramp-y stuff and pick up some more modern rockier stuff... Perhaps Kid Rock/Sublime is a sign of things to come, or maybe Benson is testing the waters. Or maybe they're just feeling a little crazy today. Lotsa caffeine or something?
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I heard (from a reliable source) that KFOG is thinking of shifting the scope of their playlist a bit. Drop some of the supertramp-y stuff and pick up some more modern rockier stuff... Perhaps Kid Rock/Sublime is a sign of things to come, or maybe Benson is testing the waters.
KFOG flirts with that every couple of years; then they back off -- presumably, the older crowd (who are quite loyal listeners) complains. "What happened to my Hendrix?" I'd welcome newer *good* modern-rock stuff, if that's what they intend. I remember back 8 or 9 years ago when Hayley was the Music Director, and they were going in a very Live 105-ish direction, playing stuff like the Dandy Warhols. But that faded away. What I don't want is Kid Rock or stuff like Nickleback's "Rock Star". Now if they want to get rid of the Corrinne Colbie Feists that have grown like a fungus on their playlist -- THAT I'd applaud.
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a post from a local radio/TV/newspaper blog, re: dave's retirement:
http://sfppc.blogspot.com/2008/10/kfogs-dave-morey-to-sign-off-dec-19.html
This specifically says Dave will be doing 10@10 "on tape" after he moves. Not a surprise, really, but that means no more live interaction on the phone. Guess BOS will become an announce-it-the-next-day thing, as it is on The Drive and 'BCO.
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a post from a local radio/TV/newspaper blog, re: dave's retirement:
http://sfppc.blogspot.com/2008/10/kfogs-dave-morey-to-sign-off-dec-19.html
This specifically says Dave will be doing 10@10 "on tape" after he moves. Not a surprise, really, but that means no more live interaction on the phone. Guess BOS will become an announce-it-the-next-day thing, as it is on The Drive and 'BCO.
Whoever wrote that piece loses credibility when they say that Dave's been on Bay area radio for 39 years?!? That would mean since 1969? Nope, I think that's how long he's been in radio period. In reality he got here what, a year or so before KFOG switched to rock? So perhaps their assertion that 10@10 will be taped is just an assumption.
On the other hand, I could see his having to be at home for a couple of hours at midday, five days a week when he's supposed to be retired could get to be a pain in the arse. So who knows? At the very least I bet we hear a lot more "classic" 10@10s to allow him to take off for a few days whenever he gets the urge.
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Kudos to the Foghead who won Request-O-Rama today and requested Brooooce's "Raise Your Hand" from the live box. Nice.
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From today's Foghead email, an opportunity to pay your respects to the retiring Dave Morey when he appears this Sat morn at Peet's Walnut Creek:
"KFOG Live From the Archives #15 goes on sale to the public this Sat, Nov 1, at Bay Area Peet's Coffee & Tea locations and online at KFOG.com. Join KFOG DJ's for the CD Release at the stores below this Sat from 10am-12pm. Buy your CD, have them signed, and enter to win a KFOG Live From the Archives #1-14 mp3 collection:
Annalisa: 2600 Broadway, Redwood City
Big Rick Stuart: 1295 The Alameda, San Jose
Dave Morey: 1343 Locust Street, Walnut Creek
Peter Finch & Renee Richardson: 2257 Market Street, SF"
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Last nite shortly before 10, Big Rick played AC/DC, "Highway to Hell". This morning in the 6am hour, Dave played Journey's "Wheel in the Sky". Both are songs KFOG never used to play outside of 10@10. Maybe KFOG's slogan should be "World Class Schlock".
I'm assuming AC/DC's new CD and the recent resurgence of Journey are factors here. And yes, I've BOS'd AC/DC on occasion, but I wouldn't confuse either band with "World Class" anything.
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"KFOG Live From the Archives #15 goes on sale to the public this Sat, Nov 1, at Bay Area Peet's Coffee & Tea locations and online at KFOG.com. Join KFOG DJ's for the CD Release at the stores below this Sat from 10am-12pm. Buy your CD, have them signed, and enter to win a KFOG Live From the Archives #1-14 mp3 collection:
Peter Finch & Renee Richardson: 2257 Market Street, SF"
That's the Peet's in the Castro, methinks.
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Last nite shortly before 10, Big Rick played AC/DC, "Highway to Hell". This morning in the 6am hour, Dave played Journey's "Wheel in the Sky". Both are songs KFOG never used to play outside of 10@10. Maybe KFOG's slogan should be "World Class Schlock".
I'm assuming AC/DC's new CD and the recent resurgence of Journey are factors here. And yes, I've BOS'd AC/DC on occasion, but I wouldn't confuse either band with "World Class" anything.
I do like AC/DC, some times more than others. I have to be in a certain mood for their brand of rock to click: my older bones can't thrash like they used to.
They certainly have a place in rock, esp the Bon Scott stuff. It belongs on the Bone more than KFOG, at least according to their current respective demographic targets, but they're more world class rocky than, say Jason Mraz. I'd put them in the RnRHoF for sure: They mastered the three-chords-plus-volume thing pretty well, sing about topics in an appropriately sleazy way and are one helluva dance band.
rock on!
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Last nite shortly before 10, Big Rick played AC/DC, "Highway to Hell". This morning in the 6am hour, Dave played Journey's "Wheel in the Sky". Both are songs KFOG never used to play outside of 10@10. Maybe KFOG's slogan should be "World Class Schlock".
I'm assuming AC/DC's new CD and the recent resurgence of Journey are factors here. And yes, I've BOS'd AC/DC on occasion, but I wouldn't confuse either band with "World Class" anything.
I do like AC/DC, some times more than others. I have to be in a certain mood for their brand of rock to click: my older bones can't thrash like they used to.
They certainly have a place in rock, esp the Bon Scott stuff. It belongs on the Bone more than KFOG, at least according to their current respective demographic targets, but they're more world class rocky than, say Jason Mraz. I'd put them in the RnRHoF for sure: They mastered the three-chords-plus-volume thing pretty well, sing about topics in an appropriately sleazy way and are one helluva dance band.
rock on!
DUUUUUUUUUUDE!
(http://www.evolvor.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/acdc.jpg)
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Last nite shortly before 10, Big Rick played AC/DC, "Highway to Hell". This morning in the 6am hour, Dave played Journey's "Wheel in the Sky". Both are songs KFOG never used to play outside of 10@10. Maybe KFOG's slogan should be "World Class Schlock".
I'm assuming AC/DC's new CD and the recent resurgence of Journey are factors here. And yes, I've BOS'd AC/DC on occasion, but I wouldn't confuse either band with "World Class" anything.
I do like AC/DC, some times more than others. I have to be in a certain mood for their brand of rock to click: my older bones can't thrash like they used to.
They certainly have a place in rock, esp the Bon Scott stuff. It belongs on the Bone more than KFOG, at least according to their current respective demographic targets, but they're more world class rocky than, say Jason Mraz. I'd put them in the RnRHoF for sure: They mastered the three-chords-plus-volume thing pretty well, sing about topics in an appropriately sleazy way and are one helluva dance band.
rock on!
Joel Selvin once said that he preferred AC/DC to Led Zeppelin because at least AC/DC had a sense of humour. I don't agree with that, but I certainly prefer AC/DC to Jason Mraz! And they have a large enough fanbase to be considered world class, I would think. Just depends upon how you define stuff.
Today, for New Music Thursday, they played a cut off the new AC/DC album, which I kinda half-heard while paying attention to work. Sounded exactly like every other AC/DC song you have ever heard.
8)
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Last nite shortly before 10, Big Rick played AC/DC, "Highway to Hell". This morning in the 6am hour, Dave played Journey's "Wheel in the Sky". Both are songs KFOG never used to play outside of 10@10. Maybe KFOG's slogan should be "World Class Schlock".
I'm assuming AC/DC's new CD and the recent resurgence of Journey are factors here. And yes, I've BOS'd AC/DC on occasion, but I wouldn't confuse either band with "World Class" anything.
I do like AC/DC, some times more than others. I have to be in a certain mood for their brand of rock to click: my older bones can't thrash like they used to.
They certainly have a place in rock, esp the Bon Scott stuff. It belongs on the Bone more than KFOG, at least according to their current respective demographic targets, but they're more world class rocky than, say Jason Mraz. I'd put them in the RnRHoF for sure: They mastered the three-chords-plus-volume thing pretty well, sing about topics in an appropriately sleazy way and are one helluva dance band.
rock on!
Joel Selvin once said that he preferred AC/DC to Led Zeppelin because at least AC/DC had a sense of humour. I don't agree with that, but I certainly prefer AC/DC to Jason Mraz! And they have a large enough fanbase to be considered world class, I would think. Just depends upon how you define stuff.
Today, for New Music Thursday, they played a cut off the new AC/DC album, which I kinda half-heard while paying attention to work. Sounded exactly like every other AC/DC song you have ever heard.
8)
I half-heard it, too. Yep, it sounded like it could've been recorded in 1977, except that Brian Johnson's voice is even more ravished than before. no new ideas here, but why fix if it it ain't broke, as Benson, Dave, et al, said...?
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Did you see Dave's latest? http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#drink
We should try a club holiday get together and make it geaographically convenient for Dave to join.
I still feel a hole in my being with him going.
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Last nite shortly before 10, Big Rick played AC/DC, "Highway to Hell". This morning in the 6am hour, Dave played Journey's "Wheel in the Sky". Both are songs KFOG never used to play outside of 10@10. Maybe KFOG's slogan should be "World Class Schlock".
I'm assuming AC/DC's new CD and the recent resurgence of Journey are factors here. And yes, I've BOS'd AC/DC on occasion, but I wouldn't confuse either band with "World Class" anything.
I do like AC/DC, some times more than others. I have to be in a certain mood for their brand of rock to click: my older bones can't thrash like they used to.
They certainly have a place in rock, esp the Bon Scott stuff. It belongs on the Bone more than KFOG, at least according to their current respective demographic targets, but they're more world class rocky than, say Jason Mraz. I'd put them in the RnRHoF for sure: They mastered the three-chords-plus-volume thing pretty well, sing about topics in an appropriately sleazy way and are one helluva dance band.
rock on!
DUUUUUUUUUUDE!
(http://www.evolvor.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/acdc.jpg)
You all know I still like to rock. I'll be at the AC/DC show Dec 2. Can hardly wait.
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Did you see Dave's latest? http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#drink
We should try a club holiday get together and make it geaographically convenient for Dave to join.
I still feel a hole in my being with him going.
I saw that and assumed he was kidding -- do you think he really wants to make the time to meet THOUSANDS of Fogheads between now and 12/19? I'm sure the annual "Concert for Kids" will be the official "Say Goodbye to Dave" gathering.
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right now on KFOG: Matt Nathanson doing one of his patented Springsteen covers: "No Surrender".
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Did you see Dave's latest? http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#drink
We should try a club holiday get together and make it geographically convenient for Dave to join.
I still feel a hole in my being with him going.
Dave wrote:
First – Thanks to everybody who’s emailed and called since the announcement. I had no idea.
Typical Dave. I think he kind of forgets that he's a regular part of the mornings of THOUSANDS of Northern Californians--and a fair number of us ex-pats all over the world. I haven't written him yet, but I intend to. Just to say thanks and to wish him well.
Not sure how an invitation would be received by him. We can certainly make the offer, but I wouldn't count on him accepting. (But that said, if one is planned, I'll be down there from Dec. 4 thru 9. Either afternoon that weekend might work, particularly if it were somewhere in the Marin area.)
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Did you see Dave's latest? http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#drink
We should try a club holiday get together and make it geaographically convenient for Dave to join.
I still feel a hole in my being with him going.
In case he doesn't accept, you might want to catch Dave tomorrow (Sat) 10am-12pm at Peet's, 1343 Locust St, Walnut Creek (promoting new Live From Archives CD). Since mshray and I will be there, an option for y'all is take BART to WC and one of us can shuttle you, its just a mile between BART and Peet's.
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I'll be down there from Dec. 4 thru 9. Either afternoon that weekend might work, particularly if it were somewhere in the Marin area.)
You're in the Bay Area those days? Very good to know ...
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Did you see Dave's latest? http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#drink
We should try a club holiday get together and make it geaographically convenient for Dave to join.
I still feel a hole in my being with him going.
In case he doesn't accept, you might want to catch Dave tomorrow (Sat) 10am-12pm at Peet's, 1343 Locust St, Walnut Creek (promoting new Live From Archives CD). Since mshray and I will be there, an option for y'all is take BART to WC and one of us can shuttle you, its just a mile between BART and Peet's.
I'd love to but it's too far for me. I'll be seeing our fave Annalisa in RWC. She thinks I'm phenomenal! ;)
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I'll be down there from Dec. 4 thru 9. Either afternoon that weekend might work, particularly if it were somewhere in the Marin area.)
You're in the Bay Area those days? Very good to know ...
Do you have dates planned to be out this way?
I have a Dec 6 Sharks game at 7pm but nothing else Dec 4-9.
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Did you see Dave's latest? http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#drink
We should try a club holiday get together and make it geaographically convenient for Dave to join.
I still feel a hole in my being with him going.
In case he doesn't accept, you might want to catch Dave tomorrow (Sat) 10am-12pm at Peet's, 1343 Locust St, Walnut Creek (promoting new Live From Archives CD). Since mshray and I will be there, an option for y'all is take BART to WC and one of us can shuttle you, its just a mile between BART and Peet's.
I'd love to but it's too far for me. I'll be seeing our fave Annalisa in RWC. She thinks I'm phenomenal! ;)
You ARE phenomenal, baby! Make sure you get Annalisa's autograph for Tinka Cat -- he LURVES her ;D
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Did you see Dave's latest? http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#drink
We should try a club holiday get together and make it geaographically convenient for Dave to join.
I still feel a hole in my being with him going.
In case he doesn't accept, you might want to catch Dave tomorrow (Sat) 10am-12pm at Peet's, 1343 Locust St, Walnut Creek (promoting new Live From Archives CD). Since mshray and I will be there, an option for y'all is take BART to WC and one of us can shuttle you, its just a mile between BART and Peet's.
I'd love to but it's too far for me. I'll be seeing our fave Annalisa in RWC. She thinks I'm phenomenal! ;)
You ARE phenomenal, baby! Make sure you get Annalisa's autograph for Tinka Cat -- he LURVES her ;D
Met La Annalisa. Also saw her fiancee. I was under the impression she swung the other way and we chatted. She used to and now doesn't. Very nice. Says Dave is REALLY happy about his decision to head in a homeward direction. I also asked if there was interest on her part or other DJs at KFOG to move into the morning show slot. She's interested and thinks others are too. Says manager or station director has decision to make and thinks resumes are also flooding in.Talked to Mshray who talked with Dave this morning and he'll have more details to share about Dave's thoughts on the future of 10@10 sets.
eta: I emailed Dave about a get together with us sometime Dec 4-9. Mshray asked him too and Dave mentioned receiving my email so he might be considering.
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I'll be down there from Dec. 4 thru 9. Either afternoon that weekend might work, particularly if it were somewhere in the Marin area.)
You're in the Bay Area those days? Very good to know ...
Do you have dates planned to be out this way?
I have a Dec 6 Sharks game at 7pm but nothing else Dec 4-9.
Yes - I'd been holding off on making the announcement, but I am SF-bound those exact dates - an astonishing coincidence with the Urth-man. Eager to see you all again!
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Met La Annalisa. Also saw her fiancee. I was under the impression she swung the other way and we chatted. She used to and now doesn't. Very nice.
OMFG -- you actually ASKED her about that?? It was supposed to be a secret, wasn't it? You have balls of steel, my dear.
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Met La Annalisa. Also saw her fiancee. I was under the impression she swung the other way and we chatted. She used to and now doesn't. Very nice.
OMFG -- you actually ASKED her about that?? It was supposed to be a secret, wasn't it? You have balls of steel, my dear.
yeah...? well, I still find her annoying with regularity.
So how were folks under that impression that she played for that one team to begin with? Just curious.
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Met La Annalisa. Also saw her fiancee. I was under the impression she swung the other way and we chatted. She used to and now doesn't. Very nice.
OMFG -- you actually ASKED her about that?? It was supposed to be a secret, wasn't it? You have balls of steel, my dear.
yeah...? well, I still find her annoying with regularity.
So how were folks under that impression that she played for that one team to begin with? Just curious.
Without naming names: one of us (not me) chatted with a KFOG staff member at a live appearance some years ago who spilled the beans. But it's never been mentioned on the air, she was never officially "out". So when we heard she was engaged it was a WTF? moment.
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Met La Annalisa. Also saw her fiancee. I was under the impression she swung the other way and we chatted. She used to and now doesn't. Very nice.
OMFG -- you actually ASKED her about that?? It was supposed to be a secret, wasn't it? You have balls of steel, my dear.
yeah...? well, I still find her annoying with regularity.
So how were folks under that impression that she played for that one team to begin with? Just curious.
Without naming names: one of us (not me) chatted with a KFOG staff member at a live appearance some years ago who spilled the beans. But it's never been mentioned on the air, she was never officially "out". So when we heard she was engaged it was a WTF? moment.
Well I can name the names since it was me talking to Greg about 5 years ago. Since then I've heard other fogheads (such as at Live & Local mornings) talking about it as if it were their assumption as well. And I have noticed her dropping some pretty broad hints from time to time - once she said something about 'not needing a man' that was particularly obvious.
I don't dislike her the way Tinka does, but have found her a bit annoying on the air. However the two times I met her in person (at the now defunct Wingding events) I thought she was actually quite a babe & got a minor crush on her, and the handful of times I've phoned in I thought she was super nice one-on-one. So I figured it was just as well she was playing for the other team.
Now I wish I'd tried harder!!
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Met La Annalisa. Also saw her fiancee. I was under the impression she swung the other way and we chatted. She used to and now doesn't. Very nice.
OMFG -- you actually ASKED her about that?? It was supposed to be a secret, wasn't it? You have balls of steel, my dear.
yeah...? well, I still find her annoying with regularity.
So how were folks under that impression that she played for that one team to begin with? Just curious.
Without naming names: one of us (not me) chatted with a KFOG staff member at a live appearance some years ago who spilled the beans. But it's never been mentioned on the air, she was never officially "out". So when we heard she was engaged it was a WTF? moment.
Well I can name the names since it was me talking to Greg about 5 years ago. Since then I've heard other fogheads (such as at Live & Local mornings) talking about it as if it were their assumption as well. And I have noticed her dropping some pretty broad hints from time to time - once she said something about 'not needing a man' that was particularly obvious.
I don't dislike her the way Tinka does, but have found her a bit annoying on the air. However the two times I met her in person (at the now defunct Wingding events) I thought she was actually quite a babe & got a minor crush on her, and the handful of times I've phoned in I thought she was super nice one-on-one. So I figured it was just as well she was playing for the other team.
Now I wish I'd tried harder!!
wow, that's good stuff...! I must say I've never met her in person or spoken to her one-on-one via phone, so my impressions of her are exclusively from her on-air chatter. Her sing-song delivery has always bugged me, but the thing that sent me over was that one time recently when she used Dire Straits' "Expresso Love" in a My Three Songs about coffee. I was like, wha...?
To jump from those experiences all the way to dislike would be unfair to her, but I suppose I've REALLY played some of those feelings up and now it's become this "thing." And in the big scheme of things, there are worse deejays on the airwaves -- the morning crew at the Bone (except for Sullly) are bad for radio (and civilization in general) than Annalisa ever will be, so on the spectrum of who should be allowed on the air in my own version of a fascist utopia, she could have some airtime while Lamont (and to a lesser degree, Tonelli) would be recording engineers for PSAs. Keep Sully around, his laugh is too infectious.
And I've always thought she was attractive from her photos -- like I wanna run my fingers through her hair and tell her she's phenomenal. :-*
eta: btw, I want to attend the get together as well.
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I found a kfog stream that worked for me today via this page:
http://radiotime.com/station/s_32698/KFOG.aspx
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The good news: KFOG's now playing another new Pretenders track, "Love's a Mystery", which KPIG has been playing for a couple of months.
The bad news: Journey's "Wheel in the Sky" is apparently in heavy oldie rotation -- bucking to be the new "Sweet Emotion" or "Killer Queen". Yeesh.
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The good news: KFOG's now playing another new Pretenders track, "Love's a Mystery", which KPIG has been playing for a couple of months.
The bad news: Journey's "Wheel in the Sky" is apparently in heavy oldie rotation -- bucking to be the new "Sweet Emotion" or "Killer Queen". Yeesh.
I sure seem to be hearing a lot more Alannis Moreupset the last couple days as well.
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it's "request-o-rama-o-rama" on the Morning show. Kudos to the guy who requested the 'mats "Alex Chilton" earlier. And shame on "the amazing KFOG record library" for not having the Yardbirds' "Happenings 10 Years Time Ago".
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it's "request-o-rama-o-rama" on the Morning show. Kudos to the guy who requested the 'mats "Alex Chilton" earlier. And shame on "the amazing KFOG record library" for not having the Yardbirds' "Happenings 10 Years Time Ago".
I heard that too. Was there an explanation?
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it's "request-o-rama-o-rama" on the Morning show. Kudos to the guy who requested the 'mats "Alex Chilton" earlier. And shame on "the amazing KFOG record library" for not having the Yardbirds' "Happenings 10 Years Time Ago".
I heard that too. Was there an explanation?
Dave said the CD was missing.
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Concert for Kids 2008 announced: Pretenders!
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Concert for Kids 2008 announced: Pretenders!
Yes, Dec 11 at one of my fave venues, Oakland's Paramount! See y'all there: http://www.kfog.com/music/c4k/2008/ (http://www.kfog.com/music/c4k/2008/)
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The good news: KFOG's now playing another new Pretenders track, "Love's a Mystery", which KPIG has been playing for a couple of months.
The bad news: Journey's "Wheel in the Sky" is apparently in heavy oldie rotation -- bucking to be the new "Sweet Emotion" or "Killer Queen". Yeesh.
I sure seem to be hearing a lot more Alannis Moreupset the last couple days as well.
I'd rather hear any of the above artists then listen to Dave Matthews. He makes me want to rip my ears off and burn it.
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ah, stupid Fogheads, we love 'em... Pop Quiz was a mini-M3S with just the intros from 3 Pretenders songs. They went thru 5 callers who didn't know the title of "My City Was Gone" ("Ohio"? nope. "Back to Ohio"? nope "I Went back to Ohio"? er,...no) before somebody finally named it correctly. Sheesh.
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The good news: KFOG's now playing another new Pretenders track, "Love's a Mystery", which KPIG has been playing for a couple of months.
The bad news: Journey's "Wheel in the Sky" is apparently in heavy oldie rotation -- bucking to be the new "Sweet Emotion" or "Killer Queen". Yeesh.
I sure seem to be hearing a lot more Alannis Moreupset the last couple days as well.
I think she's doing a KFOG private concert or some s***. Saw her mug on the KFOG front door carousel this am.
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The good news: KFOG's now playing another new Pretenders track, "Love's a Mystery", which KPIG has been playing for a couple of months.
The bad news: Journey's "Wheel in the Sky" is apparently in heavy oldie rotation -- bucking to be the new "Sweet Emotion" or "Killer Queen". Yeesh.
I sure seem to be hearing a lot more Alannis Moreupset the last couple days as well.
I think she's doing a KFOG private concert or some s***. Saw her mug on the KFOG front door carousel this am.
They're giving away 5-4-3-2-1st row tix this week. They played "Thank You" this morning, which they totally ignored when it was a "hit".
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The bad news: Journey's "Wheel in the Sky" is apparently in heavy oldie rotation -- bucking to be the new "Sweet Emotion" or "Killer Queen". Yeesh.
Yeah, according to my database (which spottily goes back to around 2004), "Wheel in the Sky" maybe 3-4 times a *year* until October of this year, when it got spun 7 times in the space of 13 days! 4 spins so far in November.
Man, I really need to get this data into a proper format so somebody smarter than me can query it for trends, etc.
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I sure seem to be hearing a lot more Alannis Moreupset the last couple days as well.
I think she's doing a KFOG private concert or some s***. Saw her mug on the KFOG front door carousel this am.
They're giving away 5-4-3-2-1st row tix this week. They played "Thank You" this morning, which they totally ignored when it was a "hit".
Huh, strange, my database doesn't show them EVER playing "Thank U". Maybe it's not in their computer?
But at any rate, you've actually been hearing *less* of Alanis. Her new album "Flavors of Enganglement" dropped in the US on June 10, but holy crap somebody at KFOG really loves that "Underneath" track. KFOG got the advanced track sometime in April, and from May to July, they played it 46-47 times a month. In August they only played it 13 times, and it hasn't been played at all since then.
Prior to April, older Alanis tracks ("You Oughta Know", "Hand In My Pocket", "Ironic" and "You Learn") were getting played an average of slightly more than once a day. During the "Entanglement" push, that bumped to 2.5 Alanis songs/day.
September saw an all-time low of Alanis spins, with only 18 for the whole month. But we were back up to 28 in October.
So I guess yes, there is a recent uptick in spins of Alanis, but compared to the crazy marketing of her new album over the summer, it's not out of the ordinary.
[Notes: 1) my playlist capturing scripts are not 100% reliable, 2) I'm not a huge fan of Alanis, but I do have a few of her CDs, 3) she's Canadian and has recorded with my favorite band Barenaked Ladies, so I'm biased towards liking her.]
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Other stats, since I'm here:
Top 15 songs for October (Spins / Artist / Song / Album):
83 Los Lonely Boys STAYING WITH ME Forgiven / KFOG Live From The Archives 15
81 Snow Patrol TAKE BACK THE CITY Hundred Million Suns
78 NEEDTOBREATHE MORE TIME Heat
77 Aimee Mann FREEWAY @#%25
60 Coldplay LOST! Viva La Vida
54 O.A.R. SHATTERED (TURN THE CAR AROUND) All Sides
53 GAVIN ROSSDALE LOVE REMAINS THE SAME WANDERLUST
52 Michael Franti SAY HEY (I LOVE YOU) All Rebel Rockers
51 KT TUNSTALL LITTLE FAVOURS Drastic Fantastic
51 Jason Mraz I'M YOURS We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
50 ERIC HUTCHINSON ROCK AND ROLL Sounds Like This
49 Death Cab for Cutie I WILL POSESS YOUR HEART Narrow Stairs
49 Journey NEVER WALK AWAY Revelation
48 Augustana SWEET AND LOW Can't Love, Can't Hurt / KFOG Live From The Archives 15
47 Duffy MERCY Rockferry
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Huh, strange, my database doesn't show them EVER playing "Thank U". Maybe it's not in their computer?
This morning was the first time I can recall them ever playing it, and the quiz to win Alanis tix was based on the song (name 3 things she thanks in the lyrics) so with luck it'll never come up again! ("Thank you India"? "Thank you terror"? WTF?)
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Other stats, since I'm here:
Top 15 songs for October (Spins / Artist / Song / Album):
83 Los Lonely Boys STAYING WITH ME Forgiven / KFOG Live From The Archives 15
81 Snow Patrol TAKE BACK THE CITY Hundred Million Suns
78 NEEDTOBREATHE MORE TIME Heat
77 Aimee Mann FREEWAY @#%25
60 Coldplay LOST! Viva La Vida
54 O.A.R. SHATTERED (TURN THE CAR AROUND) All Sides
53 GAVIN ROSSDALE LOVE REMAINS THE SAME WANDERLUST
52 Michael Franti SAY HEY (I LOVE YOU) All Rebel Rockers
51 KT TUNSTALL LITTLE FAVOURS Drastic Fantastic
51 Jason Mraz I'M YOURS We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
50 ERIC HUTCHINSON ROCK AND ROLL Sounds Like This
49 Death Cab for Cutie I WILL POSESS YOUR HEART Narrow Stairs
49 Journey NEVER WALK AWAY Revelation
48 Augustana SWEET AND LOW Can't Love, Can't Hurt / KFOG Live From The Archives 15
47 Duffy MERCY Rockferry
That entire list jibes quite well with what I think I've been hearing, except for the KT Tunstall, which I barely think I've heard at all. Weird.
Just wondering, how many different tracks has KFOG played from the Coldplay album? I could swear I've heard at least 4, and, liking them well enough, I got the album last week (also because my kid really likes them).
On a slightly tangential note, the title of the album is Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, and there is both a track titled "Death And All His Friends" and one titled "Viva La Vida". Can anyone think of any other album that has two separate title tracks? I sure can't.
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Other stats, since I'm here:
Top 15 songs for October (Spins / Artist / Song / Album):
83 Los Lonely Boys STAYING WITH ME Forgiven / KFOG Live From The Archives 15
81 Snow Patrol TAKE BACK THE CITY Hundred Million Suns
78 NEEDTOBREATHE MORE TIME Heat
77 Aimee Mann FREEWAY @#%25
60 Coldplay LOST! Viva La Vida
54 O.A.R. SHATTERED (TURN THE CAR AROUND) All Sides
53 GAVIN ROSSDALE LOVE REMAINS THE SAME WANDERLUST
52 Michael Franti SAY HEY (I LOVE YOU) All Rebel Rockers
51 KT TUNSTALL LITTLE FAVOURS Drastic Fantastic
51 Jason Mraz I'M YOURS We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
50 ERIC HUTCHINSON ROCK AND ROLL Sounds Like This
49 Death Cab for Cutie I WILL POSESS YOUR HEART Narrow Stairs
49 Journey NEVER WALK AWAY Revelation
48 Augustana SWEET AND LOW Can't Love, Can't Hurt / KFOG Live From The Archives 15
47 Duffy MERCY Rockferry
That entire list jibes quite well with what I think I've been hearing, except for the KT Tunstall, which I barely think I've heard at all. Weird.
Just wondering, how many different tracks has KFOG played from the Coldplay album? I could swear I've heard at least 4, and, liking them well enough, I got the album last week (also because my kid really likes them).
On a slightly tangential note, the title of the album is Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, and there is both a track titled "Death And All His Friends" and one titled "Viva La Vida". Can anyone think of any other album that has two separate title tracks? I sure can't.
TANC: They are playing the Los Lonely Boys track right now...
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That entire list jibes quite well with what I think I've been hearing, except for the KT Tunstall, which I barely think I've heard at all. Weird.
Just wondering, how many different tracks has KFOG played from the Coldplay album? I could swear I've heard at least 4, and, liking them well enough, I got the album last week (also because my kid really likes them).
(SPINS / BAND (duh) / SONG / ALBUM)
1 COLDPLAY LOVERS IN JAPAN Viva la Vida
134 Coldplay LOST! Viva La Vida
135 Coldplay VIOLET HILL Viva La Vida
249 Coldplay VIVA LA VIDA Viva La Vida
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Hey, did you guys catch Jake Shimabukuro on the Morning Show yesterday? I missed it but they replayed his ukelele version of MJ's "Thriller". Cool stuff. (We've seen Jake live. He's pretty amazing.)
Here's a link to the stream:
http://media.kfog.com/kfog/jakeshimabukuro_ms1108.asx
BTW, did you know that any of the songs that KFOG puts up in the ASX format above are are often just MP3s? Just substitute mp3 for asx, and it'll load up in your browser. File->Save Page As, and voila, you've got something for your iPod, etc. Example:
http://media.kfog.com/kfog/jakeshimabukuro_ms1108.mp3
Lots of gold here:
http://www.kfog.com/morningshow/2006archives.asp
http://www.kfog.com/morningshow/2007archives.asp
Heck, this one isn't even disguised as an ASX file:
http://media.kfog.com/kfog/meganjerryjeff_ms0207.mp3
Enjoy!
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KFOG just played a new track by The Killers (I think the title is Are We Human?). Renee liked it. Dave, too, calling it a "club song" of sorts. But Irish Greg was all over it, doing a little Irish jig and being very enthusiastic. So Dave poked some fun at him a little saying "Ok, it's pretty good, true. I mean, it's not BAD, not like The Cars, huh? eh, Greg?" implying Greg dislikes Ric, Ben and the boys from Boston.
Just thought I'd mention it, mostly for Mike and Princess and I think Alicat (and more..?). Irish Greg is on your side!
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KFOG just played a new track by The Killers (I think the title is Are We Human?). Renee liked it. Dave, too, calling it a "club song" of sorts. But Irish Greg was all over it, doing a little Irish jig and being very enthusiastic. So Dave poked some fun at him a little saying "Ok, it's pretty good, true. I mean, it's not BAD, not like The Cars, huh? eh, Greg?" implying Greg dislikes Ric, Ben and the boys from Boston.
Just thought I'd mention it, mostly for Mike and Princess and I think Alicat (and more..?). Irish Greg is on your side!
They've been playing that song A LOT. It's catchy, but WTF is that lyric? "are we human or are we dancer"?? Whatthehell does that even mean?
The Cars comment was a reference to something Renee said at 5:45 this morning about how the Cars were lousy live. So, funny if you were awake at 5:45, but otherwise a "WTF?" comment.
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The Cars comment was a reference to something Renee said at 5:45 this morning about how the Cars were lousy live. So, funny if you were awake at 5:45, but otherwise a "WTF?" comment.
Wow, I actually agree with Renee's opinion about a band. (Which means yes, I did see the Cars once. Won tickets to a big festival thing in around '84, on which the Cars topped the bill. And they were b-o-o-o-ring! REM was the opener though, and I believe Berlin, Ratt, and Huey Lewis were on the bill as well.)
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The Cars comment was a reference to something Renee said at 5:45 this morning about how the Cars were lousy live. So, funny if you were awake at 5:45, but otherwise a "WTF?" comment.
Wow, I actually agree with Renee's opinion about a band. (Which means yes, I did see the Cars once. Won tickets to a big festival thing in around '84, on which the Cars topped the bill. And they were b-o-o-o-ring!
Ha! ditto -- saw them in NYC, Central Park summer of either '78 or '79 and they were like robots.
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The Cars comment was a reference to something Renee said at 5:45 this morning about how the Cars were lousy live. So, funny if you were awake at 5:45, but otherwise a "WTF?" comment.
Wow, I actually agree with Renee's opinion about a band. (Which means yes, I did see the Cars once. Won tickets to a big festival thing in around '84, on which the Cars topped the bill. And they were b-o-o-o-ring!
Ha! ditto -- saw them in NYC, Central Park summer of either '78 or '79 and they were like robots.
I saw them, too: Rochester NY in 1980? Not too good. Very thin sound. These guys were an album band for shore. In fact, their debut won a grammy for production (Roy Thomas Baker produced, IIRC).
and now that you mention it, they made reference to The Cars again at about 7:40 or so, saying how poor they were live.
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I just surfed over to the "New Releases Thurs" page on the KFOG site; first time in a long while. Wha' Happened?? -- there used to be an extensive listing of new tracks (each with a link to hear a sample), some of which were in such light rotation that you'd rarely hear them on-air. That's all gone, and all there is now is the playlsit of Big Rick's most recent Thursday nite 2-hour block of new music.
(I was trying to see if they're playing that new My Morning Jacket song I heard on the Peak the other day)
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They've been playing that song A LOT. It's catchy, but WTF is that lyric? "are we human or are we dancer"?? Whatthehell does that even mean?
I've been meaning to post about this track for a while -- it DOES stand out from the normal gray mrazzish fog that is the normal fare, but the lyrics make no sense at all. Which is irritating.
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the normal gray mrazzish fog that is the normal fare.
ROTFLSHIPMP! That is the line of the Month, easily. (Sorry, Gaz)
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(I was trying to see if they're playing that new My Morning Jacket song I heard on the Peak the other day)
Mainly they've been playing "I'm Amazed".
Almost only the only time they play something else is during the new Sunday Night Side Show (formerly "Sunday Night Jam," but Mike Powers is out, replaced by music director Kelly Ransford. I actually like this show a lot more):
Fri Jan 18 09:09:00 2008 My Morning Jacket GOLDEN It Still Moves
Sun Jan 27 12:30:00 2008 MY MORNING JACKET WORDLESS CHORUS Z
Sun Feb 24 22:51:00 2008 My Morning Jacket OFF THE RECORD Z
Fri Mar 7 23:36:01 2008 MY MORNING JACKET WORDLESS CHORUS Z
Sun Mar 16 22:21:00 2008 MY MORNING JACKET LAY LOW Z
Tue Mar 18 18:18:00 2008 My Morning Jacket GOLDEN It Still Moves
Sun Apr 13 22:15:00 2008 MY MORNING JACKET CHILLS
Thu Apr 17 18:51:00 2008 MY MORNING JACKET CHILLS At Dawn/Tennessee Fire Demos
Sun Apr 20 21:12:01 2008 MY MORNING JACKET EVIL URGES
Sat Apr 26 20:12:02 2008 MY MORNING JACKET GOLDEN (KFOG ARCHIVES) KFOG: LIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES 11
Sun May 18 22:15:00 2008 My Morning Jacket EVIL URGES Evil Urges
Sun Jun 29 16:15:00 2008 My Morning Jacket GOLDEN It Still Moves
Sun Jul 13 19:21:02 2008 MY MORNING JACKET GOLDEN (KFOG ARCHIVES) KFOG: LIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES 11
Sun Jul 13 21:06:01 2008 MY MORNING JACKET HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS
Sun Jul 20 21:33:01 2008 MY MORNING JACKET ALUMINIUM PARK
Sun Jul 27 22:24:00 2008 MY MORNING JACKET TOUCH ME I'M GOING TO SC
Sun Aug 3 22:27:01 2008 MY MORNING JACKET SEC WALKIN
Sun Aug 17 22:09:01 2008 MY MORNING JACKET TOUCH ME I'M GOING TO SC Evil Urges
Sun Aug 31 21:12:00 2008 MY MORNING JACKET ALUMINIUM PARK
Sun Sep 7 21:36:00 2008 My Morning Jacket SEC WALKIN Evil Urges
Sun Sep 28 22:48:01 2008 MY MORNING JACKET GOLDEN (KFOG ARCHIVES) KFOG: LIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES 11
Sun Oct 26 21:24:01 2008 MY MORNING JACKET GIDEON Z
Sun Nov 9 22:39:01 2008 My Morning Jacket SEC WALKIN Evil Urges
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Hey, this is about 6 years old, but it's a nice write-up about Dave when he hit the big 2-0 on KFOG: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/20/WB17822.DTL&hw=dave+morey&sn=001&sc=1000
I found it while Googling for any photos of Dave at the San Rafael protests from Saturday. No luck, just a mention in the Marin paper: http://www.marinij.com/ci_10996974?source=most_viewed
Oh, and the SFGate write-up turned up in a comment in this blog about his retirement: http://marinlocalmusic.com/content/kfogs-dave-morrey-retires-december-19#comment-369
[Insert ironic joke about Dave bringing heteros together, but being unable to marry someone he loves.]
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Top 15 songs for October (Spins / Artist / Song / Album):
77 Aimee Mann FREEWAY
This morning Dave asked the Request-O-Rama winner what he wanted to hear. The guy replied "Play that Aimee Mann 'Freeway' song -- you haven't played that in a while" :o :o :o
Seriously, who ARE these people??
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Top 15 songs for October (Spins / Artist / Song / Album):
77 Aimee Mann FREEWAY
This morning Dave asked the Request-O-Rama winner what he wanted to hear. The guy replied "Play that Aimee Mann 'Freeway' song -- you haven't played that in a while" :o :o :o
Seriously, who ARE these people??
I bet it they really couldn't get a true winner, so Benson the PD called from the other room, disguised his voice, and then told Dave to play it. I'm surprised he didn't request "Jason Mraz -- you haven't played that in nearly six hours."
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Top 15 songs for October (Spins / Artist / Song / Album):
77 Aimee Mann FREEWAY
This morning Dave asked the Request-O-Rama winner what he wanted to hear. The guy replied "Play that Aimee Mann 'Freeway' song -- you haven't played that in a while" :o :o :o
Seriously, who ARE these people??
I bet it they really couldn't get a true winner, so Benson the PD called from the other room, disguised his voice, and then told Dave to play it. I'm surprised he didn't request "Jason Mraz -- you haven't played that in nearly six hours."
LOL! Actually, Benson's workload just doubled -- Cumulus fired The Bone's PD as a cost-cutting move and Benson's now overseeing both stations. Lucky him. Hey, maybe he'll move Lamont & Tonelli to KFOG in January.
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LOL! Actually, Benson's workload just doubled -- Cumulus fired The Bone's PD as a cost-cutting move and Benson's now overseeing both stations. Lucky him. Hey, maybe he'll move Lamont & Tonelli to KFOG in January.
Maybe that explains why Kelly Ransford filled in for Benson on the this morning's weekly new music bit at 8:30. First time I'd heard her, but now it makes me want to check out her Sunday night show. Big improvement of Benson - imho - who never seems less than 50% snarky, and usually more like 95%. And unlike Tim Goodman, it doesn't seem to be an act.
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Big improvement of Benson - imho - who never seems less than 50% snarky, and usually more like 95%. And unlike Tim Goodman, it doesn't seem to be an act.
no wonder he likes Webster -- peas in a pod.
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So does anyone here have an HD radio? or have experience with the KFOG HD station that plays all 10 at 10 sets?
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So does anyone here have an HD radio? or have experience with the KFOG HD station that plays all 10 at 10 sets?
Not me, but I was seriously going to ask for one for Christmas from my wife, until she got laid off that is.
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So does anyone here have an HD radio? or have experience with the KFOG HD station that plays all 10 at 10 sets?
Not me, but I was seriously going to ask for one for Christmas from my wife, until she got laid off that is.
nobody has one. Seriously, they can't GIVE 'em away on 7th Avenue (shmatta shmatta shmatta). A major flop, slaes-wise.
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today's pop quiz (for Oasis/Ryam Adams tix) involved a cover of Oasis' "Wonderwall" by... Ryan Adams. NTM.
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today's pop quiz (for Oasis/Ryam Adams tix) involved a cover of Oasis' "Wonderwall" by... Ryan Adams. NTM.
I have it on a British covers comp titled "Inspired." Only lives up to its name 1/3 of the time.
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Did anyone hear Jonathan Richman on the morning show? He sounded a bit .. eccentric! :D
anyway, I won tix to see hix Dec 7 GAMH show. I was one of three callers who knew the name of his old band he used to be in with Jerry Harrison of the THeads. easy-cheesey.
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Did anyone hear Jonathan Richman on the morning show? He sounded a bit .. eccentric! :D
anyway, I won tix to see hix Dec 7 GAMH show. I was one of three callers who knew the name of his old band he used to be in with Jerry Harrison of the THeads. easy-cheesey.
I didn't hear it, but I can imagine. Jonathan's always been that way. Part of his charm. Anyway, enjoy the show--it should be loads of fun.
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the KFOG "wine guy", Batholomew Broadbent (great name) visited the Morning Show to say goodbye to Dave and gave him a case of champagne, knowing how much Mr Morey loves him some bubbly. A sweet moment.
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Did you hear Dave talking about his stalker this morning? Apparently 3-4 years ago, prompted by a friendly "Are you ok?" response to an e-mail, a woman in Westchester, Pennsylvania started mailing him about 1 mail per minute from 6am-11am daily. Tens of thousands of messages. Phone calls left at the station. And she showed up at his house. He has a restraining order against her. And a canoe oar. Her family is not helpful, possibly buying into her delusion that he is reading every e-mail and listening to every voicemail and playing each song just for her.
Creepy. Lots of cranks called up with the "Play Misty for Me" reference to follow-up, along with a psychotherapist who confirmed the Morning Show's general consensus that she's in need of help.
Sorry if this was old news. Certainly provides some additional insight into Dave's move. He claims that it didn't drive him to retirement in Michigan, but it certainly was a factor.
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Did you hear Dave talking about his stalker this morning? Apparently 3-4 years ago, prompted by a friendly "Are you ok?" response to an e-mail, a woman in Westchester, Pennsylvania started mailing him about 1 mail per minute from 6am-11am daily. Tens of thousands of messages. Phone calls left at the station. And she showed up at his house. He has a restraining order against her. And a canoe oar. Her family is not helpful, possibly buying into her delusion that he is reading every e-mail and listening to every voicemail and playing each song just for her.
Creepy. Lots of cranks called up with the "Play Misty for Me" reference to follow-up, along with a psychotherapist who confirmed the Morning Show's general consensus that she's in need of help.
Sorry if this was old news. Certainly provides some additional insight into Dave's move. He claims that it didn't drive him to retirement in Michigan, but it certainly was a factor.
wow, I had not heard that. Had she ever lived in SF? to discover someone on the internet from 3000 miles away and then travel that distance to stalk him makes it extra crazy/creepy.
"Her family is not helpful, possibly buying into her delusion that he is reading every e-mail and listening to every voicemail and playing each song just for her" -- I mean, What. The. F**K??
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wow, I had not heard that. Had she ever lived in SF? to discover someone on the internet from 3000 miles away and then travel that distance to stalk him makes it extra crazy/creepy.
"Her family is not helpful, possibly buying into her delusion that he is reading every e-mail and listening to every voicemail and playing each song just for her" -- I mean, What. The. F**K??
They played a couple of voicemails from her from just today or yesterday, I think. Very sad sounding woman. Unfortunately public airing of this story will probably just encourage her.
She's in violation of the restraining order with every e-mail and phone call, but in typical Dave fashion, he says the "excellent" Westchester Police Department has better things to do with their time than deal with this. Still, you'd think they could cut off her Internet at least, maybe force her to get a 911-only phone line, etc.
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Did you hear Dave talking about his stalker this morning? Apparently 3-4 years ago, prompted by a friendly "Are you ok?" response to an e-mail, a woman in Westchester, Pennsylvania started mailing him about 1 mail per minute from 6am-11am daily. Tens of thousands of messages. Phone calls left at the station. And she showed up at his house. He has a restraining order against her. And a canoe oar. Her family is not helpful, possibly buying into her delusion that he is reading every e-mail and listening to every voicemail and playing each song just for her.
Creepy. Lots of cranks called up with the "Play Misty for Me" reference to follow-up, along with a psychotherapist who confirmed the Morning Show's general consensus that she's in need of help.
Sorry if this was old news. Certainly provides some additional insight into Dave's move. He claims that it didn't drive him to retirement in Michigan, but it certainly was a factor.
wow, I had not heard that. Had she ever lived in SF? to discover someone on the internet from 3000 miles away and then travel that distance to stalk him makes it extra crazy/creepy.
"Her family is not helpful, possibly buying into her delusion that he is reading every e-mail and listening to every voicemail and playing each song just for her" -- I mean, What. The. F**K??
Yikes. No wonder Dave is a little reticent about coming out to have a drink with the likes of us. One of us could turn out to be the next crazy lady from Westchester, PA. (I don't think that's really the case, but I can't blame him if that's why he's a kinda gunshy.)
And now he's moving to some house in rural Michigan to live by himself by the shores of Lake Huron? Holy Kathy Bates, Batman.
(Sodden thought: you don't think she's one of the "silent" members of our little group here, do ya?)
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(Sodden thought: you don't think she's one of the "silent" members of our little group here, do ya?)
I'm guessing not, someone like that probably couldn't resist the urge to defend Dave whenever we diss him.
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(Sodden thought: you don't think she's one of the "silent" members of our little group here, do ya?)
I'm guessing not, someone like that probably couldn't resist the urge to defend Dave whenever we diss him.
don't go dissin' my Dave!
;)
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Speaking of Dave, here's his latest blog entry, dated 12/9:
http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#hallmark (http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#hallmark)
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Speaking of Dave, here's his latest blog entry, dated 12/9:
http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#hallmark (http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#hallmark)
I can't believe he's really going!
:'(
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They've been giving away Concert for Kids tix on the 9:00 Pop Quiz; you had a choice between answering a trivia question about either a past or present CFK artist. Today's winner said "present" and got an easy Pretenders question (who besides Chrissie is the only orig member -- Martin Chambers). And then they asked him to answer a "past" question just for fun. Peter began asking a Bare Naked Ladies question and the Foghead interrupted with, "I couldn't tell ya -- who cares about them, anyway?" Huge BNLs fan Peter was beside himself, and I was LMAO.
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Speaking of Dave, here's his latest blog entry, dated 12/9:
http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#hallmark (http://www.kfog.com/shows/airstaff/dave_morey_blog.asp#hallmark)
I can relate somewhat -- I couldn't WAIT to get out of NYC 17 years ago. And while I still don't miss the winter weather, I do have a nostalgic desire to live there again that I would not have expected.
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is there a xmas music stream this year?
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is there a xmas music stream this year?
doesn't appear to be, but then I couldn't find a link to the "new music" channel on their website either. KBCO has a holiday channel, BTW.
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That "See Fernando" song KFOG has been playing to death is by... Jenny Lewis? (she's NTM) For weeks I've been hearing it and assuming it was Lucinda Williams.
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I don't often check out the other KFOG airstaff blogs, but Irish Greg posted this on his most recent:
(http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/funny-graphs-californians.gif)
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That "See Fernando" song KFOG has been playing to death is by... Jenny Lewis? (she's NTM) For weeks I've been hearing it and assuming it was Lucinda Williams.
She's the leader of indie faves Rilo Kiley. Two years ago she did a solo album with backing vocalists the Watson Twins, Rabbit Fur Coat, from which "You Are What You Love" was one of my year-end faves.
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incredible as it seems, there are Fogheads who JUST THIS WEEK are finding out FOR THE FIRST TIME that Dave is leaving. And they're calling in to ask why/what/when. Astounding, really.
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I was looking for the shameless self-promotion thread, but I suppose this fits here, too. KFOG (the one in San Jose :) has been playing my song "Blackberry", or so I'm told. If you'd like, you can contact:
KFFG-FM 97.7
San Jose
800-300-5364
kfog@kfog.com
and say:
I heard "Blackberry" by Amelia Ray on Fame Games. Please play it again!
And if you're feeling really adventurous, and would like to contact other radio stations that are playing the song, you can find the entire list here:
http://www.meermusic.com/content/general/faq.asp?ac=4&iid=105
Thanks a million,
Amelia
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I was looking for the shameless self-promotion thread, but I suppose this fits here, too. KFOG (the one in San Jose :) has been playing my song "Blackberry", or so I'm told. If you'd like, you can contact:
KFFG-FM 97.7
San Jose
800-300-5364
kfog@kfog.com
and say:
I heard "Blackberry" by Amelia Ray on Fame Games. Please play it again!
And if you're feeling really adventurous, and would like to contact other radio stations that are playing the song, you can find the entire list here:
http://www.meermusic.com/content/general/faq.asp?ac=4&iid=105
Thanks a million,
Amelia
Well, "the one in San Jose" is the same as the one in SF -- if they're playing your song it's news to me, but I'll keep my ears open!
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KFOG just rolled out a new website layout. Hard getting used to something new or I'm just in a critical mood. Ticketswap very different, not sure better. Yup, I've got the crankypants on.
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KFOG just rolled out a new website layout. Hard getting used to something new or I'm just in a critical mood. Ticketswap very different, not sure better. Yup, I've got the crankypants on.
Yep, it was discussed a bit at the end of the thread for today's 83 set. It's messed up a few things--their link to the KFOG Football pool is busted (the one on our door works fine). And when you get to the Pool page, it's all messed up as I guess they changed some CSS or something and didn't tell the folks who are hosting the pool.
Btw, might be a good idea to tune in the Morning Show for the rest of this week. Teaser after tonight's replay said they've got a surprise guest scheduled that they wouldn't tell Dave the identity of. Then Wednesday Scoop Nisker is doing his annual solstice rap combined with a Dave farewell at 8:30 am. And Friday they've got His Gavinness coming in to proclaim Friday Dave Morey Day in SF.
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Not sure if he was the "surprise" or not, but Armistead Maupin was just on the morning show--absolutely hilarious.
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Not sure if he was the "surprise" or not, but Armistead Maupin was just on the morning show--absolutely hilarious.
he must've been -- they said it was gonna be in the 8:00 hour.
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Not sure if he was the "surprise" or not, but Armistead Maupin was just on the morning show--absolutely hilarious.
he must've been -- they said it was gonna be in the 8:00 hour.
Your avatar is back.
and there was much rejoicing - yay
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Not sure if he was the "surprise" or not, but Armistead Maupin was just on the morning show--absolutely hilarious.
he must've been -- they said it was gonna be in the 8:00 hour.
Dave made it clear that AM was the surprise guest. And somewhere after the second commercial break AM was quite eloquent about how important it has been for people (straight & gay) to hear someone on the radio everyday, just doing his thing, who also happened to be gay.
I wholeheartedly agreed.
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another "surprise guest": Raquel the continuity lady, who's been with KFOG longer than Dave. Tears are being shed, and he's playing her fave "Suavecito".
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Another change that came with the KFOG page redesign: they've got a new imbedded media player that launches a whole lot faster than the old one, and there doesn't appear to be any "instrumental breaks" between the ads. (Thank god--I was getting really tired of that same guitar piece they played ad nauseam.)
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Another change that came with the KFOG page redesign: they've got a new imbedded media player that launches a whole lot faster than the old one, and there doesn't appear to be any "instrumental breaks" between the ads. (Thank god--I was getting really tired of that same guitar piece they played ad nauseam.)
damn, it's actually nice -- and mercifully small; I hate those oversize players that take up half the screen. Kudos to the KFOG techies!
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Another change that came with the KFOG page redesign: they've got a new imbedded media player that launches a whole lot faster than the old one, and there doesn't appear to be any "instrumental breaks" between the ads. (Thank god--I was getting really tired of that same guitar piece they played ad nauseam.)
damn, it's actually nice -- and mercifully small; I hate those oversize players that take up half the screen. Kudos to the KFOG techies!
Yep, excellent point. I just hope the stream is a bit more bullet-proof when it comes to large amounts of traffic. I'm dreading having extended buffering on Friday when Dave's final in-house set airs. The last couple of high-traffic sets (the Halloween set and also the one the day DM announced his retirement) both had buffering issues, which I suspect was due to a high number of users and their server just couldn't keep up.
ETA: One other thing about the player: it puts the title of the song in the title bar of the player's browser window--and it also does it with ads. A couple minutes ago, it said "Rolling Stones-Sympathy for the Devil" and just now it said "Sleep Train something or other about kids."
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I was looking for the shameless self-promotion thread, but I suppose this fits here, too. KFOG (the one in San Jose :) has been playing my song "Blackberry", or so I'm told. If you'd like, you can contact:
KFFG-FM 97.7
San Jose
800-300-5364
kfog@kfog.com
and say:
I heard "Blackberry" by Amelia Ray on Fame Games. Please play it again!
And if you're feeling really adventurous, and would like to contact other radio stations that are playing the song, you can find the entire list here:
http://www.meermusic.com/content/general/faq.asp?ac=4&iid=105
Thanks a million,
Amelia
Well, "the one in San Jose" is the same as the one in SF -- if they're playing your song it's news to me, but I'll keep my ears open!
BTW, I see no mention of "Blackberry" on KFOG's New Releases page. But they are playing a cover of "Fat man in the Bathtub" by (gawd help us) Dave Matthews with Little Feat.
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BTW, I see no mention of "Blackberry" on KFOG's New Releases page. But they are playing a cover of "Fat man in the Bathtub" by (gawd help us) Dave Matthews with Little Feat.
It's part of a show on ABC stations called Fame Games. They listed The SJ KFOG call letters (but not the SF ones) on their page that lists stations taking part.
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BTW, I see no mention of "Blackberry" on KFOG's New Releases page. But they are playing a cover of "Fat man in the Bathtub" by (gawd help us) Dave Matthews with Little Feat.
It's part of a show on ABC stations called Fame Games. They listed The SJ KFOG call letters (but not the SF ones) on their page that lists stations taking part.
Hmmm. Seems weird that one of the KFOG frequencies would be an ABC affiliate but not the other. Still, if they say so....
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BTW, I see no mention of "Blackberry" on KFOG's New Releases page. But they are playing a cover of "Fat man in the Bathtub" by (gawd help us) Dave Matthews with Little Feat.
It's part of a show on ABC stations called Fame Games. They listed The SJ KFOG call letters (but not the SF ones) on their page that lists stations taking part.
Hmmm. Seems weird that one of the KFOG frequencies would be an ABC affiliate but not the other. Still, if they say so....
I thought so, too. It seems legit enough, maybe they just don't do their homework.
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BTW, I see no mention of "Blackberry" on KFOG's New Releases page. But they are playing a cover of "Fat man in the Bathtub" by (gawd help us) Dave Matthews with Little Feat.
It's part of a show on ABC stations called Fame Games. They listed The SJ KFOG call letters (but not the SF ones) on their page that lists stations taking part.
Hmmm. Seems weird that one of the KFOG frequencies would be an ABC affiliate but not the other. Still, if they say so....
they're an ABC affiliate for this show only. I'm guessing it airs in the middle of the night.
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Annalisa just tipped listeners to this article about Dave's departure (http://www.insidebayarea.com/tv/ci_11199967). Some interesting tidbits.
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Annalisa just tipped listeners to this article about Dave's departure (http://www.insidebayarea.com/tv/ci_11199967). Some interesting tidbits.
they mentioned that one this morning as well as this one from the SJ Merc:
http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainmentheadlines/ci_11220773?nclick_check=1
this one says Webster will host the Morning Show "for the time being"... and I love this bit about 10@10:
If you're already a fan of the segment — a collection of pop songs, vintage radio jingles, and news and pop-culture snippets that Morey skillfully produces in real time, all while taking feedback from listeners — just wait until it gets his undivided attention.
"I'll tell you one thing: The shows are going to be really, really, really, really good, because it's the only thing I'm going to be doing," says Morey, an unapologetic music and radio geek. "I love doing that show, and it pisses me off sometimes that I don't have really enough time to prepare it and think it out ahead of time. So I'm really jazzed."
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Annalisa just tipped listeners to this article about Dave's departure (http://www.insidebayarea.com/tv/ci_11199967). Some interesting tidbits.
they mentioned that one this morning as well as this one from the SJ Merc:
http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainmentheadlines/ci_11220773?nclick_check=1
this one says Webster will host the Morning Show "for the time being"... and I love this bit about 10@10:
If you're already a fan of the segment — a collection of pop songs, vintage radio jingles, and news and pop-culture snippets that Morey skillfully produces in real time, all while taking feedback from listeners — just wait until it gets his undivided attention.
"I'll tell you one thing: The shows are going to be really, really, really, really good, because it's the only thing I'm going to be doing," says Morey, an unapologetic music and radio geek. "I love doing that show, and it pisses me off sometimes that I don't have really enough time to prepare it and think it out ahead of time. So I'm really jazzed."
That's what he told me & Wayback when we got his autograph on our LFTA's in Walnut Creek.
and here's another write-up (http://nab365.bdmetrics.com/NST-9-50144965/KFOG-s-Morey-Overwhelmed-By-Fogheads-Responses-to-His-Retirement.aspx)from the Marin Independent-Journal
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Hey, anybody roll tape on the last couple of morning shows?
I'm going to be out of town Thu-Sun, so I've set up ye olde Mac to try and record from 5:55AM-11:15AM tomorrow through Friday and then pickup the 10@10 marathon on Saturday morning.
Hopefully it'll work, and I'll throw the MP3s up somewhere for anybody interested.
But it'd be nice to hear some of the goodbye interviews like with Raquel this morning and whatever the name of the woman who was on yesterday who has to type up the 10@10 lists each week. It was nice stuff.
--Darryl
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Hey, anybody roll tape on the last couple of morning shows?
I'm going to be out of town Thu-Sun, so I've set up ye olde Mac to try and record from 5:55AM-11:15AM tomorrow through Friday and then pickup the 10@10 marathon on Saturday morning.
Hopefully it'll work, and I'll throw the MP3s up somewhere for anybody interested.
But it'd be nice to hear some of the goodbye interviews like with Raquel this morning and whatever the name of the woman who was on yesterday who has to type up the 10@10 lists each week. It was nice stuff.
--Darryl
Greg says they'll be posting a 'scoped version (without songs or commercials) of Friday's show on the website early next week.
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any statement on when we find out Dave's replacement? [Geoff shudders at the possibilities]
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any statement on when we find out Dave's replacement? [Geoff shudders at the possibilities]
they're keeping mum (as it should be, this week is all about Dave) and I'm guessing no announcement until after New Year's. But apparently we'll be treated to Webster for a couple of weeks ::)
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any statement on when we find out Dave's replacement? [Geoff shudders at the possibilities]
they're keeping mum (as it should be, this week is all about Dave) and I'm guessing no announcement until after New Year's. But apparently we'll be treated to Webster for a couple of weeks ::)
Which probably means it ain't Annalisa. (Sound of much rejoicing in the Tinka household)
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Please note that the old player doesn't work any more. The KFOG website is completely revamped and launches a different player. I'm thinking it sounds better than the old one, but haven't heard much music to evaluate it. Also, it doesn't quite work on Firefox. It plays, but I can't adjust the volume. Apparently you need a plugin which I may not have. So there.
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Please note that the old player doesn't work any more. The KFOG website is completely revamped and launches a different player. I'm thinking it sounds better than the old one, but haven't heard much music to evaluate it. Also, it doesn't quite work on Firefox. It plays, but I can't adjust the volume. Apparently you need a plugin which I may not have. So there.
It's been buffering a bit this morning, too, which it hadn't done before this.
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another 9:00 Pop Quiz, another rant about how stupid Fogheads are. Jeez, if you can't guess Andrew Lloyd Webber from these clues:
"Ho-sanna-hey-sanna-sanna-sanna-ho"
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
"I Don't Know How to Love Him"
"Memory... all alone in the moonlight..."
then you've lived in a cave for the last 35 years.
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Webster's making an appearance right now (he's from Michigan too). What a suck-up!
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Webster's making an appearance right now (he's from Michigan too). What a suck-up!
And they're tippy-toeing around the fact that he's gonna replace Dave without quite actually saying it. Oy vey.
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Aw, I listened to Webster on Alice, and I don't find him so bad. OTOH, I'm about 10 years younger than most of y'all, right? ;-}
I called in a few months ago when I first heard him on KFOG (I'd missed his earlier slots) and he was very friendly, forthcoming about the move, about what happened to Mike Powers (moved down to L.A.), and happy about being at KFOG.
But yeah, he's no Dave. Whatchagonnado?
Speaking of commercials... I hope my taping catches what is by far the worst commercial I've ever heard on KFOG. It's the "12 days of Christmas" but people are getting things like 3 potato chips, and 7 sliced up pieces of hot dog. It's so earnestly done, I thought it was a joke, and then the voiceover comes on and it's a commercial for the SF Food Bank or somesuch. The listener immediately feels like a shmuck for laughing at the opening. Super-annoying spot.
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Webster's making an appearance right now (he's from Michigan too). What a suck-up!
And they're tippy-toeing around the fact that he's gonna replace Dave without quite actually saying it. Oy vey.
well, no they're NOT saying it -- Greg said he's doing the next 2 weeks (with Renee, while everyone else is off), or at least that's how I interpreted it. He may well end up being Dave's replacement but I really believe no decision has been made yet.
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Aw, I listened to Webster on Alice, and I don't find him so bad. OTOH, I'm about 10 years younger than most of y'all, right? ;-}
I called in a few months ago when I first heard him on KFOG (I'd missed his earlier slots) and he was very friendly, forthcoming about the move, about what happened to Mike Powers (moved down to L.A.), and happy about being at KFOG.
But yeah, he's no Dave. Whatchagonnado?
Speaking of commercials... I hope my taping catches what is by far the worst commercial I've ever heard on KFOG. It's the "12 days of Christmas" but people are getting things like 3 potato chips, and 7 sliced up pieces of hot dog. It's so earnestly done, I thought it was a joke, and then the voiceover comes on and it's a commercial for the SF Food Bank or somesuch. The listener immediately feels like a shmuck for laughing at the opening. Super-annoying spot.
I think people 'round here are being a bit hard on Webster too. I don't find him all that annoying.
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The listener immediately feels like a shmuck for laughing at the opening. Super-annoying spot.
I've been listening to Webster on the weekends ever since he came over & I dunno, jury's still out with me. Not awful, but I just wish he'd take his breaths at the places I expect him too. If he's ashtmatic or something I'll cut him some slack.
About that commercial, it's hasn't been since those awful VW commercials a couple years ago that I have been inspired to switch the station that fast. And I did feel like a schmuck about it, but I got over that feeling after the 2nd day.
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The listener immediately feels like a shmuck for laughing at the opening. Super-annoying spot.
I've been listening to Webster on the weekends ever since he came over & I dunno, jury's still out with me. Not awful, but I just wish he'd take his breaths at the places I expect him too. If he's ashtmatic or something I'll cut him some slack.
About that commercial, it's hasn't been since those awful VW commercials a couple years ago that I have been inspired to switch the station that fast. And I did feel like a schmuck about it, but I got over that feeling after the 2nd day.
the thing is... whoever they pick, what other options are there in the morning? Sarah & Vinnie? Woody? the two ditsy queens on Energy 92.7? We're all stuck with KFOG for the most part, I'm guessing.
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The listener immediately feels like a shmuck for laughing at the opening. Super-annoying spot.
I've been listening to Webster on the weekends ever since he came over & I dunno, jury's still out with me. Not awful, but I just wish he'd take his breaths at the places I expect him too. If he's ashtmatic or something I'll cut him some slack.
About that commercial, it's hasn't been since those awful VW commercials a couple years ago that I have been inspired to switch the station that fast. And I did feel like a schmuck about it, but I got over that feeling after the 2nd day.
the thing is... whoever they pick, what other options are there in the morning? Sarah & Vinnie? Woody? the two ditsy queens on Energy 92.7? We're all stuck with KFOG for the most part, I'm guessing.
We could "sully" ourselves with L&T on the Bone. *shudder*
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The listener immediately feels like a shmuck for laughing at the opening. Super-annoying spot.
I've been listening to Webster on the weekends ever since he came over & I dunno, jury's still out with me. Not awful, but I just wish he'd take his breaths at the places I expect him too. If he's ashtmatic or something I'll cut him some slack.
About that commercial, it's hasn't been since those awful VW commercials a couple years ago that I have been inspired to switch the station that fast. And I did feel like a schmuck about it, but I got over that feeling after the 2nd day.
the thing is... whoever they pick, what other options are there in the morning? Sarah & Vinnie? Woody? the two ditsy queens on Energy 92.7? We're all stuck with KFOG for the most part, I'm guessing.
Mike, do you know a source to find out what the Morning Show's ratings are against those others? I'd assume they're pretty good, as they've been keeping it going unchanged for so long (hell, even Renee has been on KFOG for over 10 years now, right?)
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The listener immediately feels like a shmuck for laughing at the opening. Super-annoying spot.
I've been listening to Webster on the weekends ever since he came over & I dunno, jury's still out with me. Not awful, but I just wish he'd take his breaths at the places I expect him too. If he's ashtmatic or something I'll cut him some slack.
About that commercial, it's hasn't been since those awful VW commercials a couple years ago that I have been inspired to switch the station that fast. And I did feel like a schmuck about it, but I got over that feeling after the 2nd day.
the thing is... whoever they pick, what other options are there in the morning? Sarah & Vinnie? Woody? the two ditsy queens on Energy 92.7? We're all stuck with KFOG for the most part, I'm guessing.
Mike, do you know a source to find out what the Morning Show's ratings are against those others? I'd assume they're pretty good, as they've been keeping it going unchanged for so long (hell, even Renee has been on KFOG for over 10 years now, right?)
KFOG is solid overall (#11 in the most recent ratings):
http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DetailsPage.aspx?MID=228&RY=2008&RQ=2&MP=0&OTHER=2&MN=San%20Francisco&MS=CA&MR=4&12P=5969400&UP=7/24/2008%2012:00:00%20AM&SU=CM&BPER=7.2&HPER=19.5&OPER=&NSD=&CE=0
but I don't know where to find it broken down by daypart. And yeah -- 10 years for Renee. I still remember the morning that Kim Wonderley disappeared. I think we were still on Yahoo then; one of us found the ad KFOG was running looking for a new traffic sidekick and posted it.
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The listener immediately feels like a shmuck for laughing at the opening. Super-annoying spot.
I've been listening to Webster on the weekends ever since he came over & I dunno, jury's still out with me. Not awful, but I just wish he'd take his breaths at the places I expect him too. If he's ashtmatic or something I'll cut him some slack.
About that commercial, it's hasn't been since those awful VW commercials a couple years ago that I have been inspired to switch the station that fast. And I did feel like a schmuck about it, but I got over that feeling after the 2nd day.
the thing is... whoever they pick, what other options are there in the morning? Sarah & Vinnie? Woody? the two ditsy queens on Energy 92.7? We're all stuck with KFOG for the most part, I'm guessing.
We could "sully" ourselves with L&T on the Bone. *shudder*
If the new KFOG Morning show starts to suck, I'll probably switch to NPR. But if nothing else, I have faith in Irish Greg to keep lining up interesting content. Peter & Renee are pros, & while it's doubtfull that Webster has it in him to retire 15 yrs from now as Steve Young to Dave's Joe Montana, he's going to have a lot of help getting over the hump.
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The listener immediately feels like a shmuck for laughing at the opening. Super-annoying spot.
I've been listening to Webster on the weekends ever since he came over & I dunno, jury's still out with me. Not awful, but I just wish he'd take his breaths at the places I expect him too. If he's ashtmatic or something I'll cut him some slack.
About that commercial, it's hasn't been since those awful VW commercials a couple years ago that I have been inspired to switch the station that fast. And I did feel like a schmuck about it, but I got over that feeling after the 2nd day.
the thing is... whoever they pick, what other options are there in the morning? Sarah & Vinnie? Woody? the two ditsy queens on Energy 92.7? We're all stuck with KFOG for the most part, I'm guessing.
We could "sully" ourselves with L&T on the Bone. *shudder*
If the new KFOG Morning show starts to suck, I'll probably switch to NPR. But if nothing else, I have faith in Irish Greg to keep lining up interesting content. Peter & Renee are pros, & while it's doubtfull that Webster has it in him to retire 15 yrs from now as Steve Young to Dave's Joe Montana, he's going to have a lot of help getting over the hump.
NPR has been my refuge in the morning since we got up here. There doesn't seem to be any such thing as intelligent morning radio in the PDX market. Several bad examples of "morning zoo" however. The problem is that at 9, the main NPR affiliate goes to a local current affairs call-in show that is just TERRIBLE. Really boring, not too engaging, and just bad radio. I bet they have a lot of listeners turning away as soon as Morning Edition wraps.
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The listener immediately feels like a shmuck for laughing at the opening. Super-annoying spot.
I've been listening to Webster on the weekends ever since he came over & I dunno, jury's still out with me. Not awful, but I just wish he'd take his breaths at the places I expect him too. If he's ashtmatic or something I'll cut him some slack.
About that commercial, it's hasn't been since those awful VW commercials a couple years ago that I have been inspired to switch the station that fast. And I did feel like a schmuck about it, but I got over that feeling after the 2nd day.
the thing is... whoever they pick, what other options are there in the morning? Sarah & Vinnie? Woody? the two ditsy queens on Energy 92.7? We're all stuck with KFOG for the most part, I'm guessing.
We could "sully" ourselves with L&T on the Bone. *shudder*
If the new KFOG Morning show starts to suck, I'll probably switch to NPR. But if nothing else, I have faith in Irish Greg to keep lining up interesting content. Peter & Renee are pros, & while it's doubtfull that Webster has it in him to retire 15 yrs from now as Steve Young to Dave's Joe Montana, he's going to have a lot of help getting over the hump.
NPR has been my refuge in the morning since we got up here. There doesn't seem to be any such thing as intelligent morning radio in the PDX market. Several bad examples of "morning zoo" however. The problem is that at 9, the main NPR affiliate goes to a local current affairs call-in show that is just TERRIBLE. Really boring, not too engaging, and just bad radio. I bet they have a lot of listeners turning away as soon as Morning Edition wraps.
When i get tired of KFOG, I switch to Pandora where I have some strange combination stations (Black Sabbath / Niel Young / Jethro Tull / The Cure -- LZ / J. Geils / Beatles (my own Classic rock station) -- Oingo Boingo / Be Bop Deluxe / Springsteen -- Joe Jackson / Fairport Connection Convention (edit)). The other day, somehow, the Monkees "Can You Dig It" showed up on the Black Sabbath station. Pandora's Music Genome Project offers some satisfying surprises...
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another 9:00 Pop Quiz, another rant about how stupid Fogheads are. Jeez, if you can't guess Andrew Lloyd Webber from these clues:
"Ho-sanna-hey-sanna-sanna-sanna-ho"
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
"I Don't Know How to Love Him"
"Memory... all alone in the moonlight..."
then you've lived in a cave for the last 35 years.
Wait, not being able to conjure up Andrew Lloyd's name is a bad thing?
har har, actually, when Peter yelped his clue for the first caller ("Don't cry for me, Argentina") I was thinking Madonna, too. I forget the other clues they gave, but my Andrew Lloyd knowledge wasn't keen enough to guess him at first. It was only after they added "I don't know how to love him" that I guessed that pixie.
Tosca Act 2 with Maria Callas -- now that's a katrina!
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When i get tired of KFOG, I switch to Pandora where I have some strange combination stations (Black Sabbath / Niel Young / Jethro Tull / The Cure -- LZ / J. Geils / Beatles (my own Classic rock station) -- Oingo Boingo / Be Bop Deluxe / Springsteen -- Joe Jackson / Fairport Connection Convention (edit)). The other day, somehow, the Monkees "Can You Dig It" showed up on the Black Sabbath station. Pandora's Music Genome Project offers some satisfying surprises...
I wish I got Rod's station, esp Be Bop Deluxe & The Jethro Tulls!
I skip around a lot, although this past week or two I've been KFOG-centric. My short list includes of morning radio includes, in rough order:
KFOG (prob not for long, though)
KUSF (good music, good ticket giveaways -- no news though)
KQED/KALW (NPR)
KPOO (esp Tuesdays w JJ)
The Bone (great music, worst jocks ever telling boobie and fart jokes... love Sully's laugh, though)
98.1 (old school, please)
97.9 Pirate Cat Radio (trying to be younger and hipper than I am?)
Energy 92.7 (I'm sorry, Mike, but they can be fun AND funny)
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Have you caught KFOG's recent promo that says "KFOG -- playing the new and the good?"
... like "new" and "good" are mutually exclusive?
HA!
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Have you caught KFOG's recent promo that says "KFOG -- playing the new and the good?"
... like "new" and "good" are mutually exclusive?
HA!
That is pretty damn funny. They must have been trying to find another word to describe classic rock without using anything that connotes "old", and "good" was the best they could come up with?
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another 9:00 Pop Quiz, another rant about how stupid Fogheads are. Jeez, if you can't guess Andrew Lloyd Webber from these clues:
"Ho-sanna-hey-sanna-sanna-sanna-ho"
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
"I Don't Know How to Love Him"
"Memory... all alone in the moonlight..."
then you've lived in a cave for the last 35 years.
Wait, not being able to conjure up Andrew Lloyd's name is a bad thing?
har har, actually, when Peter yelped his clue for the first caller ("Don't cry for me, Argentina") I was thinking Madonna, too. I forget the other clues they gave, but my Andrew Lloyd knowledge wasn't keen enough to guess him at first. It was only after they added "I don't know how to love him" that I guessed that pixie.
Tosca Act 2 with Maria Callas -- now that's a katrina!
OK, today's clue was "He hails from San Mateo, but they love him in New England". Dave even made football soundeffects in the background but the Foghead was still clueless.
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They've got Big Rick on now, and he just told a great story about Steve Masters tossing a chair thru the studio window at Live 105 while he was on the air, right before the station moved to a new studio. And they had an aircheck of it and everything.
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Big Rick is gushing over Dave and vice-versa. Sincere and lovely and great radio stories being told.
ETA: yikes, we hadda heard "Rock This Town" one last time.
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Big Rick is gushing over Dave and vice-versa. Sincere and lovely and great radio stories being told.
ETA: yikes, we hadda heard "Rock This Town" one last time.
Gary Radnich was on a half hour ago -- more gushing, and insults for Peter.
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Damn player keeps buffering. Tinka, how's the stream on Radiotime been over the last half hour or so?
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Damn player keeps buffering. Tinka, how's the stream on Radiotime been over the last half hour or so?
dunno, I've listening via airwaves
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Big Rick is gushing over Dave and vice-versa. Sincere and lovely and great radio stories being told.
ETA: yikes, we hadda heard "Rock This Town" one last time.
This time it was good. I'm still having trouble thinking about mornings sans Dave. I told my kids it was going to be proclaimed Dave Morey Day on Dec 19. They think there should be no school and no homework!
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Damn player keeps buffering. Tinka, how's the stream on Radiotime been over the last half hour or so?
dunno, I've listening via airwaves
Even Annalisa's appearance was sweet and heartfelt! "This is the Day", indeed.
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Big Rick is gushing over Dave and vice-versa. Sincere and lovely and great radio stories being told.
ETA: yikes, we hadda heard "Rock This Town" one last time.
Gary Radnich was on a half hour ago -- more gushing, and insults for Peter.
Radnich was freakin' HYSTERICAL. I was having trouble driving I was laughing so hard. And like Scoop yesterday, he was really teasing Dave unmercifully.
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I told my kids it was going to be proclaimed Dave Morey Day on Dec 19. They think there should be no school and no homework!
Well I'm pretty sure they won't get any homework tomorrow. And my kids only have a half day.
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Big Rick is gushing over Dave and vice-versa. Sincere and lovely and great radio stories being told.
ETA: yikes, we hadda heard "Rock This Town" one last time.
Gary Radnich was on a half hour ago -- more gushing, and insults for Peter.
Radnich was freakin' HYSTERICAL. I was having trouble driving I was laughing so hard. And like Scoop yesterday, he was really teasing Dave unmercifully.
Agreed. I was busting up at Big Rick myself, particularly the Masters story.
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I told my kids it was going to be proclaimed Dave Morey Day on Dec 19. They think there should be no school and no homework!
Well I'm pretty sure they won't get any homework tomorrow. And my kids only have a half day.
damn kids here don't even have to go to school tomorrow, but we do!
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sniff sniff, Beatles.
One day, you'll find that I have gone
but tomorrow may rain so I'll follow the sun.
Yay.
sniff.....
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ahhhh Gavin. Very nice proclamation.
It's DAVE MOREY DAY, Dec. 19
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ahhhh Gavin. Very nice proclamation.
It's DAVE MOREY DAY, Dec. 19
I am MAJORLY PISSED that the player is not working. DAMMITT!!!
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ahhhh Gavin. Very nice proclamation.
It's DAVE MOREY DAY, Dec. 19
I am MAJORLY PISSED that the player is not working. DAMMITT!!!
OK, the "new" player on the KFOG mainpage is kaput, but (thank gawd) there's an alternate link on their "listen live" page...
http://player.cumulusstreaming.com/stations/KFOG-FM/PubPoint.asx
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ahhhh Gavin. Very nice proclamation.
It's DAVE MOREY DAY, Dec. 19
I am MAJORLY PISSED that the player is not working. DAMMITT!!!
OK, the "new" player on the KFOG mainpage is kaput, but (thank gawd) there's an alternate link on their "listen live" page...
http://player.cumulusstreaming.com/stations/KFOG-FM/PubPoint.asx
I'm listening live at home but have had success with the link to the player on our internal page here from the main discussion area.
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nice segment with "the big boss" Tony Salvatore, and Dave's playing Robert John's "Sad Eyes" for him -- he's been trying to get Dave to play it on 10@10 forever, apparently (which shows once again that NOBODY tells Dave what to play).
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the player on KFOG's pages requires that Mac users use the Microsoft Silverlight plug-in. which requires fan upgrade to my OSX... dang.
in other KFOG news, Tony the KFOG Station Mgr sounds like such the former deejay who LOVES to talk on the radio. I'm sure he's a nice guy and all, but his laugh is unbearable, sounds so phony.. If you hear him, you realize why KFOG went w Webster as the morning show fill-in. The dulcet tones, the radio voice, the sometimes unbearable smooth-osity.
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nice segment with "the big boss" Tony Salvatore, and Dave's playing Robert John's "Sad Eyes" for him -- he's been trying to get Dave to play it on 10@10 forever, apparently (which shows once again that NOBODY tells Dave what to play).
heh, he sure can speak and laugh like a pro, but singing? not so much! ;)
(explanation of my above comment: they had a hot mic on during the song and Tony was singing along. Hilarity ensued.)
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nice segment with "the big boss" Tony Salvatore, and Dave's playing Robert John's "Sad Eyes" for him -- he's been trying to get Dave to play it on 10@10 forever, apparently (which shows once again that NOBODY tells Dave what to play).
heh, he sure can speak and laugh like a pro, but singing? not so much! ;)
(explanation of my above comment: they had a hot mic on during the song and Tony was singing along. Hilarity ensued.)
Love your avatar Tink.
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Dave's been given free reign this morning (pretty much, anyway) but I can't believe he really needed to hear "Bohemian Rhapsody" one last time. ;)
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Dave's been given free reign this morning (pretty much, anyway) but I can't believe he really needed to hear "Bohemian Rhapsody" one last time. ;)
we will not let you go!
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Love your avatar Tink.
love that google image search!
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ahhhh Gavin. Very nice proclamation.
It's DAVE MOREY DAY, Dec. 19
I am MAJORLY PISSED that the player is not working. DAMMITT!!!
OK, the "new" player on the KFOG mainpage is kaput, but (thank gawd) there's an alternate link on their "listen live" page...
http://player.cumulusstreaming.com/stations/KFOG-FM/PubPoint.asx
When I tried to launch the KFOG player yesterday afternoon, it tried to force me to download and install some kind of "silverlight" patch to get it to work. I downloaded it, but when I went to install it, it warned me that it would automatically check for updates. I'm not so happy with software that takes these things into its own hands without asking me first, so I bailed. I've been using the RadioTime player that Tinka tipped us to, and it's been golden so far. No bufferin' or nothin'. (Even tho it does say on the launch page that "this stream is 70% reliable."
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the player on KFOG's pages requires that Mac users use the Microsoft Silverlight plug-in. which requires fan upgrade to my OSX... dang.
They're not just picking on Mac users--I've got a PC and it hit me with that requirement too. I passed (at least for now).
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Rosalie reminiscing -- I am in "radio geek" heaven this morning.
and she's playing Luka Bloom's cover of "Urge for Going". Nice.
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Rosalie reminiscing -- I am in "radio geek" heaven this morning.
and she's playing Luka Bloom's cover of "Urge for Going". Nice.
beautiful song. this arrangement is very Nick Drake-y.
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and now we're getting Greg Kihn -- will *he* make an appearance (by phone)??
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Renee's crying. Awww....
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Renee's getting all teary, and she's pushing me over the edge.
And I wonder how many Sleep Train live reads Dave's done over the last however-many years they've been a sponsor? Thousands. Tens of thousands.
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the player on KFOG's pages requires that Mac users use the Microsoft Silverlight plug-in. which requires fan upgrade to my OSX... dang.
They're not just picking on Mac users--I've got a PC and it hit me with that requirement too. I passed (at least for now).
i bypassed, too, by clicking the "use the old player" link at the bottom of the download silverlight window.
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nice segment with "the big boss" Tony Salvatore, and Dave's playing Robert John's "Sad Eyes" for him -- he's been trying to get Dave to play it on 10@10 forever, apparently (which shows once again that NOBODY tells Dave what to play).
I think I have "Sad Eyes" on a 10@10 cassette from years ago...I'll have to check when I get back to Madrid.
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Renee's tearing up -- and the last Sleeptrain commercial, with the lo-o-o-o-o-ng version of the train whistle -- were fine moments...
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Renee's tearing up -- and the last Sleeptrain commercial, with the lo-o-o-o-o-ng version of the train whistle -- were fine moments...
And didja catch the extra reverb on the whistle? Nice.
On the other hand, after Rosalie plays such a sweet song for Dave a little bit ago, what does Renee play? AC/DC.
Wow, Lucinda Williams? Have they played her on the Morning show since Car Wheels on a Gravel Road was out?
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and now we're getting Greg Kihn -- will *he* make an appearance (by phone)??
Okay, so I was parking my car int eh underground garage as Rosalie intro'd her song, and then couldn't get out of the car. I'd never heard that song before, but now can assure you all it will be played at my memorial.
ETA: that was a 4 tissue song. totally broke me up. didn't know I had that in me.
Then he played Greg Kihn, which has always been one of my favorite songs of the late 70's
(Do you remember? Do you surrender? Do you?)
ETA: that was a 2 tissue song. Maybe I'm coming down with a cold.
Since I work in the south bay I have KUFX on speed dial & have won tix in the past. I called in and spoke to Chris, told him what Dave was doing & that Dave had often played that song in 10@10 so I knew he liked it. He said he'd talk to Greg about it, but I didn't switch to KFOX to hear if anything else followed.
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So Dave says he's gonna say goodbye and play his final song after 10@10 is done.
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Wow, Lucinda Williams? Have they played her on the Morning show since Car Wheels on a Gravel Road was out?
you must not listen much outside of 10@10... that's one of their most overplayed "current" hits of the past 3-4 months.
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Wow, Lucinda Williams? Have they played her on the Morning show since Car Wheels on a Gravel Road was out?
you must not listen much outside of 10@10... that's one of their most overplayed "current" hits of the past 3-4 months.
Yeah, that's true. I tune in for 10@10 and that's about it, until this week.
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So Dave says he's gonna say goodbye and play his final song after 10@10 is done.
I've been convinced for days that his last song will be "Hit The Ground Running", which about 5 yrs ago he played in regular rotation & subsequently broke down remembering his lover Mike. He expressed real surivior guilt & said something to the effect of 'He got it & I didn't - there's no reason I should have been negative. But I was.'
And only Peter could rise to the occasion, Greg & Renee were sobbing/useless.
So was I.
That & the Luka Bloom song were 2 of the 3 times I have been made to cry by the radio. And the other was 9/11.
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On the other hand, after Rosalie plays such a sweet song for Dave a little bit ago, what does Renee play? AC/DC.
was trying to find the meaning in her choice. Could it be that Dave rides a motorcycle and wears leather? or maybe it's just a honest rocking out song and she's keeping it real?
Peter's exchange w Dave was nice. He did rise to the occasion, as shray said.
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On the other hand, after Rosalie plays such a sweet song for Dave a little bit ago, what does Renee play? AC/DC.
was trying to find the meaning in her choice. Could it be that Dave rides a motorcycle and wears leather? or maybe it's just a honest rocking out song and she's keeping it real?
she said she pictured him blasting that song in the car on his way to Michigan.
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So Dave says he's gonna say goodbye and play his final song after 10@10 is done.
I've been convinced for days that his last song will be "Hit The Ground Running",
A good driving song.
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On the other hand, after Rosalie plays such a sweet song for Dave a little bit ago, what does Renee play? AC/DC.
was trying to find the meaning in her choice. Could it be that Dave rides a motorcycle and wears leather? or maybe it's just a honest rocking out song and she's keeping it real?
she said she pictured him blasting that song in the car on his way to Michigan.
I got it at the time. Perfectly in character with the Renee I know.
This really is a sad year locally though, Dennis Richmond was by far my fave TV anchor, and, to understate the obvious, Dave was my favorite Deejay.
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So Dave says he's gonna say goodbye and play his final song after 10@10 is done.
I've been convinced for days that his last song will be "Hit The Ground Running", which about 5 yrs ago he played in regular rotation & subsequently broke down remembering his lover Mike. He expressed real surivior guilt & said something to the effect of 'He got it & I didn't - there's no reason I should have been negative. But I was.'
That's another good call--that's one that we know means alot to him
And there's your message Mark--and you got me in there--thanks, bro!
ETA: I remember that episode too--I forget who the guest was that started whatever the discussion that led to his breaking down, but it was by far the most moving thing I've heard him do on the radio. Another reason Dave is one of a kind.
Ah, Fairy Tale of New York. I'm misting up again.
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"I'll Follow the Sun" would be a perfect sign-off song, but Dave played that yesterday, no?
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"I'll Follow the Sun" would be a perfect sign-off song, but Dave played that yesterday, no?
He played it as the 2nd half of a twin-spin circa 8:00 today.
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EJ ! Not what I would have guessed but very appropo.
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EJ ! Not what I would have guessed but very appropo.
Indeed. If it were me in this position, I'd have such a tough time picking a last song. So many that would be fitting.
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I could've sworn Annalisa said "Please Come Home for Christmas," but instead (and thankfully) we get "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)." Still like U2's version better. (Who did the original - Ronnie Spector or Darlene Love?)
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I could've sworn Annalisa said "Please Come Home for Christmas," but instead (and thankfully) we get "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)." Still like U2's version better. (Who did the original - Ronnie Spector or Darlene Love?)
Following The Ramones' "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" with REM's "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" in today's context is pure genius in my book.
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I could've sworn Annalisa said "Please Come Home for Christmas," but instead (and thankfully) we get "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)." Still like U2's version better. (Who did the original - Ronnie Spector or Darlene Love?)
OK now you're REALLY pissing me off! for shame! ;) (U2 better than Darlene? not on this planet)
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The Ramones' "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
? ? ? when did the Ramones do that one?
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I could've sworn Annalisa said "Please Come Home for Christmas," but instead (and thankfully) we get "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)." Still like U2's version better. (Who did the original - Ronnie Spector or Darlene Love?)
Following The Ramones' "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" with REM's "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" in today's context it pure genius in my book.
TANC: I was IM chatting w another friend during 10@10 and showed hmi that hilarious Pogues lyrics graphic Mike posted (http://10at10club.com/forum/index.php?topic=5283.msg92579#msg92579) and he said it reminded him of REM's EOTWAWKI.
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It's like 8 hours after Dave's last shift finished, and they've already got his picture off the Morning show page and someone else, Webster I assume, in his place. Jeez, guys, you could at least wait 'til Dave's out of town.
To be fair, DM is still on the airstaff page (Webster is not) and his blog page is still up.
Also, they have today's show posted on the Morning Show page in one-hour chunks, as well as today's 10@10.
http://www.kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/kfogmorningshow/tabid/229/Default.aspx
They're Flash audio files, so not sure if they're downloadable or not (right-clicking just brings up an "about Adobe Flash" page). If anyone figures a way to snag the files, please share the info.
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It's like 8 hours after Dave's last shift finished, and they've already got his picture off the Morning show page and someone else, Webster I assume, in his place. Jeez, guys, you could at least wait 'til Dave's out of town.
To be fair, DM is still on the airstaff page (Webster is not) and his blog page is still up.
Also, they have today's show posted on the Morning Show page in one-hour chunks, as well as today's 10@10.
http://www.kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/kfogmorningshow/tabid/229/Default.aspx
They're Flash audio files, so not sure if they're downloadable or not (right-clicking just brings up an "about Adobe Flash" page). If anyone figures a way to snag the files, please share the info.
Yeah, it's Webster:
(http://www.kfog.com/Portals/1/Images/morningshow/BillWebster.jpg)
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It hit me this afternoon that there was one key 10@10 personality that I don't think they had on during Dave's farewell week, and that they certainly should have: Don Pardo. I mean, he's still fairly active--he does SNL every week, and I assume he's probably getting checks of some kind from KFOG for the ongoing use of his numerous 10@10 clips, so he must be aware of the show. Would have been cool to get him on the phone and have Dave talk to him about whatever went into the recording of all those clips we know so well. Wonder if they even approached him?
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It hit me this afternoon that there was one key 10@10 personality that I don't think they had on during Dave's farewell week, and that they certainly should have: Don Pardo. I mean, he's still fairly active--he does SNL every week, and I assume he's probably getting checks of some kind from KFOG for the ongoing use of his numerous 10@10 clips, so he must be aware of the show. Would have been cool to get him on the phone and have Dave talk to him about whatever went into the recording of all those clips we know so well. Wonder if they even approached him?
That woulda been swell! But I dunno if "fairly active" is correct -- I believe he records the SNL intro early in the day from a home studio, and (I could be wrong, but) I don't think he does much else, announcing-wise. But one of us should email Greg and ask if it was considered.
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It hit me this afternoon that there was one key 10@10 personality that I don't think they had on during Dave's farewell week, and that they certainly should have: Don Pardo. I mean, he's still fairly active--he does SNL every week, and I assume he's probably getting checks of some kind from KFOG for the ongoing use of his numerous 10@10 clips, so he must be aware of the show. Would have been cool to get him on the phone and have Dave talk to him about whatever went into the recording of all those clips we know so well. Wonder if they even approached him?
That woulda been swell! But I dunno if "fairly active" is correct -- I believe he records the SNL intro early in the day from a home studio, and (I could be wrong, but) I don't think he does much else, announcing-wise. But one of us should email Greg and ask if it was considered.
I was reading something about him and SNL some time in the last few months that said he tried doing that, but Loren Michaels really thought it was important for him to be in the studio when the show was being done, and to do his part live. So he would fly once a week from Phoenix to NYC to do the show, then fly home. At age 90. I think you're right that he's not doing much else, if anything.
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Also, they have today's show posted on the Morning Show page in one-hour chunks, as well as today's 10@10.
http://www.kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/kfogmorningshow/tabid/229/Default.aspx
They're Flash audio files, so not sure if they're downloadable or not (right-clicking just brings up an "about Adobe Flash" page). If anyone figures a way to snag the files, please share the info.
They're actually just MP3s hiding behind a Flash player. The links are in the source of the Morning Show page. I copied those and put them on this page for easy saving:
http://www.darryl.com/dave/
Right-click to save.
I've got the full recordings from Weds, Thurs, Fri sitting on this hard drive here (as well as yesterday's 10@10 marathon). They're about 288MB each, so I'll probably chunk 'em up into 1-hour segments and post them up soon.
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Huh -- the files are "unscoped" (they have commercials and music). I thought that was a no-no. Anyways, much better levels than my recordings off the air (I was really worried about it being too loud than too quiet -- is that the right way to err?)
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Also, they have today's show posted on the Morning Show page in one-hour chunks, as well as today's 10@10.
http://www.kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/kfogmorningshow/tabid/229/Default.aspx
They're Flash audio files, so not sure if they're downloadable or not (right-clicking just brings up an "about Adobe Flash" page). If anyone figures a way to snag the files, please share the info.
They're actually just MP3s hiding behind a Flash player. The links are in the source of the Morning Show page. I copied those and put them on this page for easy saving:
http://www.darryl.com/dave/
Right-click to save.
I've got the full recordings from Weds, Thurs, Fri sitting on this hard drive here (as well as yesterday's 10@10 marathon). They're about 288MB each, so I'll probably chunk 'em up into 1-hour segments and post them up soon.
Cool, good work. Let us know if you upload the 10@10 sets. Urth recorded and is burning to CD me thinks.
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Thanks for the link, Darryl! BTW, I dunno if I'm crazy (quite possible) but it seems like the overplayed songs on KFOG are even more overplayed than they used to be. Add JCM's "Check it out" to the list; I seem to hear the Cranberries every freakin' morning and don't even GET me started on "Sweet Home Alabummer"...
And I thought it was just a function of Dave's last day, but the player on the KFOG site still isn't working. The "other" player works, however:
http://player.cumulusstreaming.com/stations/KFOG-FM/PubPoint.asx
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Also, they have today's show posted on the Morning Show page in one-hour chunks, as well as today's 10@10.
http://www.kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/kfogmorningshow/tabid/229/Default.aspx
They're Flash audio files, so not sure if they're downloadable or not (right-clicking just brings up an "about Adobe Flash" page). If anyone figures a way to snag the files, please share the info.
They're actually just MP3s hiding behind a Flash player. The links are in the source of the Morning Show page. I copied those and put them on this page for easy saving:
http://www.darryl.com/dave/
Right-click to save.
I've got the full recordings from Weds, Thurs, Fri sitting on this hard drive here (as well as yesterday's 10@10 marathon). They're about 288MB each, so I'll probably chunk 'em up into 1-hour segments and post them up soon.
Darryl, you're much cleverer than I, or have younger eyes. I was looking at the source, but couldn't locate the sound files. Thanks for doing this.
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Also, they have today's show posted on the Morning Show page in one-hour chunks, as well as today's 10@10.
http://www.kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/kfogmorningshow/tabid/229/Default.aspx
They're Flash audio files, so not sure if they're downloadable or not (right-clicking just brings up an "about Adobe Flash" page). If anyone figures a way to snag the files, please share the info.
They're actually just MP3s hiding behind a Flash player. The links are in the source of the Morning Show page. I copied those and put them on this page for easy saving:
http://www.darryl.com/dave/
Right-click to save.
I've got the full recordings from Weds, Thurs, Fri sitting on this hard drive here (as well as yesterday's 10@10 marathon). They're about 288MB each, so I'll probably chunk 'em up into 1-hour segments and post them up soon.
Darryl, you're much cleverer than I, or have younger eyes. I was looking at the source, but couldn't locate the sound files. Thanks for doing this.
The magic phrase to search for: mp3
:-}
Lemme throw all of these audio files onto a flash drive so I can get some "work" done at work. ;-}
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...so I can get some "work" done at work. ;-}
I miss work.......
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I'm listening to Hour 2 of Dave's last show (the only hour I missed, I was in transit at that point). Did Craig Easley (former "Morning Show Beat Poet") really say he was Dave's age? Wow, I thought he was in his 30s!
Love the guy who requested (and got) "See Emily Play".
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A little juvenile bathroom humor to start your morning:
The "just played" feature on the KFOG door a few minutes ago listed "Pete Townshend--Let My Love Open the Doo."
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Let it be recorded that at 9:25 am this 9th day of January, 2009, KFOG's morning show played the Ramones Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio, a first in regular (non-10@10) airplay in my memory.
Score one point for Webster.
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I'm not revoking my assessment of the Ramones as a novelty act, but it was really fun to hear "Rock & Roll Radio" shortly after arriving at work today. Suddenly feeling energized.
xpost: haha! Was just coming on to post that!
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Let it be recorded that at 9:25 am this 9th day of January, 2009, KFOG's morning show played the Ramones Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio, a first in regular (non-10@10) airplay in my memory.
Score one point for Webster.
Only Daryl knows for sure, But I'm sure it comes up in non-10@10 rotation occasionally, tho' not exactly frequently.
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Let it be recorded that at 9:25 am this 9th day of January, 2009, KFOG's morning show played the Ramones Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio, a first in regular (non-10@10) airplay in my memory.
Score one point for Webster.
Only Daryl knows for sure, But I'm sure it comes up in non-10@10 rotation occasionally, tho' not exactly frequently.
True--I could see Big Rick, who I've rarely listened to even when I was living there, playing it.
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For the "Stupid Fogheads" files: Today's Pop Quiz was IDing the artists of various Motown songs, keyed to the label's celebrating its 50th anniversary this week. So the first caller is asked to name the Motown artist of "Ain't Too Proud to Beg": "The Stones," he says.
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For the "Stupid Fogheads" files: Today's Pop Quiz was IDing the artists of various Motown songs, keyed to the label's celebrating its 50th anniversary this week. So the first caller is asked to name the Motown artist of "Ain't Too Proud to Beg": "The Stones," he says.
I was watching VH-1 Soul yesterday and they were running ads for yet another compilation called "That's What I call Motown", kaeyed to that 50th Anniv; it occurred to me that the famous "Motown 25" TV special (MJ moonwalks, etc) in 1983 was 7 months early.
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Anyone hear the discussion in the 6:00 hour of the Doobies' "Jesus is Just Alright"? Greg asked about the song; he thought it odd that a "biker band" like the Doobs would record an ode to JC. Peter said something about Jesus being "cool" in the early '70s, but none of the 4 people in the studio seemed to have a clue that it was a cover of a Byrds song from 1969 -- it took a listener to call in and tell them.
Dave woulda known...
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Anyone hear the discussion in the 6:00 hour of the Doobies' "Jesus is Just Alright"? Greg asked about the song; he thought it odd that a "biker band" like the Doobs would record an ode to JC. Peter said something about Jesus being "cool" in the early '70s, but none of the 4 people in the studio seemed to have a clue that it was a cover of a Byrds song from 1969 -- it took a listener to call in and tell them.
Dave woulda known...
Peter should have known that--he's of the right generation, but he's such a goof I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Yeah, they lost a lot more than just a morning DJ when Dave left the station.
Oh, and Renee sounds terrible this morning--voice all froggy and such.
ETA: Webster's now playing Shawn Mullins' Rockabye, a song that was in heavy rotation on KFOG in October of '98 when I moved to SF. It's quite the sledgehammer for me all of a sudden, and now 10+ years later it makes me realize how much has happened in that time.
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Wow, I haven't heard Shawn Mullins' "Rockabye" or "Lullabye" or whatever it's called in a few years.
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Wow, Webster's playing EJ's Daniel here at 20 minutes to 10. There's one I haven't heard on KFOG in years--now KOIT is another matter. ;)
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Wow, Webster's playing EJ's Daniel here at 20 minutes to 10. There's one I haven't heard on KFOG in years--now KOIT is another matter. ;)
It's funny how "Rocket Man" is a regular-rotation Katrina and yet other EJ songs from that era are heard far less often.
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Wow, Webster's playing EJ's Daniel here at 20 minutes to 10. There's one I haven't heard on KFOG in years--now KOIT is another matter. ;)
It's funny how "Rocket Man" is a regular-rotation Katrina and yet other EJ songs from that era are heard far less often.
Yeah, you'd think Honky Cat, to name one, would work in their format just as well.
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Wow, Webster's playing EJ's Daniel here at 20 minutes to 10. There's one I haven't heard on KFOG in years--now KOIT is another matter. ;)
It's funny how "Rocket Man" is a regular-rotation Katrina and yet other EJ songs from that era are heard far less often.
Yeah, you'd think Honky Cat, to name one, would work in their format just as well.
I heard that this morning & had similar thoughts.
I probably mentioned this before, but the worst case of musical whiplash I ever suffered was while driving in Santa Barbara & KTYD followed "Daniel" with Guns 'N' Roses "Welcome To The Jungle".
It was literally shocking, I had a physical reaction to it.
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Wow, Webster's playing EJ's Daniel here at 20 minutes to 10. There's one I haven't heard on KFOG in years--now KOIT is another matter. ;)
It's funny how "Rocket Man" is a regular-rotation Katrina and yet other EJ songs from that era are heard far less often.
Yeah, you'd think Honky Cat, to name one, would work in their format just as well.
I heard that this morning & had similar thoughts.
I probably mentioned this before, but the worst case of musical whiplash I ever suffered was while driving in Santa Barbara & KTYD followed "Daniel" with Guns 'N' Roses "Welcome To The Jungle".
It was literally shocking, I had a physical reaction to it.
Back in the '70s in NYC, there was WNEW-FM, the free-form prog station, and there was WPLJ, which had once been free-form but then the owners (ABC) switched them to a tightly-playlisted AOR format While 'NEW jocks would put together "artistic" sets built around themes, 'PLJ was famous for train-wreck segues -- I actually heard them go from a John Denver ballad to a LedZep rocker more than once. My college-radio friends and I would always refer to a bad segue as a "PLJ segue". But the one you describe takes the cake.
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Checked my Yahoo mail just now and found I'd received the KFOG survey, with possibility of attending a panel.
All multiple choice, but at the end there's a text box - Is there anything else you'd like to tell the PD?
So I wrote:
Wondering if Benson ever pays any attention to Little Steven's Underground Garage on sister station KSAN. Several times a year he plays a new rock song that I & a couple of my friends think woudl be great for KFOG, or at least deserving of a spin at 8:30 on Thursdays. But the only example I can think of where that has happened in the last couple of years is Kaiser Chiefs "Ruby".
Figured Mike would appreciate that.
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But the one you describe takes the cake.
More like almost crashes the car!
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Checked my Yahoo mail just now and found I'd received the KFOG survey, with possibility of attending a panel.
All multiple choice, but at the end there's a text box - Is there anything else you'd like to tell the PD?
So I wrote:
Wondering if Benson ever pays any attention to Little Steven's Underground Garage on sister station KSAN. Several times a year he plays a new rock song that I & a couple of my friends think woudl be great for KFOG, or at least deserving of a spin at 8:30 on Thursdays. But the only example I can think of where that has happened in the last couple of years is Kaiser Chiefs "Ruby".
Figured Mike would appreciate that.
I just filled out the survey; they sure seem worried about Live 105 and Alice. I had mentioned Little Steven last time I filled out one of their surveys, so this time in the comments box I said:
It feels like the overplayed "classics" are being played even more often than they used to be (e.g., "Sweet Home Alabama") and the current "heavy rotation" songs are also being played more often. A lot of good new music is ignored by KFOG; it seems the only way for a new artist to get played is to sound like an artist you already play (e.g. the 6 or 7 women who all sound just like Feist -- enough already!)
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found I'd received the KFOG survey, with possibility of attending a panel.
Even though I filled in the text box with KPIG, it kept trying to ask me why I like 105!
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found I'd received the KFOG survey, with possibility of attending a panel.
Even though I filled in the text box with KPIG, it kept trying to ask me why I like 105!
Me too -- I didn't select Live 105 or Alice as options on any of the questions, but they specifically asked about them (and the Bone).
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Checked my Yahoo mail just now and found I'd received the KFOG survey, with possibility of attending a panel.
All multiple choice, but at the end there's a text box - Is there anything else you'd like to tell the PD?
So I wrote:
Wondering if Benson ever pays any attention to Little Steven's Underground Garage on sister station KSAN. Several times a year he plays a new rock song that I & a couple of my friends think woudl be great for KFOG, or at least deserving of a spin at 8:30 on Thursdays. But the only example I can think of where that has happened in the last couple of years is Kaiser Chiefs "Ruby".
Figured Mike would appreciate that.
I just filled out the survey; they sure seem worried about Live 105 and Alice. I had mentioned Little Steven last time I filled out one of their surveys, so this time in the comments box I said:
It feels like the overplayed "classics" are being played even more often than they used to be (e.g., "Sweet Home Alabama") and the current "heavy rotation" songs are also being played more often. A lot of good new music is ignored by KFOG; it seems the only way for a new artist to get played is to sound like an artist you already play (e.g. the 6 or 7 women who all sound just like Feist -- enough already!)
I replied yesterday too and made comment about enough of the Feist-a-likes. Music too mellow. My radio in the car finds KUFX, KSAN, 104.9 and LIVE 105 more often than KFOG.
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found I'd received the KFOG survey, with possibility of attending a panel.
Even though I filled in the text box with KPIG, it kept trying to ask me why I like 105!
Me too -- I didn't select Live 105 or Alice as options on any of the questions, but they specifically asked about them (and the Bone).
BTW, am i alone in thinking that popular "current" hits come up more often than they used to? Stuff like those Snow Patrol and Fray songs -- jeezus, I wake up to one of those 2 every morning, it seems. (And you'd think O.A.R would have that damn car turned around by now!)
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Just heard that New Music promo that mentions Josh Fixx--anyone else think he's channelling Jeff Lynne a bit too hard? His song sounds like it could be an ELO outtake circa 1978.
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found I'd received the KFOG survey, with possibility of attending a panel.
Even though I filled in the text box with KPIG, it kept trying to ask me why I like 105!
Me too -- I didn't select Live 105 or Alice as options on any of the questions, but they specifically asked about them (and the Bone).
BTW, am i alone in thinking that popular "current" hits come up more often than they used to? Stuff like those Snow Patrol and Fray songs -- jeezus, I wake up to one of those 2 every morning, it seems. (And you'd think O.A.R would have that damn car turned around by now!)
I like that Snow Patrol song, so every time it comes up I'm all "Yeah!" but I find myself listening less and less to KFOG these days. I'm on KPOO, Pirate Cat Radio, KUSF, KQED and The Bone as much as KFOG.
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Just heard that New Music promo that mentions Josh Fixx--anyone else think he's channelling Jeff Lynne a bit too hard? His song sounds like it could be an ELO outtake circa 1978.
with a bit of Queen thrown in (I detected a bit of melody line from "Bicycle Race")
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Ben Fong-Torres stopped by the Morning Show to plug his Chinese New Year Parade gig. And suddenly he stopped in the middle of a sentence and said "wait a minute ... why does Dave Morey look so different?"
And Irish Greg, not missing a beat, said "Dave always takes the Year of the Ox off".
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Ben Fong-Torres stopped by the Morning Show to plug his Chinese New Year Parade gig. And suddenly he stopped in the middle of a sentence and said "wait a minute ... why does Dave Morey look so different?"
And Irish Greg, not missing a beat, said "Dave always takes the Year of the Ox off".
LQTM.
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Ben Fong-Torres stopped by the Morning Show to plug his Chinese New Year Parade gig. And suddenly he stopped in the middle of a sentence and said "wait a minute ... why does Dave Morey look so different?"
And Irish Greg, not missing a beat, said "Dave always takes the Year of the Ox off".
LQTM.
me too.
I like Greg.
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anyone else hear the 9:00 Pop Quiz today? For Coldplay tix, so they had a snippet from 60 Minutes last Sunday where the interviewer said that not only does Chirs Martin get a lot of pub because of CP, but "he's also married to one of the world's most beautiful women."
So the quiz was, they gave you a movie character/role, you name the beautiful woman who played it. First caller got 'em all right, Audrey H., Julia R., Angelina J., Elizabeth T., etc. Then Peter asked the caller, "Who do you think is the most beautiful woman in the world?"
In my car I start chanting, "Scarlett, Scarlett..."
And the caller waits about 3 beats and says "Scarlett Johansson."
And they all agree.
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anyone else hear the 9:00 Pop Quiz today? For Coldplay tix, so they had a snippet from 60 Minutes last Sunday where the interviewer said that not only does Chirs Martin get a lot of pub because of CP, but "he's also married to one of the world's most beautiful women."
So the quiz was, they gave you a movie character/role, you name the beautiful woman who played it. First caller got 'em all right, Audrey H., Julia R., Angelina J., Elizabeth T., etc. Then Peter asked the caller, "Who do you think is the most beautiful woman in the world?"
In my car I start chanting, "Scarlett, Scarlett..."
And the caller waits about 3 beats and says "Scarlett Johansson."
And they all agree.
she's no CZJ. ;)
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anyone else hear the 9:00 Pop Quiz today? For Coldplay tix, so they had a snippet from 60 Minutes last Sunday where the interviewer said that not only does Chirs Martin get a lot of pub because of CP, but "he's also married to one of the world's most beautiful women."
So the quiz was, they gave you a movie character/role, you name the beautiful woman who played it. First caller got 'em all right, Audrey H., Julia R., Angelina J., Elizabeth T., etc. Then Peter asked the caller, "Who do you think is the most beautiful woman in the world?"
In my car I start chanting, "Scarlett, Scarlett..."
And the caller waits about 3 beats and says "Scarlett Johansson."
And they all agree.
she's no CZJ. ;)
That's the other one I forgot, CZJ. She was the "last one for the win..."
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Jeezus, they've already announced the date for Kaboom: Sat May 9th (it's on the website). Earliest it's ever been, iirc.
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Jeezus, they've already announced the date for Kaboom: Sat May 9th (it's on the website). Earliest it's ever been, iirc.
That's been up for at least 2 weeks, probably longer. And I think you're right about this being the earliest, though I think once it was also the 2nd Sat, but the date was more like the 12th.
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Jeezus, they've already announced the date for Kaboom: Sat May 9th (it's on the website). Earliest it's ever been, iirc.
That's been up for at least 2 weeks, probably longer. And I think you're right about this being the earliest, though I think once it was also the 2nd Sat, but the date was more like the 12th.
At least it's not up against a Giants game this year. Talk about your transit nightmares.
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Jeezus, they've already announced the date for Kaboom: Sat May 9th (it's on the website). Earliest it's ever been, iirc.
That's been up for at least 2 weeks, probably longer.
Ha! Shows you how often I actually look at the KFOG home page. But I haven't heard it mentioned on-air, either, and it used to be a "big announcement".
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Jeezus, they've already announced the date for Kaboom: Sat May 9th (it's on the website). Earliest it's ever been, iirc.
That's been up for at least 2 weeks, probably longer.
Ha! Shows you how often I actually look at the KFOG home page. But I haven't heard it mentioned on-air, either, and it used to be a "big announcement".
Maybe that means that only Dave really liked it? Or that Webster isn't going to be here that long?
Actually I'm not down on Webster any more. After I found out he was a big ELP fan I sorta got used to him.
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Jeezus, they've already announced the date for Kaboom: Sat May 9th (it's on the website). Earliest it's ever been, iirc.
That's been up for at least 2 weeks, probably longer.
Ha! Shows you how often I actually look at the KFOG home page. But I haven't heard it mentioned on-air, either, and it used to be a "big announcement".
Maybe that means that only Dave really liked it? Or that Webster isn't going to be here that long?
Actually I'm not down on Webster any more. After I found out he was a big ELP fan I sorta got used to him.
another nail in his coffin for me!
;)
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anyone else hear the 9:00 Pop Quiz today? For Coldplay tix, so they had a snippet from 60 Minutes last Sunday where the interviewer said that not only does Chirs Martin get a lot of pub because of CP, but "he's also married to one of the world's most beautiful women."
So the quiz was, they gave you a movie character/role, you name the beautiful woman who played it. First caller got 'em all right, Audrey H., Julia R., Angelina J., Elizabeth T., etc. Then Peter asked the caller, "Who do you think is the most beautiful woman in the world?"
In my car I start chanting, "Scarlett, Scarlett..."
And the caller waits about 3 beats and says "Scarlett Johansson."
And they all agree.
she's no CZJ. ;)
That's the other one I forgot, CZJ. She was the "last one for the win..."
I have a bartender friend here in Midtown who looks considerably like Scarlett J. If any of you come to visit I'll be sure to introduce you. She's been lending me books (latest: Toby Young's "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," a memoir about how he fucked up his job at Vanity Fair).
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Toby Young's "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," a memoir about how he fucked up his job at Vanity Fair).
Is that any good? it was recently made into a movie with Simon Pegg that got some horrendous reviews and made about a buck-and-a-half, box-office-wise.
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Toby Young's "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," a memoir about how he fucked up his job at Vanity Fair).
Is that any good? it was recently made into a movie with Simon Pegg that got some horrendous reviews and made about a buck-and-a-half, box-office-wise.
The trailer for that looked like it could have been good. Pegg has done well with the slimmest of material before.
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Toby Young's "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," a memoir about how he fucked up his job at Vanity Fair).
Is that any good? it was recently made into a movie with Simon Pegg that got some horrendous reviews and made about a buck-and-a-half, box-office-wise.
The trailer for that looked like it could have been good. Pegg has done well with the slimmest of material before.
I thought the same thing at the time, but it averaged a 36 on Metacritic, with wildly divergent opinions -- Ebert loved it (tho' he loves almost everything these days) and Manolha Dargis in the NYT said "crushingly unfunny and slopped-together."
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Toby Young's "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," a memoir about how he fucked up his job at Vanity Fair).
Is that any good? it was recently made into a movie with Simon Pegg that got some horrendous reviews and made about a buck-and-a-half, box-office-wise.
The trailer for that looked like it could have been good. Pegg has done well with the slimmest of material before.
I thought the same thing at the time, but it averaged a 36 on Metacritic, with wildly divergent opinions -- Ebert loved it (tho' he loves almost everything these days) and Manolha Dargis in the NYT said "crushingly unfunny and slopped-together."
The book was surprisingly entertaining - "surprisingly," because Young's more than than a bit of an asshole, yet he is funny and self-deprecating enough that you find yourself somehow not hating him. The movie came and went without a trace - I actually thought it had gone direct to video. Young's follow-up, "The Sound of One Hand Clapping," is proving far inferior.
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Gawd, here's that godawful Jason Mraz song ("I'm Yours") yet again. Fingernails on a blackboard, truly. His voice just sounds so fake and affected -- like Jack Johnson talking baby-talk to an infant. (what adult says "giving you my best-est"?). Gaz, please explain why you like this guy, musically speaking (I'm assuming you also find him cute), because I'm sincerely curious -- his popularity baffles me.
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Gawd, here's that godawful Jason Mraz song ("I'm Yours") yet again. Fingernails on a blackboard, truly. His voice just sounds so fake and affected -- like Jack Johnson talking baby-talk to an infant. (what adult says "giving you my best-est"?). Gaz, please explain why you like this guy, musically speaking (I'm assuming you also find him cute), because I'm sincerely curious -- his popularity baffles me.
That was the song that I woke up to on my clock radio this morning at 6:10, and since I get up that early to throw on my sweats & walk the dog, it was stuck in my head for 45 minutes! A truly annoying earworm. When it came on the KFOG player just before 10@10 I had to kill it.
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Gawd, here's that godawful Jason Mraz song ("I'm Yours") yet again. Fingernails on a blackboard, truly. His voice just sounds so fake and affected -- like Jack Johnson talking baby-talk to an infant. (what adult says "giving you my best-est"?). Gaz, please explain why you like this guy, musically speaking (I'm assuming you also find him cute), because I'm sincerely curious -- his popularity baffles me.
Maybe I'm just more sympathetic to the nu-hipster vibe, but there's a lot more to him than the cutesy lines. (Indeed, another music-fanatic friend of mine described Mraz as "too clever for his own good," which is surely true.) But I'd urge checking out his more adult efforts before writing him off. Please give one listen to:
"Lucky" (f/ Colbie Caillat) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsSy_V7ggSU) (not the most innovative lyrics on the verses, but god is that a lovely chorus)
"Plane" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KmEijRUBq8) (I get chills every time I hear this one)
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Today the Morning Show is doing Request-O-Rama-O-Rama (first time for Webster unless I miss my guess) and it's all Oscar-related. Some of their questions have been pretty good, f'rinstance name any three of the food items '09 nominee Mickey Rourke used in the notorious refrigerator scene in 9 1/2 Weeks.
But the winners...yeesh! "Do you have anything by Cake?" "Anything by Keane".
<RGMike voice>Who the hell ARE these people!?<RGMike voice.
Finally someone requested Zevon & they played "Johnny Strikes Up The Band". But just now whilst typing the latest winner requested "Come On Eileen".
tangential thought, Wonder if we get an Oscar-related theme set today?
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"name any three of the food items '09 nominee Mickey Rourke used in the notorious refrigerator scene in 9 1/2 Weeks."
Having never seen this film - shockah! - I have to ask: What were they? Is this something I want a mental picture of?
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Today the Morning Show is doing Request-O-Rama-O-Rama (first time for Webster unless I miss my guess) and it's all Oscar-related. Some of their questions have been pretty good, f'rinstance name any three of the food items '09 nominee Mickey Rourke used in the notorious refrigerator scene in 9 1/2 Weeks.
But the winners...yeesh! "Do you have anything by Cake?" "Anything by Keane".
<RGMike voice>Who the hell ARE these people!?<RGMike voice.
Finally someone requested Zevon & they played "Johnny Strikes Up The Band". But just now whilst typing the latest winner requested "Come On Eileen".
tangential thought, Wonder if we get an Oscar-related theme set today?
This is a little (OK, a lot) better--the guy who knew that Gone With the Wind was the first all-color film to win Best Picture asked for Red Red Wine--by The Replacements!
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"name any three of the food items '09 nominee Mickey Rourke used in the notorious refrigerator scene in 9 1/2 Weeks."
Having never seen this film - shockah! - I have to ask: What were they? Is this something I want a mental picture of?
Well it didn't include whipped cream, which knocked the first 4 or 5 callers out, it did include strawberries, cherries, chili peppers, milk, honey, cough syrup, jello, I forget what else. I never saw it either, but Renee gave a full recap.
ETA: Finally a request worthy of the occasion! The Replacements cover of "Red Red Wine", which I'd never heard, and which is even more sped-up & punky than the Atari's cover of "Boys Of Summer". Very fun!
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This is a little (OK, a lot) better--the guy who knew that Gone With the Wind was the first all-color film to win Best Picture asked for Red Red Wine--by The Replacements!
I was making a phone call, so I missed the actual request, but heard the whole song. Didn't know until after it was over who that had been, and first thought was, "Sure hope Urth heard that!"
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I can see where licking cough syrup off someone could be intoxicating.
But I didn't need to hear another premature-death song today, much as I love "Back on the Chain Gang." :-[
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OK, "Crush" is putting me in a better place. As you may have inferred, I've had a maelstrom of emotions lately. "Crush" is the one I'd rather be focusing on today."
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was out of town for a week or so.. any news on Dave's 10@10 return? will it ever happen?
also, I'm beginning to find Renee annoyee
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was out of town for a week or so.. any news on Dave's 10@10 return?
Welcome back, John! No news is ... no news. :(
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was out of town for a week or so.. any news on Dave's 10@10 return?
Welcome back, John! No news is ... no news. :(
Yep, I have to think if Dave's return were coming soon they'd be promoting the hell out of it, so I assume it'll be some time yet. (Perhaps a shortage of electrical engineers in remote Michigan?) But I still hold out hope to hear something besides Dave saying "It's your favorite show!" coming out of the Time Warp.
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also, I'm beginning to find Renee annoyee
Just beginning? You've got some catching up to do... ;)
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also, I'm beginning to find Renee annoyee
Just beginning? You've got some catching up to do... ;)
get in line!
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Today's pop quiz was spelling guitarists' names. ("The Rembrandts"? REALLY?) They should've included Yngwie Malmsteen!
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also, I'm beginning to find Renee annoyee
Just beginning? You've got some catching up to do... ;)
get in line!
she's on vacay this week -- a good week to listen!
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If anyone heard this morning's 9 o'clock pop quiz and heard some idiot foghead blow an easy Mimi My 3 Songs, that was me.
:(
I had free Pretenders tickets in my grasp, but I blew it!
I heard the songs, knew the answer, called in, GOT THROUGH, but the smooth dulcet tones of Webster got me into a tizzy and I completely blanked! I got the first song wrong: said it was Stones' Jumping Jack Flash instead of Brown Sugar!
eff.... !
maybe my good luck charms are missing: I've won a few times before, and each time I won, Renee and Dave were both there. could Renee possibly be a good luck charm?
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If anyone heard this morning's 9 o'clock pop quiz and heard some idiot foghead blow an easy Mimi My 3 Songs, that was me.
:(
I had free Pretenders tickets in my grasp, but I blew it!
I heard the songs, knew the answer, called in, GOT THROUGH, but the smooth dulcet tones of Webster got me into a tizzy and I completely blanked! I got the first song wrong: said it was Stones' Jumping Jack Flash instead of Brown Sugar!
eff.... !
maybe my good luck charms are missing: I've won a few times before, and each time I won, Renee and Dave were both there. could Renee possibly be a good luck charm?
It's amazing how you can freeze up when you get on the phone with those guys, even when you're not live on the air. I've done it a few times--once I got thru to Rosalie subbing for Annalisa for Midday Mind Games and could not come up with Damian Rice's name (can you blame me). Lucky for me she fed me clues out the wazoo and then cleaned up the recording so it didn't sound like I was a complete fool. And I got the tix!
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If anyone heard this morning's 9 o'clock pop quiz and heard some idiot foghead blow an easy Mimi My 3 Songs, that was me.
:(
I had free Pretenders tickets in my grasp, but I blew it!
I heard the songs, knew the answer, called in, GOT THROUGH, but the smooth dulcet tones of Webster got me into a tizzy and I completely blanked! I got the first song wrong: said it was Stones' Jumping Jack Flash instead of Brown Sugar!
eff.... !
maybe my good luck charms are missing: I've won a few times before, and each time I won, Renee and Dave were both there. could Renee possibly be a good luck charm?
It's amazing how you can freeze up when you get on the phone with those guys, even when you're not live on the air. I've done it a few times--once I got thru to Rosalie subbing for Annalisa for Midday Mind Games and could not come up with Damian Rice's name (can you blame me). Lucky for me she fed me clues out the wazoo and then cleaned up the recording so it didn't sound like I was a complete fool. And I got the tix!
I'm surprised I haven't heard mshray trying to win Spamalot tix yet.
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If anyone heard this morning's 9 o'clock pop quiz and heard some idiot foghead blow an easy Mimi My 3 Songs, that was me.
:(
I had free Pretenders tickets in my grasp, but I blew it!
I heard the songs, knew the answer, called in, GOT THROUGH, but the smooth dulcet tones of Webster got me into a tizzy and I completely blanked! I got the first song wrong: said it was Stones' Jumping Jack Flash instead of Brown Sugar!
eff.... !
maybe my good luck charms are missing: I've won a few times before, and each time I won, Renee and Dave were both there. could Renee possibly be a good luck charm?
It's amazing how you can freeze up when you get on the phone with those guys, even when you're not live on the air. I've done it a few times--once I got thru to Rosalie subbing for Annalisa for Midday Mind Games and could not come up with Damian Rice's name (can you blame me). Lucky for me she fed me clues out the wazoo and then cleaned up the recording so it didn't sound like I was a complete fool. And I got the tix!
I'm surprised I haven't heard mshray trying to win Spamalot tix yet.
They're giving away SPAMALOT TIX!?!?!?!?
heh heh, just kidding.
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They're giving away SPAMALOT TIX!?!?!?!?
heh heh, just kidding.
According to Peter, John Hurley of Seinfeld, Family Feud and Dancing with the Stars is in the cast; he did the show in Vegas for a while.
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They're giving away SPAMALOT TIX!?!?!?!?
heh heh, just kidding.
According to Peter, John Hurley of Seinfeld, Family Feud and Dancing with the Stars is in the cast; he did the show in Vegas for a while.
That should be John O'Hurley, no?
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Was that Alicat calling in to the Morning Show in the 6:00 hour, talking about taking her 17-year-old to an AC/DC concert?
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Was that Alicat calling in to the Morning Show in the 6:00 hour, talking about taking her 17-year-old to an AC/DC concert?
not unless it was somebody else's kid, hers are much younger.
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Was nice to hear JJ's "Steppin' Out" at 10 of the hour. And maybe I'm just in a good mood, but "Slide" may be in hindsight the best of the Goo Goo Dolls' MOR charters.
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...maybe I'm just in a good mood, but "Slide" may be in hindsight the best of the Goo Goo Dolls' MOR charters.
TANC, I had much the same thought, vis a vis "Slide". My fave song of theirs is "Flattop", a much grittier alt-rock song with excellent lyrics:
A visionary coward says that anger can be power,
As long as there's a victim on TV.
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Was nice to hear JJ's "Steppin' Out" at 10 of the hour.
When I heard that I thought of a M3S for it, but had to really stretch to find a 3rd song that didn't give it away*.
Joe Jackson - "Steppin' Out"
Janeet Jackson - "The Pleasure Principle"
Garland Jeffries - "Hail, Hail Rock 'n' Roll"
*there's a Joni song that would make this obvious.
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the answer is...all three songs have yellow taxis in them.
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the answer is...all three songs have yellow taxis in them.
*thunks head*
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...maybe I'm just in a good mood, but "Slide" may be in hindsight the best of the Goo Goo Dolls' MOR charters.
TANC, I had much the same thought, vis a vis "Slide". My fave song of theirs is "Flattop", a much grittier alt-rock song with excellent lyrics:
A visionary coward says that anger can be power,
As long as there's a victim on TV.
not bad. will have to check that out.. I only know their few radio hits, and not very well at that. You could replace "TV" with "internet," too. Someday we'll hear lyrics that refer to the web in the same kind of way.
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FYI, Tuesday's Morning show:
St Patrick's Day music extravaganza with Zoo Station @ 6:30am, Culann's Hounds @ 7:30am, and Wake the Dead @ 8:30am
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FYI, Tuesday's Morning show:
St Patrick's Day music extravaganza with Zoo Station @ 6:30am, Culann's Hounds @ 7:30am, and Wake the Dead @ 8:30am
so, I missed Wake The Dead?
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FYI, Tuesday's Morning show:
St Patrick's Day music extravaganza with Zoo Station @ 6:30am, Culann's Hounds @ 7:30am, and Wake the Dead @ 8:30am
so, I missed Wake The Dead?
you woke too late.
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FYI, Tuesday's Morning show:
St Patrick's Day music extravaganza with Zoo Station @ 6:30am, Culann's Hounds @ 7:30am, and Wake the Dead @ 8:30am
so, I missed Wake The Dead?
you woke too late.
my prep period is from 8-9, so I had hoped they ran late. Mike, you're probably not the best guy to ask, but do you know what they played, and if they said anything about a new CD?
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FYI, Tuesday's Morning show:
St Patrick's Day music extravaganza with Zoo Station @ 6:30am, Culann's Hounds @ 7:30am, and Wake the Dead @ 8:30am
so, I missed Wake The Dead?
you woke too late.
my prep period is from 8-9, so I had hoped they ran late. Mike, you're probably not the best guy to ask, but do you know what they played, and if they said anything about a new CD?
Sorry, Gaz and I were listening to Bob's "green" set at that hour.
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FYI, Tuesday's Morning show:
St Patrick's Day music extravaganza with Zoo Station @ 6:30am, Culann's Hounds @ 7:30am, and Wake the Dead @ 8:30am
so, I missed Wake The Dead?
you woke too late.
my prep period is from 8-9, so I had hoped they ran late. Mike, you're probably not the best guy to ask, but do you know what they played, and if they said anything about a new CD?
Sorry, Gaz and I were listening to Bob's "green" set at that hour.
I tuned in about 9:20 and I didn't hear 'em.
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FYI, Tuesday's Morning show:
St Patrick's Day music extravaganza with Zoo Station @ 6:30am, Culann's Hounds @ 7:30am, and Wake the Dead @ 8:30am
so, I missed Wake The Dead?
you woke too late.
my prep period is from 8-9, so I had hoped they ran late. Mike, you're probably not the best guy to ask, but do you know what they played, and if they said anything about a new CD?
Sorry, Gaz and I were listening to Bob's "green" set at that hour.
I tuned in about 9:20 and I didn't hear 'em.
from KFOG site:
Friend of the Devil
http://www.kfog.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=%2bT61yeMJhxA%3d&tabid=229
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Got the latest "Foghead email" yesterday with KaBOOM deets. May 9th, no artist lineup yet, but tix will be $15 again, tho' they're doing a Foghead presale of "family packs": 4 tix for $40 plus TicketBastard fees.
Unrelated: glancing at The Peak's "just played" list, I see they're playing Yusuf (aka Cat Stevens), "Thinking 'Bout You" -- KFOG doesn't seem to be on that one. Anyone heard it?
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As I fired up the KFOG player this morning I had to wonder...
...does anyone else think that the photo of Van Morrison on the KFOG.com front page makes him look A LOT like Dennis Hopper?
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As I fired up the KFOG player this morning I had to wonder...
...does anyone else think that the photo of Van Morrison on the KFOG.com front page makes him look A LOT like Dennis Hopper?
A little bit, but Van has more jowls.
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In case you missed the big announcement, the headliners at Kaboom! this year are... Los Lonely Boys. Again.
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In case you missed the big announcement, the headliners at Kaboom! this year are... Los Lonely Boys. Again.
They seem to be in a bit of a rut. Wasn't last year's a repeater as well?
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In case you missed the big announcement, the headliners at Kaboom! this year are... Los Lonely Boys. Again.
They seem to be in a bit of a rut. Wasn't last year's a repeater as well?
and the 2nd act this year's a rerun as well: Susan Tedeschi.
But they're trying something interesting tomorrow: the Morning show will be a song chain. Each song title will begin with the last word in the title of the previous song, for example
"Chain of Fools"
"Fools Gold"
"Gold Dust Woman"
etc
(And because it's April Fools Day the first song will indeed be "Chain of Fools".) Could be interesting, and they hope to go the entire 4 hours without reaching a dead end and having to "reset".
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"Chain of Fools"
"Fools Gold"
"Gold Dust Woman"
etc
I might have to wake up early, just to hear KFOG play Stone Roses outside of 10@10.
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"Chain of Fools"
"Fools Gold"
"Gold Dust Woman"
etc
I might have to wake up early, just to hear KFOG play Stone Roses outside of 10@10.
That was just an example they gave (and actually, I thought of Graham Parker's "Fools Gold" when Greg mentioned it). they continued with "Woman gotta Love me" (?) and then "Me & Bobby McGee"... which is a "stopper" as there's no song that begins with "McGee". They hope to avoid stoppers tomorrow so don't count on anything.
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"Chain of Fools"
"Fools Gold"
"Gold Dust Woman"
etc
I might have to wake up early, just to hear KFOG play Stone Roses outside of 10@10.
That was just an example they gave (and actually, I thought of Graham Parker's "Fools Gold" when Greg mentioned it). they continued with "Woman gotta Love me" (?) and then "Me & Bobby McGee"... which is a "stopper" as there's no song that begins with "McGee". They hope to avoid stoppers tomorrow so don't count on anything.
Can't imagine they're going to fly blind on this. Webster, Irish Greg and Benson have probably been poring over their list for a couple days.
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"Chain of Fools"
"Fools Gold"
"Gold Dust Woman"
etc
I might have to wake up early, just to hear KFOG play Stone Roses outside of 10@10.
That was just an example they gave (and actually, I thought of Graham Parker's "Fools Gold" when Greg mentioned it). they continued with "Woman gotta Love me" (?) and then "Me & Bobby McGee"... which is a "stopper" as there's no song that begins with "McGee". They hope to avoid stoppers tomorrow so don't count on anything.
Can't imagine they're going to fly blind on this. Webster, Irish Greg and Benson have probably been poring over their list for a couple days.
they insist this will be live and improvised -- with listener input because (all together now) "Fogheads choose".
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On Love's immortal Forever Changes album, the first song on side 2, "Maybe The People Would Be The Times or Between Clark & Hilldale," uses an interesting rhyme scheme, where the implied last word of a verse becomes the first word of the next verse (except for verse 3 to 4):
Verse 1:
What is happening and how have you been
Gotta go but Ill see you again
And oh, the music is so loud
And then I fade into the...
Verse 2:
Crowds of people standing everywhere
cross the street Im at this laugh affair
And here they always play my songs
And me, I wonder if its...
Verse 3:
Wrong or right they come here just the same
Telling everyone about their games
And if you think it obsolete
Then you go back across the street
Yeah, street, hey hey
Verse 4:
When I leave now dont you weep for me
Ill be back, just save a seat for me
But if you just cant make the room
Look up and see me on the...
Verse 5:
Moons a common scene around my town
Yeah where everyone is painted brown
And if we do get stuck away
Lets go paint everybody gray
Yeah, gray, yeah
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On Love's immortal Forever Changes album, the first song on side 2, "Maybe The People Would Be The Times or Between Clark & Hilldale,"
good thing they didn't use *that* title for their song chain!
Which has been pretty interesting so far: they followed "Chain of Fools" with "Fools Rush In" -- I expected Ricky Nelson but they went with the Sinatra version, a nice surprise (especially if your clock radio went off in the middle of ol' Blue Eyes!)
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On Love's immortal Forever Changes album, the first song on side 2, "Maybe The People Would Be The Times or Between Clark & Hilldale,"
good thing they didn't use *that* title for their song chain!
Which has been pretty interesting so far: they followed "Chain of Fools" with "Fools Rush In" -- I expected Ricky Nelson but they went with the Sinatra version, a nice surprise (especially if your clock radio went off in the middle of ol' Blue Eyes!)
Some lady just did a goat impersonation, and now they're playing "Gold Dust Woman". I'd love to call in and suggest John's "Woman is the N-word of the World" for next...
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switched back to the "song chain" -- they need a song starting with "gold". Some woman called up and said "I don't know who does it but I think it's called 'Gold Dust Woman'"
the crew were stunned -- Peter: "a little band called Fleetwood Mac; you might wanna look them up"
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On Love's immortal Forever Changes album, the first song on side 2, "Maybe The People Would Be The Times or Between Clark & Hilldale,"
good thing they didn't use *that* title for their song chain!
Which has been pretty interesting so far: they followed "Chain of Fools" with "Fools Rush In" -- I expected Ricky Nelson but they went with the Sinatra version, a nice surprise (especially if your clock radio went off in the middle of ol' Blue Eyes!)
Some lady just did a goat impersonation, and now they're playing "Gold Dust Woman". I'd love to call in and suggest John's "Woman is the N-word of the World" for next...
Ha! Someone wanted "Woman in Love" by Streisand! But they're not taking the bait.
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On Love's immortal Forever Changes album, the first song on side 2, "Maybe The People Would Be The Times or Between Clark & Hilldale,"
good thing they didn't use *that* title for their song chain!
Which has been pretty interesting so far: they followed "Chain of Fools" with "Fools Rush In" -- I expected Ricky Nelson but they went with the Sinatra version, a nice surprise (especially if your clock radio went off in the middle of ol' Blue Eyes!)
Some lady just did a goat impersonation, and now they're playing "Gold Dust Woman". I'd love to call in and suggest John's "Woman is the N-word of the World" for next...
Ha! Someone wanted "Woman in Love" by Streisand! But they're not taking the bait.
Wisely they went with TFF's "Woman in Chains" -- all hail Oleta Adams!
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switched back to the "song chain" -- they need a song starting with "gold". Some woman called up and said "I don't know who does it but I think it's called 'Gold Dust Woman'"
the crew were stunned -- Peter: "a little band called Fleetwood Mac; you might wanna look them up"
Actually, what I heard her say was "I dont know all the words, but... " then she bleated out Gold Dust Woman.
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switched back to the "song chain" -- they need a song starting with "gold". Some woman called up and said "I don't know who does it but I think it's called 'Gold Dust Woman'"
the crew were stunned -- Peter: "a little band called Fleetwood Mac; you might wanna look them up"
Actually, what I heard her say was "I dont know all the words, but... " then she bleated out Gold Dust Woman.
She should sue Peter for defamation!
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and we come full-circle with "Chain of Fools", 'cause apparently they're tired of the whole thing. The entire list is supposed to be posted on the KFOG website today. Nice try at something interesting and different, in any case.
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and we come full-circle with "Chain of Fools", 'cause apparently they're tired of the whole thing. The entire list is supposed to be posted on the KFOG website today. Nice try at something interesting and different, in any case.
Yeah, it was pretty cool. I'm glad they quit though, because I really have a lot of work this morning.
*Grumble*
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Yikes, Fogheads are dense: the guy who just flubbed the Pop Quiz should be shot (or at least shot full of caffeine). This is why I don't normally listen at this hour.
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switched back to the "song chain" -- they need a song starting with "gold". Some woman called up and said "I don't know who does it but I think it's called 'Gold Dust Woman'"
the crew were stunned -- Peter: "a little band called Fleetwood Mac; you might wanna look them up"
Actually, what I heard her say was "I dont know all the words, but... " then she bleated out Gold Dust Woman.
They replied "You don't know who does that?" & she said uh-uh. So I think she really was that clueless. A lot of people never pay attention to who does the songs the listen to.
Ha! Someone wanted "Woman in Love" by Streisand! But they're not taking the bait.
They took about 1/3 of the bait...they played a good minute, minute & a half of it.
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fwiw, I tried to call in several times as I was driving down 680 this morning, and I would have at different times suggested at least 5 of the songs they eventually played + "Gold" by Spandau Ballet, which one caller suggested but only after they had already started into "Gold Dust Woman". In fact it was this gal who suggested La Barbra, and basically dared them to play it: "Do you guys even have that in the station?" To which Greg replied, "No but we can get it," and then had to demonstrate.
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They replied "You don't know who does that?" & she said uh-uh. So I think she really was that clueless. A lot of people never pay attention to who does the songs the listen to.
Maybe, but everything was pretty confused by that point, and she was having difficulties "on stage" as it were. As many of us have experienced, it's not easy to keep your head about you when your live on the phone like that. But I find it hard to believe that someone conciously doing a Stevie Nicks impersonation wouldn't know who she was doing, and what band Stevie is in.
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Ha! Someone wanted "Woman in Love" by Streisand! But they're not taking the bait.
They took about 1/3 of the bait...they played a good minute, minute & a half of it.
I would have enjoyed hearing this. I happen to adore "Woman in Love." It's a right I defend, over and over again.
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Ha! Someone wanted "Woman in Love" by Streisand! But they're not taking the bait.
They took about 1/3 of the bait...they played a good minute, minute & a half of it.
I would have enjoyed hearing this. I happen to adore "Woman in Love." It's a right I defend, over and over again.
Actually, I would have liked to hear the whole thing for real (I'm not familiar enough with it to love or hate it). I mean, if I can hold on through ABBA tunes during a 10@10, I think I can survive the rare Babs tune.
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Just for fun, a personal 10 song Chain of Fools:
Chain of Fools, Aretha
Fools in Love, Joe Jackson
Love Hurts, Nazereth
Hurts So Good, John Cougar
Good Girls Don't, The Knack
Don't Go Breakin' My Heart, Elton John and Kiki Dee
Heart of Stone, The Rolling Stones
Stone Free, Jimi Hendrix
Free Ride, Edgar Winter Group
Ride The Tiger, Jefferson Starship
Okay, really, must get back to work.
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Just for fun, a personal 10 song Chain of Fools:
Chain of Fools, Aretha
Fools in Love, Joe Jackson
Love Hurts, Nazereth
Hurts So Good, John Cougar
Good Girls Don't, The Knack
Don't Go Breakin' My Heart, Elton John and Kiki Dee
Heart of Stone, The Rolling Stones
Stone Free, Jimi Hendrix
Free Ride, Edgar Winter Group
Ride The Tiger, Jefferson Starship
Okay, really, must get back to work.
Not only a great chain, but they're all songs the Fogheads would've known -- Greg's big gripe was that (for the first hour, at least) they were playing weirdass obscurities and non-format stuff.
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Just for fun, a personal 10 song Chain of Fools:
Chain of Fools, Aretha
Fools in Love, Joe Jackson
Love Hurts, Nazereth
Hurts So Good, John Cougar
Good Girls Don't, The Knack
Don't Go Breakin' My Heart, Elton John and Kiki Dee
Heart of Stone, The Rolling Stones
Stone Free, Jimi Hendrix
Free Ride, Edgar Winter Group
Ride The Tiger, Jefferson Starship
Okay, really, must get back to work.
Not only a great chain, but they're all songs the Fogheads would've known -- Greg's big gripe was that (for the first hour, at least) they were playing weirdass obscurities and non-format stuff.
I am curious to see their list, not only to see what they played, but also just how many songs they played over the course of a morning show.
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Here's their list:
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Fools Rush In - Frank Sinatra
In God's Country - U2
Country Comfort - Elton John
Comfort Eagle - Cake
(Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool was requested but Webster dumped out of it to play a different request)
Eagles Fly - Sammy Hagar
Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
Away! - Our first STOPPER!
We restarted with:
Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin
Rain in the Summertime - The Alarm
Summertime - Janis Joplin
Summertime Thing - Chuck Prophet
Thing Called Love - John Hiatt
Love Will Come to You - Indigo Girls (for a prize)
You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
Beautiful Boy - John Lennon
Boy in the Bubble - Paul Simon
Bubble Toes - Jack Johnson
STOPPER! Good luck coming up with a popular tune that starts with the word "Toes"!
We started once more with:
Fools Gold - Stone Roses
Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac
Woman in Chains - Tears for Fears
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
And we ended where we began!
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Here's their list:
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Fools Rush In - Frank Sinatra
In God's Country - U2
Country Comfort - Elton John
Comfort Eagle - Cake
(Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool was requested but Webster dumped out of it to play a different request)
Eagles Fly - Sammy Hagar
Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
Away! - Our first STOPPER!
We restarted with:
Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin
Rain in the Summertime - The Alarm
Summertime - Janis Joplin
Summertime Thing - Chuck Prophet
Thing Called Love - John Hiatt
Love Will Come to You - Indigo Girls (for a prize)
You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
Beautiful Boy - John Lennon
Boy in the Bubble - Paul Simon
Bubble Toes - Jack Johnson
STOPPER! Good luck coming up with a popular tune that starts with the word "Toes"!
We started once more with:
Fools Gold - Stone Roses
Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac
Woman in Chains - Tears for Fears
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
And we ended where we began!
after Woman in Chains, I tried calling to suggest Erasure's Chains of Love, but couldn't get through, dangit.
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after Woman in Chains, I tried calling to suggest Erasure's Chains of Love, but couldn't get through, dangit.
Me too!
And I had three more songs that would bring them right back to "Love", and they could easily get all the way to 10:00 from there:
Love My Way -> Way Down Now -> Now That We've Found Love
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STOPPER! Good luck coming up with a popular tune that starts with the word "Toes"!
It wasn't a hit, but the single Blind Melon had out when Shannon Hoon OD'd was "Toes Across the Floor."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCP0G6z0aEo
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this could be cross-ref'd in the Food Thread in re: the discussion about the
tv show Weeds, but KFOG just played a song whose lyrics started w the word "Taint."
know it?
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this could be cross-ref'd in the Food Thread in re: the discussion about the
tv show Weeds, but KFOG just played a song whose lyrics started w the word "Taint."
know it?
"Taint-ed Love"? "T'aint Nobody's Business If I Do"?
I meant to mention yesterday that Tuesday nite, just before the 10@10 replay, I heard that Aimee Mann "Coming Up Close" song -- I don't believe I've ever heard it in regular KFOG rotation, despite it being a Dave fave. Maybe Daryl can confirm if that's an oddity or not.
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this could be cross-ref'd in the Food Thread in re: the discussion about the
tv show Weeds, but KFOG just played a song whose lyrics started w the word "Taint."
know it?
"Taint-ed Love"? "T'aint Nobody's Business If I Do"?
I meant to mention yesterday that Tuesday nite, just before the 10@10 replay, I heard that Aimee Mann "Coming Up Close" song -- I don't believe I've ever heard it in regular KFOG rotation, despite it being a Dave fave. Maybe Daryl can confirm if that's an oddity or not.
I've certainly heard it. I don't listen to other stations besides KPIG for music. Must have been KFOG.
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this could be cross-ref'd in the Food Thread in re: the discussion about the
tv show Weeds, but KFOG just played a song whose lyrics started w the word "Taint."
know it?
"Taint-ed Love"? "T'aint Nobody's Business If I Do"?
good ones, but I meant the lyrics -- not title -- began w the singer singing "Taint..."
hint: the biggest hit for this glam band.
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this could be cross-ref'd in the Food Thread in re: the discussion about the
tv show Weeds, but KFOG just played a song whose lyrics started w the word "Taint."
know it?
"Taint-ed Love"? "T'aint Nobody's Business If I Do"?
good ones, but I meant the lyrics -- not title -- began w the singer singing "Taint..."
hint: the biggest hit for this glam band.
Taint: no big thing!
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this could be cross-ref'd in the Food Thread in re: the discussion about the
tv show Weeds, but KFOG just played a song whose lyrics started w the word "Taint."
know it?
"Taint-ed Love"? "T'aint Nobody's Business If I Do"?
good ones, but I meant the lyrics -- not title -- began w the singer singing "Taint..."
hint: the biggest hit for this glam band.
Taint: no big thing!
me say yes!
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this could be cross-ref'd in the Food Thread in re: the discussion about the
tv show Weeds, but KFOG just played a song whose lyrics started w the word "Taint."
know it?
"Taint-ed Love"? "T'aint Nobody's Business If I Do"?
good ones, but I meant the lyrics -- not title -- began w the singer singing "Taint..."
hint: the biggest hit for this glam band.
"Love is the Drug" - Roxy Music !!!
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Just for fun, a personal 10 song Chain of Fools:
Chain of Fools, Aretha
Fools in Love, Joe Jackson...
Rod! Webster read your email (and your chain) on the Morning show at around 6:20. Greg said "I wish he'd been with us on Wednesday!" Congrats!
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Just for fun, a personal 10 song Chain of Fools:
Chain of Fools, Aretha
Fools in Love, Joe Jackson...
Rod! Webster read your email (and your chain) on the Morning show at around 6:20. Greg said "I wish he'd been with us on Wednesday!" Congrats!
Cool. I was playing around on the internet that night, and decided to give it a shot. I knew that if the did do something with it, it was unlikely I'd be awake to hear it...
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the Morning Show is doing a baseball-themed "request-o-rama-o-rama" all morning. One winner --who clearly had been edited to disguise his hemming and hawing and "I have no idea what I wanna hear"-ishness, finally said "anyone but Springsteen" -- and they still had to press him to name at least an artist if not a song. So then he said Squeeze.
ETA: the 9:00 Pop Quiz winner also got to make a request and he asked for Fogerty's "Centerfield", which we heard at 6am.
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BIG NEWS. From radio-info.com:
Dave Benson, PD at San Francisco's KFOG, is leaving after 9 years
Cumulus GM Tony Salvadore tells the staff (in a memo posted at the San Francisco board of Radio-Info) that the respected adult alternative and classic rock programmer is leaving later this week. The note says “It is with regret that I must inform you that Dave Benson is leaving Cumulus/S.F. After 9 years, his work on behalf of KFOG [104.5] and more recently his work on behalf of the Bone [classic rock KSAN at 107.7] has been nothing short of spectacular. In a business that is changing very quickly, these are the kind of changes that are inevitable. Dave will always be thought of as an important part of the history that is KFOG.
Dave will be with us over the next few days, please stop by and wish him well."
Another thread on radio-info says that Haley Jones and Benson were once an item but she's now engaged to someone else.
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BIG NEWS. From radio-info.com:
Dave Benson, PD at San Francisco's KFOG, is leaving after 9 years
Cumulus GM Tony Salvadore tells the staff (in a memo posted at the San Francisco board of Radio-Info) that the respected adult alternative and classic rock programmer is leaving later this week. The note says “It is with regret that I must inform you that Dave Benson is leaving Cumulus/S.F. After 9 years, his work on behalf of KFOG [104.5] and more recently his work on behalf of the Bone [classic rock KSAN at 107.7] has been nothing short of spectacular. In a business that is changing very quickly, these are the kind of changes that are inevitable. Dave will always be thought of as an important part of the history that is KFOG.
Dave will be with us over the next few days, please stop by and wish him well."
Another thread on radio-info says that Haley Jones and Benson were once an item but she's now engaged to someone else.
so Benson is the PD, then who is the MD? and which of these titles is really responsible for the (IMHO) mostly tepid programming we typically hear on KFOG? I think I heard KFOG's share is decreasing -- maybe from a Ben Fong Torres piece in the Chronicle -- so perhaps mgt is throwing Benson under the bus thinking the dipping numbers are his fault. But if they stick with the same tired stuff, they might realize people now are just plain sick of AAA playlists.
what do you think?
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BIG NEWS. From radio-info.com:
Dave Benson, PD at San Francisco's KFOG, is leaving after 9 years
Cumulus GM Tony Salvadore tells the staff (in a memo posted at the San Francisco board of Radio-Info) that the respected adult alternative and classic rock programmer is leaving later this week. The note says “It is with regret that I must inform you that Dave Benson is leaving Cumulus/S.F. After 9 years, his work on behalf of KFOG [104.5] and more recently his work on behalf of the Bone [classic rock KSAN at 107.7] has been nothing short of spectacular. In a business that is changing very quickly, these are the kind of changes that are inevitable. Dave will always be thought of as an important part of the history that is KFOG.
Dave will be with us over the next few days, please stop by and wish him well."
Another thread on radio-info says that Haley Jones and Benson were once an item but she's now engaged to someone else.
so Benson is the PD, then who is the MD? and which of these titles is really responsible for the (IMHO) mostly tepid programming we typically hear on KFOG? I think I heard KFOG's share is decreasing -- maybe from a Ben Fong Torres piece in the Chronicle -- so perhaps mgt is throwing Benson under the bus thinking the dipping numbers are his fault. But if they stick with the same tired stuff, they might realize people now are just plain sick of AAA playlists.
what do you think?
the MD is the woman who does that Sun nite show ("Sideshow"?). It's not clear if Benson's being forced out or is leaving of his own accord. Cumulus (like most companies that own a lot of radio stations) is in deep shite, moneywise.
personally, I think AAA is one of the most boring formats around: Snow Patrol, Coldplay, The Fray and 87 Feist-alikes are my idea of hell and that's why I don't listen to KFOG except for about an hour of the Morning show and 10@10.
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wow, check this out: a piece on a Chicago radio blog about Benson, including his entire career-ography -- he was once a tour manager for Pat Metheny and is a former roommate of The Drive's Bob Stroud!
http://chicagoradiospotlight.blogspot.com/2007/07/dave-benson.html
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BIG NEWS. From radio-info.com:
Dave Benson, PD at San Francisco's KFOG, is leaving after 9 years
Cumulus GM Tony Salvadore tells the staff (in a memo posted at the San Francisco board of Radio-Info) that the respected adult alternative and classic rock programmer is leaving later this week. The note says “It is with regret that I must inform you that Dave Benson is leaving Cumulus/S.F. After 9 years, his work on behalf of KFOG [104.5] and more recently his work on behalf of the Bone [classic rock KSAN at 107.7] has been nothing short of spectacular. In a business that is changing very quickly, these are the kind of changes that are inevitable. Dave will always be thought of as an important part of the history that is KFOG.
Dave will be with us over the next few days, please stop by and wish him well."
Another thread on radio-info says that Haley Jones and Benson were once an item but she's now engaged to someone else.
so Benson is the PD, then who is the MD? and which of these titles is really responsible for the (IMHO) mostly tepid programming we typically hear on KFOG? I think I heard KFOG's share is decreasing -- maybe from a Ben Fong Torres piece in the Chronicle -- so perhaps mgt is throwing Benson under the bus thinking the dipping numbers are his fault. But if they stick with the same tired stuff, they might realize people now are just plain sick of AAA playlists.
what do you think?
This explains why Kelly Ransford (the MD) did the New Music Thursday bit on the Morning Show last week rather than Benson. He probably had one foot out the door by then, and odds are he won't get the chance to say "bye-bye" like Dave did.
Not sure if KFOG has lost numbers or not. They used to be ranked somewhere in the teens, and iirc, they tied for #9 in the most recent book. Don't know how that translates to numbers, but they've got more stations chasing them than they used to.
And I have a TANC related to this (or maybe it's just a small world): When I was in college I worked on the concert committee for the Associated Students. We put on a Pat Metheny concert in the fall of '81, so odds are I had some contact with Benson way back then. That was a pretty incredible show, as I recall. First time I ever saw or heard a Fairlight synthesizer live. Sounded like they were landing a helicopter right in our gymnasium.
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The Morning Show is playing listener-requested favorite cover versions today. Someone actually called to suggest Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss" and Greg pointed out that it was a "Cover From Hell", thank gawd.
But about a half-hour into the show, a Foghead called and asked... "what's a 'cover song'?" Get this: she thought it had something to do with the album cover! Fogheads drool...
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Fogheads drool...
Well not whoever requested Social D's version of "Rign Of Fire" (playing right this minute)
ONE MORE TIME!
That was preceeded by Joe C. coming in through the bathroom window, Rod losing you & REM knowing what's happening. I bet the majority of listeners didn't know that "Superman" was a cover though.
And following Social D was the Byrds doing Dylan's My Back Pages, their best Dylan work imho.
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The Morning Show is playing listener-requested favorite cover versions today. Someone actually called to suggest Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss" and Greg pointed out that it was a "Cover From Hell", thank gawd.
But about a half-hour into the show, a Foghead called and asked... "what's a 'cover song'?" Get this: she thought it had something to do with the album cover! Fogheads drool...
just tuned in and they're playing the cover of "Ring of Fire" by Social Distortion -- kudos!
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Fogheads drool...
.. REM knowing what's happening. I bet the majority of listeners didn't know that "Superman" was a cover though.
I didn't know that. I drool!
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Fogheads drool...
.. REM knowing what's happening. I bet the majority of listeners didn't know that "Superman" was a cover though.
I didn't know that. I drool!
the orig, by the Clique (the B-side of their only hit, the Tommy James-penned "Sugar on Sunday"):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJs_iOcjKIY
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Fogheads drool...
.. REM knowing what's happening. I bet the majority of listeners didn't know that "Superman" was a cover though.
I didn't know that. I drool!
the orig, by the Clique (the B-side of their only hit, the Tommy James-penned "Sugar on Sunday"):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJs_iOcjKIY
The REM version sure didn't deviate too much from the original. Of course, it didn't need to--no one else had heard it before. ;)
Hope they held onto their publishing on that one!
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The Morning Show is playing listener-requested favorite cover versions today. Someone actually called to suggest Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss" and Greg pointed out that it was a "Cover From Hell", thank gawd.
But about a half-hour into the show, a Foghead called and asked... "what's a 'cover song'?" Get this: she thought it had something to do with the album cover! Fogheads drool...
just tuned in and they're playing the cover of "Ring of Fire" by Social Distortion -- kudos!
I guess that's a good sign of the generation gap. I heard it too, and it just seemed so...generic. Limply played punk chainsaw guitar riffs, with absolutely no dynamics, and an ennui-filled vocalist. I guess these guys are famous, and I guess it's somewhat of an in-joke acquired taste.
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Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss" is playing again, WTF
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Oh, joy: The Morning Show now has its own Twitter page.
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nice pre-10@10 surprise: Elvis C's "Radio Sweetheart" -- I'm not aware of this being in regular (or even semi-regular) KFOG rotation.
And tomorrow they'll celebrate "Interrnational Record Store Day" by playing vinyl and reminiscing!
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And tomorrow they'll celebrate "Interrnational Record Store Day" by playing vinyl and reminiscing!
Right before 10am they played a call from a Foghead who was wondering where he might find a stylus for playing 78s.
Dave would have known.
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And tomorrow they'll celebrate "Interrnational Record Store Day" by playing vinyl and reminiscing!
Right before 10am they played a call from a Foghead who was wondering where he might find a stylus for playing 78s.
Dave would have known.
too true. I didn't hear much of the show; it was only Webster and Peter (Greg was off and Renee's subbing for Big Rick) and the half-hour or so that I heard didn't exactly inspire me to tune back in after Rob and Bob's sets.
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And tomorrow they'll celebrate "Interrnational Record Store Day" by playing vinyl and reminiscing!
Right before 10am they played a call from a Foghead who was wondering where he might find a stylus for playing 78s.
Dave would have known.
too true. I didn't hear much of the show; it was only Webster and Peter (Greg was off and Renee's subbing for Big Rick) and the half-hour or so that I heard didn't exactly inspire me to tune back in after Rob and Bob's sets.
Well then you missed hearing my voice. I called in to mention that I have a vivid memory of buying my first LP, when I was 12 yrs: Tarkus by ELP. Both of them thought that was pretty precocious for a 12-yrd-old, and Peter added that he had a friend who named his dog Tarkus.
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They're playing Earth Day requests on the morning show today; dunno how this may affect whether we get an ED Classic from Dave
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BIG NEWS. From radio-info.com:
Dave Benson, PD at San Francisco's KFOG, is leaving after 9 years
Cumulus GM Tony Salvadore tells the staff (in a memo posted at the San Francisco board of Radio-Info) that the respected adult alternative and classic rock programmer is leaving later this week. The note says “It is with regret that I must inform you that Dave Benson is leaving Cumulus/S.F. After 9 years, his work on behalf of KFOG [104.5] and more recently his work on behalf of the Bone [classic rock KSAN at 107.7] has been nothing short of spectacular. In a business that is changing very quickly, these are the kind of changes that are inevitable. Dave will always be thought of as an important part of the history that is KFOG.
Dave will be with us over the next few days, please stop by and wish him well."
Another thread on radio-info says that Haley Jones and Benson were once an item but she's now engaged to someone else.
so Benson is the PD, then who is the MD? and which of these titles is really responsible for the (IMHO) mostly tepid programming we typically hear on KFOG? I think I heard KFOG's share is decreasing -- maybe from a Ben Fong Torres piece in the Chronicle -- so perhaps mgt is throwing Benson under the bus thinking the dipping numbers are his fault. But if they stick with the same tired stuff, they might realize people now are just plain sick of AAA playlists.
what do you think?
This explains why Kelly Ransford (the MD) did the New Music Thursday bit on the Morning Show last week rather than Benson. He probably had one foot out the door by then, and odds are he won't get the chance to say "bye-bye" like Dave did.
Not sure if KFOG has lost numbers or not. They used to be ranked somewhere in the teens, and iirc, they tied for #9 in the most recent book. Don't know how that translates to numbers, but they've got more stations chasing them than they used to.
And I have a TANC related to this (or maybe it's just a small world): When I was in college I worked on the concert committee for the Associated Students. We put on a Pat Metheny concert in the fall of '81, so odds are I had some contact with Benson way back then. That was a pretty incredible show, as I recall. First time I ever saw or heard a Fairlight synthesizer live. Sounded like they were landing a helicopter right in our gymnasium.
Ben Fong-Torres' column in Sunday's Chron mentions Benson's departure and says his contract was nor renewed (in the original press release it was unclear whether he'd jumped or been pushed). So it's clearly a budgetary thing, which may also explain the delay in Dave M's "return". Obviously no one's in charge right now, as the scattershot 10@10 rotation also shows. It would not surprise me at all if they cut Mr Morey loose and had someone else do "10@10: The Next generation" with a lot more '90s and a lot less '60s/early '70s
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Ben Fong-Torres' column in Sunday's Chron mentions Benson's departure and says his contract was nor renewed (in the original press release it was unclear whether he'd jumped or been pushed). So it's clearly a budgetary thing, which may also explain the delay in Dave M's "return". Obviously no one's in charge right now, as the scattershot 10@10 rotation also shows. It would not surprise me at all if they cut Mr Morey loose and had someone else do "10@10: The Next generation" with a lot more '90s and a lot less '60s/early '70s
Great minds. My response to your query over in the thread for today's non-Earth Day set about sending a note to KFOG calling them out for same is reposted below:
Efforts might be better directed in expressing a desire to get Dave producing new 10@10s again. I am thinking that it's management that's dragging their feet by this time, not Dave. If they axed Benson as a cost-cutting measure, perhaps they feel they can afford to just play re-runs that they already own and not pay DM to create new ones. They need to know that we are starting to look elsewhere for fresh material and tuning away from KFOG.
But yes, they could just as easily get someone else (Webster? Annalisa?) to start doing 10@10 Mark II.
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they read one of those emails this morning from somebody trying to find out the name of a song: "it's got this woman and she's in a restaurant and she's pouring the coffee and watching people as they come in ..." Er, "Tom's Diner" perhaps? I understand when they ask about current songs but one that's 20 years old?Seriously, unless you just emigrated here from Bangladesh, how could you listen to KFOG for more than a week and not know the name of that one?
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they read one of those emails this morning from somebody trying to find out the name of a song: "it's got this woman and she's in a restaurant and she's pouring the coffee and watching people as they come in ..." Er, "Tom's Diner" perhaps? I understand when they ask about current songs but one that's 20 years old?Seriously, unless you just emigrated here from Bangladesh, how could you listen to KFOG for more than a week and not know the name of that one?
I drool.
Seriously, none of that rings a bell with me. But mostly KFOG is background music when I'm working. I'm not conciously listening to the songs. I looked it up on youtube ... ah, that one. Got it. Sure, I've heard it a million times, but it's really not in my interest zone.
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they read one of those emails this morning from somebody trying to find out the name of a song: "it's got this woman and she's in a restaurant and she's pouring the coffee and watching people as they come in ..." Er, "Tom's Diner" perhaps? I understand when they ask about current songs but one that's 20 years old?Seriously, unless you just emigrated here from Bangladesh, how could you listen to KFOG for more than a week and not know the name of that one?
I drool.
Seriously, none of that rings a bell with me. But mostly KFOG is background music when I'm working. I'm not conciously listening to the songs. I looked it up on youtube ... ah, that one. Got it. Sure, I've heard it a million times, but it's really not in my interest zone.
ARrrgh -- and now it's stuck in my head!!!
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Ben Fong-Torres' column in Sunday's Chron mentions Benson's departure and says his contract was nor renewed (in the original press release it was unclear whether he'd jumped or been pushed). So it's clearly a budgetary thing, which may also explain the delay in Dave M's "return". Obviously no one's in charge right now, as the scattershot 10@10 rotation also shows. It would not surprise me at all if they cut Mr Morey loose and had someone else do "10@10: The Next generation" with a lot more '90s and a lot less '60s/early '70s
Great minds. My response to your query over in the thread for today's non-Earth Day set about sending a note to KFOG calling them out for same is reposted below:
Efforts might be better directed in expressing a desire to get Dave producing new 10@10s again. I am thinking that it's management that's dragging their feet by this time, not Dave. If they axed Benson as a cost-cutting measure, perhaps they feel they can afford to just play re-runs that they already own and not pay DM to create new ones. They need to know that we are starting to look elsewhere for fresh material and tuning away from KFOG.
But yes, they could just as easily get someone else (Webster? Annalisa?) to start doing 10@10 Mark II.
Make no mistake, I want Dave to come back. But if they (mgmt) really won't agree to that at this point, I bet we could collectively make a plausible proposal that they hire us to do it for them. Seriously.
I can give you about 10 bullet points why I think this might work (given the above caveat).
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Make no mistake, I want Dave to come back. But if they (mgmt) really won't agree to that at this point, I bet we could collectively make a plausible proposal that they hire us to do it for them. Seriously.
I can give you about 10 bullet points why I think this might work (given the above caveat).
I assume you mean we program the sets for Webster or Annalisa to "voice". But I'm guessing that without Dave (who had creative autonomy) they'd focus-group the thing to death, and there'd be a lot less off-the-beaten-path songs and a lot more KFOG playlist warhorses. They'd want whoever programs it to be on a very short leash.
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nice pre-10@10 surprise: Elvis C's "Radio Sweetheart" -- I'm not aware of this being in regular (or even semi-regular) KFOG rotation.
And tomorrow they'll celebrate "Interrnational Record Store Day" by playing vinyl and reminiscing!
I was in San Diego this past weekend, and drove by a tiny record called M-Music (I think it's on Park St?). I recalled that it was Int'l Record Store Day, so we stopped in. picked up some used stuff, taking chances on almost every one -- it was very slim pickens in their clearance bins. (Although we missed their in-store appearances, we noted with joy (and regret) that we missed Dramarama -- yes, THE Dramarama. They were there at 4 PM Saturday.)
What I got:
Clinton - Disco and the Halfway to Discontent (members of Cornershop are in this band, so the sticker mentions, so that's why I snagged it -- snagged?)
Discovered - A Collection of Daft Punk samples (someone at work has Daft Punk on their itunes, and it's cool stuff. btw, I love how we can all share our itunes collections over the network at work -- anyone else have that bonus set up where they are?..)
Burt Bacharach - At This Time (big fan of the Burt -- at least his 60s stuff -- we shall see about this one).
Boyz II Men - The Remix Collection (saw what's left of them at the Alameda County Fair last year, liked their Doo-Wop cum Motown fun-kay ness. and this purchase is to honor that experience.)
Aerosmith - Done w Mirrors. "Let the music ... do the tockin!"
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Stacy picked up these:
Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis (hes from Pulp) - score!
Billy Bragg - Mr Love and Justice - another score!
Pyramids - Pyramids - wha..? she says ReadyMade magazine gave this good reviews
Dead Can Dance - sampler, 2008 - get ready for some 4AD fun!
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I listen to KFOG for less than an hour a day outside of 10@10. Nevertheless, we are reaching the time of year when I really wish Ka-Boom would hurry up and get over. Getting really tired of hearing Los Lonely Boys every damn time I tune in.
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I listen to KFOG for less than an hour a day outside of 10@10. Nevertheless, we are reaching the time of year when I really wish Ka-Boom would hurry up and get over. Getting really tired of hearing Los Lonely Boys every damn time I tune in.
LOL! Indeed, I also listen to KFOG for less than 90 min a day outside of 10@10 -- an hour or so in the morning and occasionally the 15-20 mins before the replay at nite -- and yet I still hear the heavy-rotation stuff (Snow Patrol, The Fray) every goddamn day. Which makes ya wonder how many spins a week those songs are getting!
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I listen to KFOG for less than an hour a day outside of 10@10. Nevertheless, we are reaching the time of year when I really wish Ka-Boom would hurry up and get over. Getting really tired of hearing Los Lonely Boys every damn time I tune in.
LOL! Indeed, I also listen to KFOG for less than 90 min a day outside of 10@10 -- an hour or so in the morning and occasionally the 15-20 mins before the replay at nite -- and yet I still hear the heavy-rotation stuff (Snow Patrol, The Fray) every goddamn day. Which makes ya wonder how many spins a week those songs are getting!
I'll take Snow Patrol over Los Lonely Boys any day. Maybe they're lonely b/c they play boring music...?
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in what is just another confirmation of the trivialization of my old fart hippie musical tastes, this morning when I heard them play a snippet of Brubeck's "Take 5" I thought of Quicksilver's "Gold and Silver," which is pretty much a ripoff, done Quicksilver style. A few minutes later, they played a snippet of "Gold and Silver" and of course I knew they wouldn't play the whole thing, but then rubbed salt in the wound by playing the Killers!
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in what is just another confirmation of the trivialization of my old fart hippie musical tastes, this morning when I heard them play a snippet of Brubeck's "Take 5" I thought of Quicksilver's "Gold and Silver," which is pretty much a ripoff, done Quicksilver style. A few minutes later, they played a snippet of "Gold and Silver" and of course I knew they wouldn't play the whole thing, but then rubbed salt in the wound by playing the Killers!
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As a fellow old fart, I was amazed they even acknowledged Quicksilver at all!
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KFOG is playing this song "The Great Defector" by BellX1 a lot -- sounds like Chris Isaak fronting Talking Heads.
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KFOG is playing this song "The Great Defector" by BellX1 a lot -- sounds like Chris Isaak fronting Talking Heads.
Hadn't thought of the THeads comparison, but def. with you on the Chris Isaak.
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KFOG is playing this song "The Great Defector" by BellX1 a lot -- sounds like Chris Isaak fronting Talking Heads.
Hadn't thought of the THeads comparison, but def. with you on the Chris Isaak.
Had never heard of this song until now. Listening now - totally getting the THeads vibe. Dig it!
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KFOG is playing this song "The Great Defector" by BellX1 a lot -- sounds like Chris Isaak fronting Talking Heads.
Hadn't thought of the THeads comparison, but def. with you on the Chris Isaak.
Had never heard of this song until now. Listening now - totally getting the THeads vibe. Dig it!
since KFOG is playing the new Isaak CD, I assumed when I first heard this that it was something else from it. But the melody/backing is very Byrne-ish
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So, is anyone Kaboom-ing this year? The weather forecast is superb, which means better than last year when fog obscured downtown from my usual Twin Peaks perch.
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Got a reply from Ben Fong-Torresdoes anyone (Davefish?) have Dave's M's email?
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So, is anyone Kaboom-ing this year? The weather forecast is superb, which means better than last year when fog obscured downtown from my usual Twin Peaks perch.
I always plan on it, but have no actual logistics worked out yet. The last 2 yrs we went with a Castro Valley family with kids the same age as mine. The first time we just happened to bump into them coming off BART & stuck together. Last year we planned it that way & walking back past the Embarcadero Center their daughter found a $100 dollar bill on the sidewalk(!)
Don't know that we'll hook up with them this time though.
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Check out our newest member, joined today. Dave, you there bub?
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Check out our newest member, joined today. Dave, you there bub?
OMFG! :o
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Check out our newest member, joined today. Dave, you there bub?
hopefullly urth was not joking about the email address; I approved the membership. I'd hate to toss him out as spam if it really was him!
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Check out our newest member, joined today. Dave, you there bub?
hopefullly urth was not joking about the email address; I approved the membership. I'd hate to toss him out as spam if it really was him!
So, are you saying that "MICHIGANDAVE" gave the same email addr that urth listed above? Interesting that the time stamps say he joined 7 minutes before urth posted the address.
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Check out our newest member, joined today. Dave, you there bub?
hopefullly urth was not joking about the email address; I approved the membership. I'd hate to toss him out as spam if it really was him!
So, are you saying that "MICHIGANDAVE" gave the same email addr that urth listed above? Interesting that the time stamps say he joined 7 minutes before urth posted the address.
let's move this discussion to the Forum Feedback area for discretion. I have more to say there.
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So, is anyone Kaboom-ing this year? The weather forecast is superb, which means better than last year when fog obscured downtown from my usual Twin Peaks perch.
I always plan on it, but have no actual logistics worked out yet. The last 2 yrs we went with a Castro Valley family with kids the same age as mine. The first time we just happened to bump into them coming off BART & stuck together. Last year we planned it that way & walking back past the Embarcadero Center their daughter found a $100 dollar bill on the sidewalk(!)
Don't know that we'll hook up with them this time though.
Well, just got back. It was... good. Nothing earth-shattering or even better-than-last-year-ish. Just good. It ran less than 20 mins, seemed to me it was the shortest ever, but then I didn't get to see it last year due to the fog (remember the first year that it wasn't free and they kept saying it would be longer and it wasn't really?).
Anyway, musically it was a nice mix -- opening with the Superman sndtk was cool and the biggest "WTF?" was AC/DC's "Big Balls". And they managed to avoid Jason Mraz AND the Feist-alikes AND Coldplay, which was most impressive. ;D
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Someone posted this on the radio-info SF thread. I never knew the story of how Monty Hall came to replace Don Pardo for a while on 10@10...
Don Pardo was the original "host" starting in 1982. He was under contract with KFOG/General Electric, the owners at the time.
Monty Hall was brought in when Pardo's contract with KFOG/Susequehanna wasn't renewed (he wanted more money). Turns out Monty Hall's son worked at Channel 2, KTVU, and was a huge Dave Morey fan. He often called the request line and eventually, he and Dave developed a phone "friendship." Dave told Hall's son about the dilemma he and the station found themselves in and Hall's son said he'd talk to his dad. After negotiations with Monty Hall's management and Susquehanna's Pennsylvania people, an agreement was reached.
Seems odd that Don had a contract; I assumed he'd recorded all those inserts in one sitting for a flat one-time fee, since his voice isn't heard saying the year after the '70s.
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Tuned in to KFOG early and got Jason Mraz checking his tongue in the mirror again. Ewww.
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KFOG, and I think other area stations, frequently feature a voiceover talent whose voice really bugs me. -- like every word he says is a little TOO modulated. he just did an online spot for San Jose Rep Theater's "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," but he does other stuff. Anyone know what I mean??
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KFOG, and I think other area stations, frequently feature a voiceover talent whose voice really bugs me. -- like every word he says is a little TOO modulated. he just did an online spot for San Jose Rep Theater's "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," but he does other stuff. Anyone know what I mean??
Yeah, he seems just a little to enthusiastic to be taken seriously.
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KFOG, and I think other area stations, frequently feature a voiceover talent whose voice really bugs me. -- like every word he says is a little TOO modulated. he just did an online spot for San Jose Rep Theater's "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," but he does other stuff. Anyone know what I mean??
He's been the regular KFOG go-to "voice guy" for some time -- and I actually heard him doing a DJ airshift recently. Think he does stuff for sister stations KNBR and the Bone too.
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KFOG, and I think other area stations, frequently feature a voiceover talent whose voice really bugs me. -- like every word he says is a little TOO modulated. he just did an online spot for San Jose Rep Theater's "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," but he does other stuff. Anyone know what I mean??
Yeah, he seems just a little to enthusiastic to be taken seriously.
well said.
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came across the Triple-A format charts and here's the current Top Ten, nationally:
1 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Funny The Way It Is
2 U2 Magnificent
3 SNOW PATROL Crack The Shutters
4 KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody
5 COLDPLAY Life In Technicolor ii
6 JAMES MORRISON Nothing Ever Hurt Like You
7 MAT KEARNEY Closer To Love
8 GREEN DAY Know Your Enemy
9 CHRIS ISAAK We Let Her Down
10 GOMEZ Airstream Driver
Most are heavy-rotaion on KFOG, tho' they just started playing Kings of Leon very recently after ignoring them for years. I don't think they're playing the Gomez, but I could be wrong.
And I'm astounded that that Fray song about the corner of 1st & Amistad, which I misidentified as Snow Patrol on FB, and which I hear Every. Fucking. Morning on KFOG, isn't even in the Top 30!
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I listen to KFOG for less than an hour a day outside of 10@10. Nevertheless, we are reaching the time of year when I really wish Ka-Boom would hurry up and get over. Getting really tired of hearing Los Lonely Boys every damn time I tune in.
LOL! Indeed, I also listen to KFOG for less than 90 min a day outside of 10@10 -- an hour or so in the morning and occasionally the 15-20 mins before the replay at nite -- and yet I still hear the heavy-rotation stuff (Snow Patrol, The Fray) every goddamn day. Which makes ya wonder how many spins a week those songs are getting!
I'll take Snow Patrol over Los Lonely Boys any day. Maybe they're lonely b/c they play boring music...?
Oh hells no. I'll take LLB over SP any day. This despite the fact that I own no LLB albums and my wife is a SP fan.
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came across the Triple-A format charts and here's the current Top Ten, nationally:
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And I'm astounded that that Fray song about the corner of 1st & Amistad, which I misidentified as Snow Patrol on FB, and which I hear Every. Fucking. Morning on KFOG, isn't even in the Top 30!
Ugh, yeah I hate that Fray song. According to my increasingly fallible playlist logger (KFOG's "Now Playing" widget consistently misidentifies Susan Tedeschi's "People" as Dave Matthews Band's "Raven", which I've never heard) it's getting played at 2-3 times a day, going back to November. It must test really well. Fug.
Gomez is super rarely played -- not the track from that list, and mainly during Acoustic Sunrise/Sunset. Rosalie's a fan, methinks.
More stats to come... Also some comments on Kelly Ransford.
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BTW, that "1st and Amistad" song by The Fray is entitled "You Found Me" in case you wanted to send an un-request to kfog@kfog.com. :}
I complained about that damned Evanescence song, and they're playing it less, but that probably is because the track isn't as "hot" as it once was.
Oh, that Snow Patrol song, "Crack the Shutters"? Yeah, it's getting played like 2-3 times a day.
I'd be happy as a clam if they played Black Joe Lewis ("Gunpowder") on any day other than Thursday. Or James Hunter. Or something *else* off of Adele's album. Or good lord, Ms. Sharon Jones.
Do Fogheads hate anything with a hint of soul?
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I'd be happy as a clam if they played Black Joe Lewis ("Gunpowder") on any day other than Thursday. Or James Hunter. Or something *else* off of Adele's album. Or good lord, Ms. Sharon Jones.
Do Fogheads hate anything with a hint of soul?
indeed -- that's why I was floored to have heard Black Joe Lewis more than once; they tried to play Sharon Jones a year or so ago but she never got anywhere with Fogheads (she doesn't sound enough like Feist, I guess). That Triple-A in Seattle, The Mountain, plays Raphael Saddiq, fer chrissakes! But Fogheads are the same with country-tinged stuff, they're very picky about even which Steve Earle tracks they'll tolerate.
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so Benson is the PD, then who is the MD? and which of these titles is really responsible for the (IMHO) mostly tepid programming we typically hear on KFOG? I think I heard KFOG's share is decreasing -- maybe from a Ben Fong Torres piece in the Chronicle -- so perhaps mgt is throwing Benson under the bus thinking the dipping numbers are his fault. But if they stick with the same tired stuff, they might realize people now are just plain sick of AAA playlists.
what do you think?
the MD is the woman who does that Sun nite show ("Sideshow"?). It's not clear if Benson's being forced out or is leaving of his own accord. Cumulus (like most companies that own a lot of radio stations) is in deep shite, moneywise.
personally, I think AAA is one of the most boring formats around: Snow Patrol, Coldplay, The Fray and 87 Feist-alikes are my idea of hell and that's why I don't listen to KFOG except for about an hour of the Morning show and 10@10.
This explains why Kelly Ransford (the MD) did the New Music Thursday bit on the Morning Show last week rather than Benson. He probably had one foot out the door by then, and odds are he won't get the chance to say "bye-bye" like Dave did.
Not sure if KFOG has lost numbers or not. They used to be ranked somewhere in the teens, and iirc, they tied for #9 in the most recent book. Don't know how that translates to numbers, but they've got more stations chasing them than they used to.
Unlike I guess many of you, we listen to KFOG a lot. From the last 2 hours of the morning show, 10@10, throughout the day, and into the evening, off and on. We'll switch to KQED for news and certain shows, but otherwise it's KFOG in the background all the time.
Yeah, their programming is annoyingly bland, but barring me finally getting off my ass and ripping our CDs and setting up that centralized MP3 server, it's hard to not be lazy and just have the kid turn on the radio. (Anyways, so many of our CDs are so old...)
Unfortunately, as radio goes, what's the alternative? In the car I'll flip to KSCU, Live 105, Kiss FM and KMEL. But at home, it's easier just to leave it on KFOG.
Now, as to Kelly Ransford. I think you'd be surprised if you tuned into her Sunday Night Side Show. She plays some great, really great, really new music. It's a lot less "jam band" oriented as Mike Powers' old show in the same slot.
UNFORTUNATELY, when she was on the Morning Show doing New Music Thursdays, she herself claimed that she plays stuff on Sunday nights that she could never play during the rest of the week because it "doesn't fit the format." In fact, shortly after getting back from South by Southwest, she was did a Morning Show appearance where she talked about how she was on a panel at South by Southwest (this one (http://sxsw.com/music/talks/speakers?action=show&id=MP060559)) where they asked panelists to grade songs for their suitability for play on their respective stations (or TV shows or commercials). One of the songs was by Flight of the Conchords (who we're seeing Monday, courtesy of KFOG, hooray!). It was of course hilarious and it made me so happy to hear it. Coming back, everyone was laughing, but when Greg asked what grade she gave it, it was of course a 0. She loved the song, but it wouldn't "fit". Such FUCKING BULLSHIT. Well, ok, a comedy song probably isn't such a great fit. But there's so much more they could play.
But I suppose KFOG isn't there to challenge the listener, but rather cater to the lowest-common denominator. Fucking a. You don't know how many times I wish KPIG's signal reached me in Sunnyvale/San Jose (and while I love it to death, I do need a little rock once in a while.)
I've e-mailed Kelly a couple of times to rave about the great stuff she plays on Sunday nights (ZOMG Grace Potter and the Nocturnals would so too fit in regular KFOG rotation), and she's always answered back positively and knowledgably.
But it's incredibly sad that somebody with such a wide wealth of musical knowledge has to "dumb it down" for the average Foghead in pursuit of the almighty rating. It's all about not playing anything to jarring so as to keep them from switching channels.
Fuck.
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And oh yeah, fuck Seal.
I even like that new cover of "Knock on Wood" despite the over-production. But soon enough the shine will wear off of that and they'll be back to playing their old standby "Crazy".
It's as if they keep him on the playlist to prove that it's not all music by white guys (and a few gals).
Anyways, I decided to drop Kelly Ransford and kfog@kfog.com a note just now bemoaning the fact that they don't ever play anything new, then I looked at today's playlist and realized that they do. Just only on Thursdays.
I told her I really really wish they'd spread those songs out to the rest of the week. It's good stuff:
Thu May 21 13:57:01 2009 North Mississippi Allstars EYES Polaris
Thu May 21 14:48:01 2009 ANI DIFRANCO IN THE WAY Revelling Reckoning
Thu May 21 15:18:01 2009 GARAGE A TROIS SPRUNG MONKEY Emphasizer
Thu May 21 15:45:02 2009 Original Soundtrack CAN YOU PLEASE CRAWL OUT I'm Not There (Great cover of the Dylan tune by The Hold Steady)
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Oh, only related because I was thinking about long-departed Bay Area DJs:
http://www.radiofreejack.com/live105.htm
Some nice live footage by Alex Bennett of his Live 105 show back around 1997. Fast-forward through to check out live performance by Mojo Nixon of "Bring Me the Head of David Geffen", and a couple of songs by They Might Be Giants.
Kind of charming, really.
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Oh, only related because I was thinking about long-departed Bay Area DJs:
http://www.radiofreejack.com/live105.htm
Some nice live footage by Alex Bennett of his Live 105 show back around 1997. Fast-forward through to check out live performance by Mojo Nixon of "Bring Me the Head of David Geffen", and a couple of songs by They Might Be Giants.
Kind of charming, really.
I first listened to Alex in NYC when I was 14 -- 1969, he began working at WMCA, a Top 40 station that was planning to transition to talk. Alex did an overnight call-in show (he was their "house radical-lefty") and on the weekend he jocked. A tremendous influence on my young mind and my developing political consciousness. He stayed in NY until 1980 or so and moved back west, he was on The Quake and KMEL and then Live 105. When I moved here in '91 it was like rediscovering an old friend. And his show was a classic example of what you're talking about above; they'd get letters complaining the show had too much "smart stuff" on it. That (and the fact that Alex was aging way past Live 105's demo and his cranky-old-man shtick was alienating the kids) was why he eventually got canned. Last I heard he's with Sirius.
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AAAAAAAAAACK! Horror of horrors: Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillet have recorded a duet (a seriously wimpy/sappy number called "I'm Lucky") and KFOG is playing it. Talk about Mraz-tastically Feist-y. Instant HFH for me.
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AAAAAAAAAACK! Horror of horrors: Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillet have recorded a duet (a seriously wimpy/sappy number called "I'm Lucky") and KFOG is playing it. Talk about Mraz-tastically Feist-y. Instant HFH for me.
Title is just "Lucky," and it was actually released several months ago as a single (it's on Mraz's year-plus-old album). Sorry you don't like it, but I'm not surprised.
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AAAAAAAAAACK! Horror of horrors: Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillet have recorded a duet (a seriously wimpy/sappy number called "I'm Lucky") and KFOG is playing it. Talk about Mraz-tastically Feist-y. Instant HFH for me.
Title is just "Lucky," and it was actually released several months ago as a single (it's on Mraz's year-plus-old album). Sorry you don't like it, but I'm not surprised.
Turns out the song served an interesting purpose: The morning crew made fun of Greg because he likes it; they characterized it as a "girly", "Chick" song. So they were inundated with emails like:
"On a day when many Californians are waiting to find out if they're going to be made second-class citizens, you decide to act like you're in the 7th grade and question Greg's masculinity because he likes a sensitive song?"
and my favorite:
"I've listened to KFOG since 1990... was it really only Dave Morey's presence that led you to have a modicum of tolerance all this time? Sheesh!"
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Turns out the song served an interesting purpose: The morning crew made fun of Greg because he likes it; they characterized it as a "girly", "Chick" song. So they were inundated with emails like:
"On a day when many Californians are waiting to find out if they're going to be made second-class citizens, you decide to act like you're in the 7th grade and question Greg's masculinity because he likes a sensitive song?"
and my favorite:
"I've listened to KFOG since 1990... was it really only Dave Morey's presence that led you to have a modicum of tolerance all this time? Sheesh!"
This is how the sins of the fathers become the sins of the sons (http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/05/26/o.truth.about.bullying/index.html).
Christ I hate people sometimes.
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AAAAAAAAAACK! Horror of horrors: Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillet have recorded a duet (a seriously wimpy/sappy number called "I'm Lucky") and KFOG is playing it. Talk about Mraz-tastically Feist-y. Instant HFH for me.
Title is just "Lucky," and it was actually released several months ago as a single (it's on Mraz's year-plus-old album). Sorry you don't like it, but I'm not surprised.
Turns out the song served an interesting purpose: The morning crew made fun of Greg because he likes it; they characterized it as a "girly", "Chick" song. So they were inundated with emails like:
"On a day when many Californians are waiting to find out if they're going to be made second-class citizens, you decide to act like you're in the 7th grade and question Greg's masculinity because he likes a sensitive song?"
and my favorite:
"I've listened to KFOG since 1990... was it really only Dave Morey's presence that led you to have a modicum of tolerance all this time? Sheesh!"
I like it too. But then, I'm kind of a sucker for such sappy pop.
I also like Feist. Although we're going to use her Sesame Street version of "1234" for my son's end-of-year preschool slide show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ9WiuJPnNA
To be fair, we saw her live in Bumbershoot, where she proved to be more than just a one-hit wonder and headed up a very engaging band.
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AAAAAAAAAACK! Horror of horrors: Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillet have recorded a duet (a seriously wimpy/sappy number called "I'm Lucky") and KFOG is playing it. Talk about Mraz-tastically Feist-y. Instant HFH for me.
Title is just "Lucky," and it was actually released several months ago as a single (it's on Mraz's year-plus-old album). Sorry you don't like it, but I'm not surprised.
Turns out the song served an interesting purpose: The morning crew made fun of Greg because he likes it; they characterized it as a "girly", "Chick" song. So they were inundated with emails like:
"On a day when many Californians are waiting to find out if they're going to be made second-class citizens, you decide to act like you're in the 7th grade and question Greg's masculinity because he likes a sensitive song?"
and my favorite:
"I've listened to KFOG since 1990... was it really only Dave Morey's presence that led you to have a modicum of tolerance all this time? Sheesh!"
I'm glad the KFOG morning crew isn't modeling themselves after the Bone's Lamont and Toe-naily, but can't they bust some balls sometimes? poking fun at Greg for liking a "chick" song seems something they might've done even w Dave around. But to be fair, Dave would've reined them in and brought them back to a more mature level at some point. I must admit I barely listen to the Morning show these days, I've never taken to some of the on-air staff.
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AAAAAAAAAACK! Horror of horrors: Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillet have recorded a duet (a seriously wimpy/sappy number called "I'm Lucky") and KFOG is playing it. Talk about Mraz-tastically Feist-y. Instant HFH for me.
Title is just "Lucky," and it was actually released several months ago as a single (it's on Mraz's year-plus-old album). Sorry you don't like it, but I'm not surprised.
Turns out the song served an interesting purpose: The morning crew made fun of Greg because he likes it; they characterized it as a "girly", "Chick" song. So they were inundated with emails like:
"On a day when many Californians are waiting to find out if they're going to be made second-class citizens, you decide to act like you're in the 7th grade and question Greg's masculinity because he likes a sensitive song?"
and my favorite:
"I've listened to KFOG since 1990... was it really only Dave Morey's presence that led you to have a modicum of tolerance all this time? Sheesh!"
I'm glad the KFOG morning crew isn't modeling themselves after the Bone's Lamont and Toe-naily, but can't they bust some balls sometimes? poking fun at Greg for liking a "chick" song seems something they might've done even w Dave around. But to be fair, Dave would've reined them in and brought them back to a more mature level at some point. I must admit I barely listen to the Morning show these days, I've never taken to some of the on-air staff.
this issue came up again this morning. an emailer ('Tom") wrote to say that people were being too sensitive about he whole thing, that critiquing music on a radio show has its place, that liking a "chick" song has nothing to do with sexuality or gender issues (true dat), and that Jason Mraz should be the one getting the hate, b/c HE wrote the trite formulaic pop song that was targeted to women (I don't know how, specifically, haven't heard it). I agree with Tom.
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liking a "chick" song has nothing to do with sexuality or gender issues (true dat)
But calling someone a "sissy" for liking said "chick" song has PLENTY to do with sexuality and gender issues. Sorry, but I'm still humorless about this.
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an emailer ('Tom") wrote to say... that Jason Mraz should be the one getting the hate, b/c HE wrote the trite formulaic pop song that was targeted to women (I don't know how, specifically, haven't heard it). I agree with Tom.
indeed, I'm all for giving Mr. A-to-B the hate ;) And it *is* a "trite formulaic pop song that was targeted to women" -- one of those "I'm in love with my best friend" wallows in sappiness that women love because it's something men rarely say unprompted.
And gaz is absolutely right in his comment above.
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liking a "chick" song has nothing to do with sexuality or gender issues (true dat)
But calling someone a "sissy" for liking said "chick" song has PLENTY to do with sexuality and gender issues. Sorry, but I'm still humorless about this.
I didn't hear it, so I don't know if "sissy" was used. If the comments were ad hominem attacks, along the lines of "you're feminine because you like this song" then that's not cool. But just poking fun at Greg for liking a song that seems "girly" is ok.
Of course, the whole lame part of this is that they played Jason Mraz at all. ;)
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re: Jason Mraz, chick songs, etc. i have to say also that the morning show banter is never really my idea of a great time. I used to listen a lot more when Dave was on, and HE was the reason. It was NEVER the other folks, and that still holds. I am not surprised that they resorted to poking fun at Greg for liking a "girly" song, but they prob should have targeted JM more than Greg.
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Of course, the whole lame part of this is that they played Jason Mraz at all. ;)
Chart Watch: Mraz's unpopular-here "I'm Yours" rebounds from 33 to 27 in its 58th chart week. (Slight uptick perhaps due to his appearing on the AI finale.)
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but they prob should have targeted JM more than Greg.
Indeed, I'm far more of a Mraz defender than Greg is. :)
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but they prob should have targeted JM more than Greg.
Indeed, I'm far more of a Mraz defender than Greg is. :)
is he not men? he is Mraz-O!
(http://tasithoughts.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/happyfeetprem23.jpg)(http://991.com/newgallery/Devo-Q-Are-We-Not-Men-387284.jpg)
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Of course, the whole lame part of this is that they played Jason Mraz at all. ;)
Lame? Now it's okay to be insensitive to cripples? You bastard! ;)
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Of course, the whole lame part of this is that they played Jason Mraz at all. ;)
Lame? Now it's okay to be insensitive to cripples? You bastard! ;)
I agree -- that was, like, a totally retarded thing to say.
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but they prob should have targeted JM more than Greg.
Indeed, I'm far more of a Mraz defender than Greg is. :)
is he not men? he is Mraz-O!
LOL.
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but they prob should have targeted JM more than Greg.
Indeed, I'm far more of a Mraz defender than Greg is. :)
is he not men? he is Mraz-O!
I like his hats, actually. Here he is without a hat .. or pants! (ETA: Obviously it's time for a Jason Mraz dedicated thread!)
(http://boxers-or-briefs.com/index_files/Jason%20Mraz%20underwear.jpg)
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but they prob should have targeted JM more than Greg.
Indeed, I'm far more of a Mraz defender than Greg is. :)
is he not men? he is Mraz-O!
I like his hats, actually. Here he is without a hat .. or pants! (ETA: Obviously it's time for a Jason Mraz dedicated thread!)
that was totally unnecessary. The guy is FUGLY. Seriously. Ugh.
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but they prob should have targeted JM more than Greg.
Indeed, I'm far more of a Mraz defender than Greg is. :)
is he not men? he is Mraz-O!
I like his hats, actually. Here he is without a hat .. or pants! (ETA: Obviously it's time for a Jason Mraz dedicated thread!)
that was totally unnecessary. The guy is FUGLY. Seriously. Ugh.
Sorry, I should have just made a link and labeled it NSFRGM.
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but they prob should have targeted JM more than Greg.
Indeed, I'm far more of a Mraz defender than Greg is. :)
is he not men? he is Mraz-O!
I like his hats, actually. Here he is without a hat .. or pants! (ETA: Obviously it's time for a Jason Mraz dedicated thread!)
that was totally unnecessary. The guy is FUGLY. Seriously. Ugh.
Sorry, I should have just made a link and labeled it NSFRGM.
LOL! And I know Gaz is tired of me dissing the guy (I'll stop after this, I swear) but in addition to the fact that I find his music and voice annoying, I think he's downright unattractive. Not even remotely cute, much less handsome or sexy. Dorky, and not in an endearing way. Good gawd. "To each his own" indeed.
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Nothing like starting the day with an OMGWTFLOL: in the 6:00 hour, the Request-O-Rama winner asked for and got The Clash, "Ghetto Defendant"!!
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KFOG Pet Peeve, # 3,765,402: when they play that sounder that says "Here's New Music! On New Releases Thursday!" and follow it with something that's... 6 months old. This morning they did it with Adele's "Right as Rain". Sheesh.
They were reading more emails in praise of "the new 10@10"; one guy gushed over the 1966 set, and requested that they do '65 and '64. Gotta think they wouldn't've read it if it wasn't gonna happen at some point.
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Accidentally discovered that KFOG repeats the Sunday nite "Sideshow" on Saturday nites, for those who have difficulty choosing between Kelly Ransford and Little Steven.
Speaking of LS, he did his annual Combo Platter saluting Dean Martin, Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood. I'd forgotten that Hazlewood produced Duane Eddy's "Rebel Rouser" (a DM Strictly Instrumental fave). And yes, Steven played "One Velvet Morning". Worth catching up with on the replay via London's Absolute Radio today at Noon Pacific. Scroll down to the "Listen to Absolute Classic Rock" links on this page:
http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/listen/on_your_computer.html
ETA: also, Webster's off on his first vacay since taking over for Dave -- bet he doesn't get nearly as much off-time as DM did after 27 years with the company.
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Putting this here only because I just heard Renee mention it:
There's an exhibit of SF-centric rock memorabilia at the Old Mint today thru Sunday, presented by Wolfgang's Vault (the folks who bought the BGP archive for a song from SFX/Clear Channel a few years ago) and the SF Historical Society. $10 a pop to see it--from what I am told it's well worth it. I would not miss this if I were going to be anywhere near the 415.
http://www.sfhistory.org/index.php?pageid=20
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They just played "Sugarfoot" by Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears (I think I got all that right) as part of new releases Thursday. Certainly NTM. Your basic James Brown ripoff, but enjoyable still.
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They just played "Sugarfoot" by Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears (I think I got all that right) as part of new releases Thursday. Certainly NTM. Your basic James Brown ripoff, but enjoyable still.
We discussed that song here a couple weeks back (I like it alot and I posted the YouTube clip, which is fab, both here and on Facebook). Apparently they only play it on "New Releases Thursday" and forget about it the rest of the week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UOJUbiWC5M
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Putting this here only because I just heard Renee mention it:
There's an exhibit of SF-centric rock memorabilia at the Old Mint today thru Sunday, presented by Wolfgang's Vault (the folks who bought the BGP archive for a song from SFX/Clear Channel a few years ago) and the SF Historical Society. $10 a pop to see it--from what I am told it's well worth it. I would not miss this if I were going to be anywhere near the 415.
http://www.sfhistory.org/index.php?pageid=20
I have to chk this out.. I work on the next block. Long lunch!
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more budget-cutting? Peter is on vacay and instead of having an in-studio newsperson (like Marty from Channel 4 or 5 who has subbed in the past), they had some guy named David Bruce or somesuch 2-first-names monicker, who clearly was not there with them -- probably a Metro Traffic person who is a lot cheaper than a freelancer.
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Morning show crew are talking about OCD quirks. Greg rides his bike around the block to make sure he hits the mileage he promised himself: if it's at 49 , he rides til it's 50 if that's what he wanted to ride (makes sense).
Renee has to check the alarm clock at least twice before finally sleeping.
Webster mentioned something about driving someplace and then having to turn around and go back home to make sure something is ok.
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Morning show crew are talking about OCD quirks. Greg rides his bike around the block to make sure he hits the mileage he promised himself: if it's at 49 , he rides til it's 50 if that's what he wanted to ride (makes sense).
Renee has to check the alarm clock at least twice before finally sleeping.
Webster mentioned something about driving someplace and then having to turn around and go back home to make sure something is ok.
Was this inspired by the OCD show on A&E? That show is unnerving and more than a little depressing.
BTW, I had the unpleasant experience recently of validating one of my OCD quirks: I'll get up out of bed, thinking I've somehow forgotten to lock the door, sometimes a few times a night. A couple of weeks ago, I did this - and the door was indeed unlocked! Apparently I'd forgotten about it after lugging groceries in. Gah. Will make it all the harder to shut off that behavior.
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Morning show crew are talking about OCD quirks. Greg rides his bike around the block to make sure he hits the mileage he promised himself: if it's at 49 , he rides til it's 50 if that's what he wanted to ride (makes sense).
Renee has to check the alarm clock at least twice before finally sleeping.
Webster mentioned something about driving someplace and then having to turn around and go back home to make sure something is ok.
Was this inspired by the OCD show on A&E? That show is unnerving and more than a little depressing.
BTW, I had the unpleasant experience recently of validating one of my OCD quirks: I'll get up out of bed, thinking I've somehow forgotten to lock the door, sometimes a few times a night. A couple of weeks ago, I did this - and the door was indeed unlocked! Apparently I'd forgotten about it after lugging groceries in. Gah. Will make it all the harder to shut off that behavior.
I often have that kind of fear, especially about turning off things. After I made my sister go over to my old place and check to see if I'd left the iron on a couple times (I was at work), she bought me one that turns of automatically after a while. Didn't trust that, so I just stopped ironing altogether. Just call me "Wrinkles". 8)
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KFOG's ex-PD Benson gets a new gig, at Seattle's "The Mountain" (the station that did that great "100 greatest rip-offs" countdown some months back).
KMTT (103.7 The Mountain) Seattle has named veteran programmer and former KFOG San Francisco PD Dave Benson new Program Director. In April, Dave exited the PD post at Cumulus' KFOG San Francisco after nine years. Entercom/Seattle OM Dave Richards said in a statement, "Every radio format, like every business, has its leaders, the two or three who are the best at what they do. In Triple A radio, Dave Benson is that person." Dave added, "I feel very fortunate to be invited to join the good folks on the Mountain and the Entercom/Seattle group. I am excited to join a radio company that is focused in the future." Prior to KFOG, Dave programmed KBCO Boulder-Denver and was a consultant with SBR Creative Media. Dave replaces former KMTT PD Kevin Welch who exited last month. He starts at The Mountain effective July 27.
Hrm... wonder if Benson will decide to start doing a 10@10 in Seattle?
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came across the KFOG thread on Yelp:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/kfog-fm-104-5-and-97-7-san-francisco
my favorite comment:
I grew up listening to Dave Morey, I enjoyed listening to him as an adult. I was upset when he left. I thought I could get over it. I thought KFOG was smart by having one of their other DJs come in while they did a search for a new host. I did not realize how long I would be stuck with Webster. Webster: why must you introduce Peter, Renee and Gregg after every commercial break? We know who they are. We want to hear more of them talking and less of you introducing them. We want to hear you say "um" less, and have more confidence in what you are saying. I wanted you to succeed, but over 3 months into this thing you still don't have the hang of it and I am losing hope. KFOG: Please fix the morning show soon. I really want to continue to listen to it, but you are making it hard on me.
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came across the KFOG thread on Yelp:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/kfog-fm-104-5-and-97-7-san-francisco
my favorite comment:
I grew up listening to Dave Morey, I enjoyed listening to him as an adult. I was upset when he left. I thought I could get over it. I thought KFOG was smart by having one of their other DJs come in while they did a search for a new host. I did not realize how long I would be stuck with Webster. Webster: why must you introduce Peter, Renee and Gregg after every commercial break? We know who they are. We want to hear more of them talking and less of you introducing them. We want to hear you say "um" less, and have more confidence in what you are saying. I wanted you to succeed, but over 3 months into this thing you still don't have the hang of it and I am losing hope. KFOG: Please fix the morning show soon. I really want to continue to listen to it, but you are making it hard on me.
Did you see this one?
It's all about the 10@10 baby.
I put on my headphones, crank up the volume and place my sign up:
DO NOT APPROACH! THE KFOG 10@10 IS ON. IF YOU DARE SPEAK TO ME WHILE:
1) THEY ARE ANNOUNCING THE YEAR OF TODAYS SET
2) THEY ARE ANNOUNCING SONG WHICH HAS BEEN VOTED BEST OF SET
3) YOU SEE ME LIP SYNCING LYRICS OR DOING THE "BOTTOM LIP BIT HEAD GROOVE"
I WILL MAKE THE REST OF YOUR DAY A LIVING HELL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
CORDIALLY,
KAYJAY
They now play a 10@10 Saturday morning marathon, which plays the past weeks sets one after the other from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30. I'm finding this can be a wonderful way to spend a weekend morning. That is, of course, other than a post hook-up morning.
One morning, *he* awoke to get a little morning nookie after a little post bar nookie four hours earlier. The problem? His alarm clock is set to automatically turn on, softly, at around 7 a.m. What station is it set to? You guessed it. KFOG.
So, there I am, in the middle of getting a little early morning nookie and I'm singing along to the lyrics of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill (Deal With God)".
I now notice he no longer has the alarm clock set to go off at 7 a.m. I'm thinkin' that may have bothered him.?
Some people will share *anything* on the interweb.
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The KFOG website says Friday is "Vinyl Friday" And a great pic of Annalisa in front of the wall of albums in the library, promoting 10@10..
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KFOG's ex-PD Benson gets a new gig, at Seattle's "The Mountain" (the station that did that great "100 greatest rip-offs" countdown some months back).
Tell me more about this "100 greatest rip-offs", please. Google didn't turn up anything useful, but I didn't really spend that much time searching.
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KFOG's ex-PD Benson gets a new gig, at Seattle's "The Mountain" (the station that did that great "100 greatest rip-offs" countdown some months back).
Tell me more about this "100 greatest rip-offs", please. Google didn't turn up anything useful, but I didn't really spend that much time searching.
It was a list of songs that rip-off other songs ("My Sweet Lord", which rips off "He's So Fine", was #2 iirc) I'll find the link and post it tomorrow if my work computer is back up (see "I'm Tryin' to Tell You Somethin' 'Bout My Life" thread).
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Mike Krukow on KFOG this AM. he's fun.
said players used to bribe kids w baseballs to go get hotdogs for the dugout players. They "had to chew in cadence," b/c in case the mgr turned his head, they all had to stop chewing at the same time.
he also said the first vinyl he ever bought was Meet The Beatles, even though he didn't have a record player. Wbster then played All My Lovin' (yay!)
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Mike Krukow on KFOG this AM. he's fun.
said players used to bribe kids w baseballs to go get hotdogs for the dugout players. They "had to chew in cadence," b/c in case the mgr turned his head, they all had to stop chewing at the same time.
he also said the first vinyl he ever bought was Meet The Beatles, even though he didn't have a record player. Wbster then played All My Lovin' (yay!)
it was kinda funny -- they're doing this salute to viinyl but Webster Renee and Greg admitted they no longer own any large collections. Renee had one LP that she bought at a garage sale in SF; it was ELO's Discovery (or "Disco? Very!" as we used to call it). They played "Diary of Horace Wimpp".
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Mike Krukow on KFOG this AM. he's fun.
said players used to bribe kids w baseballs to go get hotdogs for the dugout players. They "had to chew in cadence," b/c in case the mgr turned his head, they all had to stop chewing at the same time.
he also said the first vinyl he ever bought was Meet The Beatles, even though he didn't have a record player. Wbster then played All My Lovin' (yay!)
it was kinda funny -- they're doing this salute to viinyl but Webster Renee and Greg admitted they no longer own any large collections. Renee had one LP that she bought at a garage sale in SF; it was ELO's Discovery (or "Disco? Very!" as we used to call it). They played "Diary of Horace Wimpp".
heard some of that. Thought I heard Greg read an listener email which mentioned the album It Ain't Easy by one Long John Barley?? Maybe the listener mis-typed and Greg didn't correct it (Dave obviously would have caught that one), or maybe I misheard it.... it was early, so it was prob my sleepy ears.
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harrumph! In typical fashion, their label quiz ignores the first label of Fleetwood Mac; they didn't go to Reprise in the US until Then Play On.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Fleetwood_Mac_-_English_Rose.jpg)
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in keeping with the vinyl theme, the Pop Quiz was "we name the bands, you name the label" -- Music Geek Heaven!
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harrumph! In typical fashion, their label quiz ignores the first label of Fleetwood Mac; they didn't go to Reprise in the US until Then Play On.
opposite for Joni Mitchell, who started on Reprise but went to Asylum for her biggest LP.
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Turns out "Vinyl Saturday" will be a monthly thing:
http://www.amoeba.com/content/record-store-day-vinyl-saturday.html
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harrumph! In typical fashion, their label quiz ignores the first label of Fleetwood Mac; they didn't go to Reprise in the US until Then Play On.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Fleetwood_Mac_-_English_Rose.jpg)
heh, I thought that was your visual "harumph" until I noticed it was FM album cover. How very fitting! good one, Geoff.
Dave would NEVER have let that quiz error slip by... shocked, I say!
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in keeping with the vinyl theme, the Pop Quiz was "we name the bands, you name the label" -- Music Geek Heaven!
I heard it in the car & wondered who among us was listening.
btw, did you notice that you & Geoff posted about the label quiz at the *exact* same second!?
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harrumph! In typical fashion, their label quiz ignores the first label of Fleetwood Mac; they didn't go to Reprise in the US until Then Play On.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Fleetwood_Mac_-_English_Rose.jpg)
That to my eyes is right down there with that King Crimson monstrosity as Most Awful Album Covers Ever. Fmac had some weird taste in artwork back then.
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harrumph! In typical fashion, their label quiz ignores the first label of Fleetwood Mac; they didn't go to Reprise in the US until Then Play On.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Fleetwood_Mac_-_English_Rose.jpg)
That to my eyes is right down there with that King Crimson monstrosity as Most Awful Album Covers Ever. Fmac had some weird taste in artwork back then.
In case you don't know, that's Mick Fleetwood on the cover. This is the album we listened to where we first heard the song "Black Magic Woman."
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harrumph! In typical fashion, their label quiz ignores the first label of Fleetwood Mac; they didn't go to Reprise in the US until Then Play On.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Fleetwood_Mac_-_English_Rose.jpg)
That to my eyes is right down there with that King Crimson monstrosity as Most Awful Album Covers Ever. Fmac had some weird taste in artwork back then.
In case you don't know, that's Mick Fleetwood on the cover. This is the album we listened to where we first heard the song "Black Magic Woman."
And Mick makes a wack, tragic woman.
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harrumph! In typical fashion, their label quiz ignores the first label of Fleetwood Mac; they didn't go to Reprise in the US until Then Play On.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Fleetwood_Mac_-_English_Rose.jpg)
That to my eyes is right down there with that King Crimson monstrosity as Most Awful Album Covers Ever. Fmac had some weird taste in artwork back then.
In case you don't know, that's Mick Fleetwood on the cover. This is the album we listened to where we first heard the song "Black Magic Woman."
And Mick makes a wack, tragic woman.
Mick has no shame!
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002KC7.01._AA320_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
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FYI: Elvis C is performing live on the Morning Show` in thr 9:00 hour today.
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FYI: Elvis C is performing live on the Morning Show` in thr 9:00 hour today.
he'll be at Amoeba at Noon for a free show. should be mobbed.
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FYI: Elvis C is performing live on the Morning Show` in thr 9:00 hour today.
he'll be at Amoeba at Noon for a free show. should be mobbed.
and he'll have Jim Lauderdale with him. I was a big fan of Lauderdale's once upon a time.
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FYI: Elvis C is performing live on the Morning Show` in thr 9:00 hour today.
actually, it looks like they're just interviewing him; they chatted and now they're playing a track from the new CD.
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FYI: Elvis C is performing live on the Morning Show` in thr 9:00 hour today.
actually, it looks like they're just interviewing him; they chatted and now they're playing a track from the new CD.
They just announced they'd found him a guitar, so he'll be playing a couple of songs shortly.
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KFOG's ex-PD Benson gets a new gig, at Seattle's "The Mountain" (the station that did that great "100 greatest rip-offs" countdown some months back).
Tell me more about this "100 greatest rip-offs", please. Google didn't turn up anything useful, but I didn't really spend that much time searching.
It was a list of songs that rip-off other songs ("My Sweet Lord", which rips off "He's So Fine", was #2 iirc) I'll find the link and post it tomorrow if my work computer is back up (see "I'm Tryin' to Tell You Somethin' 'Bout My Life" thread).
finally... here's the link:
http://www.1037themountain.com/Top-103-Rip-Offs/4083306
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They did a "famous Chicagoans" quiz (for Wilco tix) this AM and the qualifying question was "this disgraced Illinois governor recently appeared on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here...."
... except Blago DIDN'T appear on that show -- he wanted to, but the courts said no. It was a big story, guys, it was in all the papers. Nobody called them on the error. Then a few questions later: "this band's lead singer was Peter Cetera" -- and Peter Finch pronounced it "CET-a-ruh" (like et cetera) rather than "Sa-TAIR-uh". Greg had to correct him. Sheesh.
BTW they played a current Wilco track that was quite nice, with George Harrison-esque guitar flourishes out of "My Sweet Lord" and Leon Russell-ish piano.
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They did a "famous Chicagoans" quiz (for Wilco tix) this AM and the qualifying question was "this disgraced Illinois governor recently appeared on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here...."
... except Blago DIDN'T appear on that show -- he wanted to, but the courts said no. It was a big story, guys, it was in all the papers. Nobody called them on the error. Then a few questions later: "this band's lead singer was Peter Cetera" -- and Peter Finch pronounced it "CET-a-ruh" (like et cetera) rather than "Sa-TAIR-uh". Greg had to correct him. Sheesh.
BTW they played a current Wilco track that was quite nice, with George Harrison-esque guitar flourishes out of "My Sweet Lord" and Leon Russell-ish piano.
hate to say it, but I'm not surprised.
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TW they played a current Wilco track that was quite nice, with George Harrison-esque guitar flourishes out of "My Sweet Lord" and Leon Russell-ish piano.
I heard that the other day, and wondered who was ripping George off! For some reason, it seemed like a rip more than an homage to me, but I'm prone to overreaction.
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BTW they played a current Wilco track that was quite nice, with George Harrison-esque guitar flourishes out of "My Sweet Lord" and Leon Russell-ish piano.
I look forward to hearing Wilco (The Album) even more now!
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BTW they played a current Wilco track that was quite nice, with George Harrison-esque guitar flourishes out of "My Sweet Lord" and Leon Russell-ish piano.
I look forward to hearing Wilco (The Album) even more now!
They're playing the song I mentioned right now: "I Don't Care Anymore" I think it's called.
But a hellish first hour this morning (roughly 5:50 to 6:50): They played "Our House" (Madness) and "Dream On" (Aerosmith) back-to-back right before the 6am news. Then they did one of their patented ticket-giveaway quizzes with the Stupidest. Fogheads. EVAH.** And then it was a discussion of "greatest entertainer of all time"; consensus in the studio was Springsteen, so they decided to play a Bruce tune and chose... "Born to Run".
** BONUS: they're giving away Coldplay tix; you're supposed to call when you hear Coldplay. So every time they play Snow Patrol or The Fray -- the phones light up! LOL!
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According to this SFGate blog, longtime KFOG/KNBR/etc. station manager Tony Salvadore got shown the door after 20+ years on the job in a cost-cutting move by Cumulus. Lee Hammer, KNBR program director, has been tabbed as interim manager.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/lieberman/detail?entry_id=43264
If you recall, Salvadore was one of the many well-wishers on DM's final Morning Show, and was busted on air singing along with gusto to some really cheesy song, which I am not recalling at this hour.
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According to this SFGate blog, longtime KFOG/KNBR/etc. station manager Tony Salvadore got shown the door after 20+ years on the job in a cost-cutting move by Cumulus. Lee Hammer, KNBR program director, has been tabbed as interim manager.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/lieberman/detail?entry_id=43264
If you recall, Salvadore was one of the many well-wishers on DM's final Morning Show, and was busted on air singing along with gusto to some really cheesy song, which I am not recalling at this hour.
There's a thread about this on the radio-info SF board:
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=148371.0
look for the comments from former KFOG'er M Dung (he posts there as "dungboy".)
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This morning it's "My Music Monday" -- Fogheads requesting their favorite songs (and explaining why they're faves) -- it's Request-O-Rama without the quiz questions. One guy made my day by asking for Joni's "Carey".
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According to this SFGate blog, longtime KFOG/KNBR/etc. station manager Tony Salvadore got shown the door after 20+ years on the job in a cost-cutting move by Cumulus. Lee Hammer, KNBR program director, has been tabbed as interim manager.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/lieberman/detail?entry_id=43264
If you recall, Salvadore was one of the many well-wishers on DM's final Morning Show, and was busted on air singing along with gusto to some really cheesy song, which I am not recalling at this hour.
There's a thread about this on the radio-info SF board:
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=148371.0
look for the comments from former KFOG'er M Dung (he posts there as "dungboy".)
I think geoff will geta kick out of this. Someone this posted on the radio-info board
There's a well circulated story about Mr. Salvadore helping himself to a chocolate chip cookie out of a bag in the studio during a mid-eighties early evening shift. Later, when he thought he was having a heart attack at a local restaurant he had to be rushed to the emergency room. He had been warned by the person on duty NOT to eat the cookie. There was more than chocolate chips in that cookie....
to which MDung replied
LOL! One of the great radio stories! That person would be me.( I was there doing production and Amir was on the air doing his show, I did tell Tony not to eat the cookies ) Amir Monsbacker ( the orignial host of the Psychedelic Psupper ) was fired over the incident. Tony wasn't the only one dosed, he and the sales manager were on there way to a client dinner...you would not believe how hard the s_h_i_t hit the fan the next day! Tony called Dave Logan from the hospital asking what to do...Logan told him to relax, put on some headphones and listen to Hendrix! LOL
That is too funny.
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According to this SFGate blog, longtime KFOG/KNBR/etc. station manager Tony Salvadore got shown the door after 20+ years on the job in a cost-cutting move by Cumulus. Lee Hammer, KNBR program director, has been tabbed as interim manager.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/lieberman/detail?entry_id=43264
If you recall, Salvadore was one of the many well-wishers on DM's final Morning Show, and was busted on air singing along with gusto to some really cheesy song, which I am not recalling at this hour.
There's a thread about this on the radio-info SF board:
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=148371.0
look for the comments from former KFOG'er M Dung (he posts there as "dungboy".)
I think geoff will geta kick out of this. Someone this posted on the radio-info board
There's a well circulated story about Mr. Salvadore helping himself to a chocolate chip cookie out of a bag in the studio during a mid-eighties early evening shift. Later, when he thought he was having a heart attack at a local restaurant he had to be rushed to the emergency room. He had been warned by the person on duty NOT to eat the cookie. There was more than chocolate chips in that cookie....
to which MDung replied
LOL! One of the great radio stories! That person would be me.( I was there doing production and Amir was on the air doing his show, I did tell Tony not to eat the cookies ) Amir Monsbacker ( the orignial host of the Psychedelic Psupper ) was fired over the incident. Tony wasn't the only one dosed, he and the sales manager were on there way to a client dinner...you would not believe how hard the s_h_i_t hit the fan the next day! Tony called Dave Logan from the hospital asking what to do...Logan told him to relax, put on some headphones and listen to Hendrix! LOL
That is too funny.
reminds me of the Ackroyd/SNL skit where Jimmy Carter is talking down an orange sunshine case, telling him to listen to some Allman Bros!
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Nice bit about Rosalie in today's Chron:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/16/DD9T18LOH0.DTL
The Morning crew played "Dixie the Tiny Dog" in her honor.
BTW, doesn't Rosalie look like the principal on South Park?
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nHkHmJl7K88/SMpT1LwZlvI/AAAAAAAAByI/dY15r1Bn3as/s320/Principal+Victoria.jpg)
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Nice bit about Rosalie in today's Chron:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/16/DD9T18LOH0.DTL
The Morning crew played "Dixie the Tiny Dog" in her honor.
BTW, doesn't Rosalie look like the principal on South Park?
Funny, I can never picture that sultry voice coming out of that person. I know it does, but there's just some disconnect for me there. I've long regretted not stopping to talk with her the morning I saw her getting coffee at the Chatz coffee place on 2nd street, next to CNET (and just across the street from the back of KFOG's building on Hawthorne). Nice piece though--and I'm sure she's a great mom.
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Rosalie is incredibly cool. I've e-mailed and called her on numerous occasions -- requesting dedications for sons' births/birthdays; contests; song info; etc.
She's always been very gracious and accommodating. (And I was always sure she'd remember that maybe it wasn't more than 90 days since I last won anything... :-O)
Her Putamayo World Music show is pretty great -- too bad they shoved her into the 6AM Sunday slot. I think it used to run Sunday evenings.
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Rosalie is incredibly cool. I've e-mailed and called her on numerous occasions -- requesting dedications for sons' births/birthdays; contests; song info; etc.
She's always been very gracious and accommodating. (And I was always sure she'd remember that maybe it wasn't more than 90 days since I last won anything... :-O)
Her Putamayo World Music show is pretty great -- too bad they shoved her into the 6AM Sunday slot. I think it used to run Sunday evenings.
Since I am often driving to the golf course at around 6am Sunday mornings, I listen to the Putamayo show quite a bit. It is pretty great.
BTW, Geoff, I shot 74 last Sunday at Tilden, one of my best ever.
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BTW, Geoff, I shot 74 last Sunday at Tilden, one of my best ever.
Well, that just about crushes my dream of playing with you at Tilden! I'm about 30 strokes behind, in a best-ever sort of discussion!
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Webster was out sick and Peter's on vacay (his new play is about to open), so it was Renee and Greg (the "kids", tho' neither is under 35) in charge today.
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Just flipped over to KFOG and they're playing... Patti Smith, "People Have the Power"!! WTF??
ETA: Tim Goodman saw her perform at the LA TV critics gathering, apparently. Surely the first time that song has ever appeared on KFOG.
Funny, 1988 is one of the handful of years AL has yet to hit, and I was hoping she'd play that song when she does.
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Webster was out sick and Peter's on vacay (his new play is about to open), so it was Renee and Greg (the "kids", tho' neither is under 35) in charge today.
i noticed the Web did a shift yesterday. so they have only three live deejays...?
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Webster was out sick and Peter's on vacay (his new play is about to open), so it was Renee and Greg (the "kids", tho' neither is under 35) in charge today.
i noticed the Web did a shift yesterday. so they have only three live deejays...?
Well, Rosalie and Renee both do air shifts on the weekends and holidays, I think.
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Webster was out sick and Peter's on vacay (his new play is about to open), so it was Renee and Greg (the "kids", tho' neither is under 35) in charge today.
i noticed the Web did a shift yesterday. so they have only three live deejays...?
Well, Rosalie and Renee both do air shifts on the weekends and holidays, I think.
oh yeah, forgot about Rosalie. Renee does a shift? not sure if I even knew that. I tend to avoid KFOG when it's not 10 at 10 time.
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nine o'clock pop quiz (for fourth row Depech Mode tix) involverd identifying synth riffs from 80s songs. One riff was Depeche Mode's Just Can't Get Enough. After the winner won, they played the entire song!
here's to Vince Clarke-era DM!
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nine o'clock pop quiz (for fourth row Depech Mode tix) involverd identifying synth riffs from 80s songs. One riff was Depeche Mode's Just Can't Get Enough. After the winner won, they played the entire song!
here's to Vince Clarke-era DM!
oh my yes. I loved that early part of their career -- it always seemed to me that the more boring they got, the more popular they became in the US. The audacity of mope, indeed.
(http://images.quickblogcast.com/8/4/1/5/1/123334-115148/mope.gif)
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nine o'clock pop quiz (for fourth row Depech Mode tix) involverd identifying synth riffs from 80s songs. One riff was Depeche Mode's Just Can't Get Enough. After the winner won, they played the entire song!
here's to Vince Clarke-era DM!
After the song, Greg launched into a story of his life in Ireland discos. When the song played, everyone would yell "Sex!" after the line "just can't get enought". Renee and Webster were cracking up, and said they couldn't picture Greg in the the disco scene, and Greg replied that he was a "dab hand" at discos back in the day.
Which brings us back to Mike's comment yesterday: New Wave = disco for white people.
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nine o'clock pop quiz (for fourth row Depech Mode tix) involverd identifying synth riffs from 80s songs. One riff was Depeche Mode's Just Can't Get Enough. After the winner won, they played the entire song!
here's to Vince Clarke-era DM!
After the song, Greg launched into a story of his life in Ireland discos. When the song played, everyone would yell "Sex!" after the line "just can't get enought". Renee and Webster were cracking up, and said they couldn't picture Greg in the the disco scene, and Greg replied that he was a "dab hand" at discos back in the day.
Which brings us back to Mike's comment yesterday: New Wave = disco for white people.
that was great. I changed the statin right after this whole sequence, because I knew the Morning Show had peaked right then! ;)
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before 10 at 10 the played a rather mundane song that had a lame refrain about someone walking away and someone else following (no, not U2). It thought it was The Wallflowers, turns out it was Foo Fighters. Foo-ey, indeed!
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before 10 at 10 the played a rather mundane song that had a lame refrain about someone walking away and someone else following (no, not U2). It thought it was The Wallflowers, turns out it was Foo Fighters. Foo-ey, indeed!
they're really flogging that new Rob Thomas song, "Her Diamonds"
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before 10 at 10 the played a rather mundane song that had a lame refrain about someone walking away and someone else following (no, not U2). It thought it was The Wallflowers, turns out it was Foo Fighters. Foo-ey, indeed!
they're really flogging that new Rob Thomas song, "Her Diamonds"
the subject of Rob Thomas came up in re: the Santana bday set and the inevitable inclusion of Smooth. Someone asked if we dislike Smooth b/c it's overplayed or for any other specific reason, like Rob's voice. After hearing his new song, I've decided it's his voice that bugs me.
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before 10 at 10 the played a rather mundane song that had a lame refrain about someone walking away and someone else following (no, not U2). It thought it was The Wallflowers, turns out it was Foo Fighters. Foo-ey, indeed!
they're really flogging that new Rob Thomas song, "Her Diamonds"
the subject of Rob Thomas came up in re: the Santana bday set and the inevitable inclusion of Smooth. Someone asked if we dislike Smooth b/c it's overplayed or for any other specific reason, like Rob's voice. After hearing his new song, I've decided it's his voice that bugs me.
That matchboxtwenty song that sounded like "Smooth" annoyed the piss outta me too. ("Disease" or something like that.)
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Tuesday morning Peter Finch talked about his daughter going to the Jonas Bros show and they played a Jonas Bros song for illustration. Predictably, the Fogheads went apeshit, "why are you playing that crap?" etc. They read some of their emails on Wed. I felt compelled to comment and emailed them yesterday -- and they read my email this morning:
"I was amused this morning to hear people complaining about that sweet harmless Jonas Brothers song. These are the same Fogheads who drool over Jason Mraz (yeesh) and those 17 different women KFOG plays, who all sound like Feist. Seriously -- are the Jonases any more or less "manufactured" than Coldplay or Snow Patrol or that Fray song you seem to play 6 or 7 times a day? The tweens who listen to the JoBros will grow up soon enough and will be listening to Jack Johnson -- oh, that's *so* much edgier! :-) Thanks for any attempt to be different -- it *was* appreciated."
Peter read the entire email and Greg said "Er, I thought you were going to edit out all the parts where he slams everything we do!". And Peter was like "Oops, was I supposed to edit it?" LOL!
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Tuesday morning Peter Finch talked about his daughter going to the Jonas Bros show and they played a Jonas Bros song for illustration. Predictably, the Fogheads went apeshit, "why are you playing that crap?" etc. They read some of their emails on Wed. I felt compelled to comment and emailed them yesterday -- and they read my email this morning:
"I was amused this morning to hear people complaining about that sweet harmless Jonas Brothers song. These are the same Fogheads who drool over Jason Mraz (yeesh) and those 17 different women KFOG plays, who all sound like Feist. Seriously -- are the Jonases any more or less "manufactured" than Coldplay or Snow Patrol or that Fray song you seem to play 6 or 7 times a day? The tweens who listen to the JoBros will grow up soon enough and will be listening to Jack Johnson -- oh, that's *so* much edgier! :-) Thanks for any attempt to be different -- it *was* appreciated."
Peter read the entire email and Greg said "Er, I thought you were going to edit out all the parts where he slams everything we do!". And Peter was like "Oops, was I supposed to edit it?" LOL!
oh man, wish I had heard this on the air! just reading it here made my week......! THANK YOU! :)
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Tuesday morning Peter Finch talked about his daughter going to the Jonas Bros show and they played a Jonas Bros song for illustration. Predictably, the Fogheads went apeshit, "why are you playing that crap?" etc. They read some of their emails on Wed. I felt compelled to comment and emailed them yesterday -- and they read my email this morning:
"I was amused this morning to hear people complaining about that sweet harmless Jonas Brothers song. These are the same Fogheads who drool over Jason Mraz (yeesh) and those 17 different women KFOG plays, who all sound like Feist. Seriously -- are the Jonases any more or less "manufactured" than Coldplay or Snow Patrol or that Fray song you seem to play 6 or 7 times a day? The tweens who listen to the JoBros will grow up soon enough and will be listening to Jack Johnson -- oh, that's *so* much edgier! :-) Thanks for any attempt to be different -- it *was* appreciated."
Peter read the entire email and Greg said "Er, I thought you were going to edit out all the parts where he slams everything we do!". And Peter was like "Oops, was I supposed to edit it?" LOL!
oh man, wish I had heard this on the air! just reading it here made my week......! THANK YOU! :)
Likewise wish I'd heard that. Later that morning they talked about an article on the cost of raising children, and I called in and got played back. Webster is a DINK, dontcha know..
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Tuesday morning Peter Finch talked about his daughter going to the Jonas Bros show and they played a Jonas Bros song for illustration. Predictably, the Fogheads went apeshit, "why are you playing that crap?" etc. They read some of their emails on Wed. I felt compelled to comment and emailed them yesterday -- and they read my email this morning:
"I was amused this morning to hear people complaining about that sweet harmless Jonas Brothers song. These are the same Fogheads who drool over Jason Mraz (yeesh) and those 17 different women KFOG plays, who all sound like Feist. Seriously -- are the Jonases any more or less "manufactured" than Coldplay or Snow Patrol or that Fray song you seem to play 6 or 7 times a day? The tweens who listen to the JoBros will grow up soon enough and will be listening to Jack Johnson -- oh, that's *so* much edgier! :-) Thanks for any attempt to be different -- it *was* appreciated."
Peter read the entire email and Greg said "Er, I thought you were going to edit out all the parts where he slams everything we do!". And Peter was like "Oops, was I supposed to edit it?" LOL!
oh man, wish I had heard this on the air! just reading it here made my week......! THANK YOU! :)
right on Mike! Too bad you don't have a recording! I wish I'd heard it.
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Tuesday morning Peter Finch talked about his daughter going to the Jonas Bros show and they played a Jonas Bros song for illustration. Predictably, the Fogheads went apeshit, "why are you playing that crap?" etc. They read some of their emails on Wed. I felt compelled to comment and emailed them yesterday -- and they read my email this morning:
"I was amused this morning to hear people complaining about that sweet harmless Jonas Brothers song. These are the same Fogheads who drool over Jason Mraz (yeesh) and those 17 different women KFOG plays, who all sound like Feist. Seriously -- are the Jonases any more or less "manufactured" than Coldplay or Snow Patrol or that Fray song you seem to play 6 or 7 times a day? The tweens who listen to the JoBros will grow up soon enough and will be listening to Jack Johnson -- oh, that's *so* much edgier! :-) Thanks for any attempt to be different -- it *was* appreciated."
Peter read the entire email and Greg said "Er, I thought you were going to edit out all the parts where he slams everything we do!". And Peter was like "Oops, was I supposed to edit it?" LOL!
That's awesome Mike.
I just hope Peter doesn't get fired over it.
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Wow, great e-mail calling KFOG out on their pop leanings (although I've gotta admit I like Mraz, Feist-a-likes and even Jack Johnson. But hey, I hate Coldplay, Snow Patrol and the Fray, so yeah!)
So, I need some help -- I have a script that automatically grabs the "Now Playing" info from KFOG's website, and it claims that they often spin these two songs, which I don't recall ever hearing in regular rotation:
Sting SEND YOUR LOVE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao_Uqx5HaVg)
North Mississippi Allstars EYES
The reason I ask is because I sent a whiny e-mail to Big Rick and kfog@kfog.com complaining that after Big Rick played Black Crowes "She Talks to Angels" he started talking up their new album, which had a disco sound and was a little weird, but you know, the Stones released an album that people didn't like either, and hey, bands have to change, and well, maybe you can hear the new Crowes song on "New Music Thursday".
And I was like, "WTF dude, this is Tuesday -- I may or may not be listening if and when you play it on Thursday, and if you're going to take the time to talk it up, why don't you just play the goddamn new track?"
So I wrote that I thought he should do that, and that maybe he couldn't because it seems like they have a policy against ever playing anything new outside of the New Music Thursday ghetto, or because they couldn't play a old/new track by the same artist outside of the "Then and Now" promo they pull out every once in a while or because they're so tightly programmed by computers that the jocks aren't allowed to play things on a whim.
For once, Big Rick took my bait and replied that all 3 of my suppositions were false, and that the song isn't all that great anyways.
And *then* I got a mail from Rosalie (who I guess is taking on some of the program director duties?), expressing surprise at my contention that KFOG never plays anything new, that they are "Internationally Known" for mixing in new music, yadda yadda.
So of course I pulled out my playlists, and found those two weird tracks. I know their database has bad data because *every* time Susan Tedeschi's "People" plays, the website shows Dave Matthews "Raven" (huh?).
But I thought I'd check to see if any of youse all had ever heard those tracks. And I know you don't all listen that regularly outside of 10@10, but who else am I gonna ask? I don't think many of my friends listen to KFOG.
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One other weird one showing up in the DB:
GARAGE A TROIS SPRUNG MONKEY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnYe9ZIp7Pg
Instrumental jazz track? No *WAY* that was played at 12:45PM on a Wednesday.
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Wow, great e-mail calling KFOG out on their pop leanings (although I've gotta admit I like Mraz, Feist-a-likes and even Jack Johnson. But hey, I hate Coldplay, Snow Patrol and the Fray, so yeah!)
So, I need some help -- I have a script that automatically grabs the "Now Playing" info from KFOG's website, and it claims that they often spin these two songs, which I don't recall ever hearing in regular rotation:
Sting SEND YOUR LOVE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao_Uqx5HaVg)
North Mississippi Allstars EYES
The Sting doesn't ring a bell; the N Miss A-S track is from 2003, according to Amazon; I can't imagine it would pop up in KFOG rotation, like, ever.
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Out of nowhere, Webster ended the morning show today with A Hard Day's Night, after which he explained that 45 years ago today the film A Hard Day's Night opened to much hoopla. Dave would be pleased.
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Out of nowhere, Webster ended the morning show today with A Hard Day's Night, after which he explained that 45 years ago today the film A Hard Day's Night opened to much hoopla. Dave would be pleased.
I was surprised Li'l Steven didn't do his annual "Hard day's" tribute the other night, tho' maybe he's saving it for this weekend.
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Out of nowhere, Webster ended the morning show today with A Hard Day's Night, after which he explained that 45 years ago today the film A Hard Day's Night opened to much hoopla. Dave would be pleased.
I was surprised Li'l Steven didn't do his annual "Hard day's" tribute the other night, tho' maybe he's saving it for this weekend.
nicely done, Web. I watched Richard Lester's Robin and Marian (1976) on DVD a few weeks back. It doesn't have the gravitas of HDN (huh?) but if you're a Richard Lester fan, you should see it. (Actually, if you're a fan, you probably already saw it! :) )
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It occurs to me that ssssmokin' Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears track has fallen by the wayside, KFOG-wise.
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It occurs to me that ssssmokin' Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears track has fallen by the wayside, KFOG-wise.
It was hardly there to begin with, Mike. There are the only spins I've recorded:
Fri Mar 27 21:27:01 2009 BLACK JOE LEWIS GUNPOWDER
Thu Apr 2 13:51:01 2009 BLACK JOE LEWIS GUNPOWDER
Sat Apr 4 22:15:01 2009 BLACK JOE LEWIS GUNPOWDER
Thu Apr 9 09:51:01 2009 BLACK JOE LEWIS GUNPOWDER
Thu Apr 16 20:54:01 2009 BLACK JOE LEWIS GUNPOWDER
Thu Apr 23 20:06:01 2009 BLACK JOE LEWIS GUNPOWDER
Thu May 7 21:42:01 2009 BLACK JOE LEWIS GUNPOWDER
Thu May 28 21:33:01 2009 BLACK JOE LEWIS GUNPOWDER
Thu Jun 4 21:00:02 2009 BLACK JOE LEWIS GUNPOWDER
Thu Jun 11 21:21:01 2009 BLACK JOE LEWIS GUNPOWDER
Thu Jun 18 20:12:01 2009 BLACK JOE LEWIS GUNPOWDER
Thu Jun 25 20:33:01 2009 BLACK JOE LEWIS GUNPOWDER
Notice the vast majority of these are during the New Music Thursday Ghetto.
I actually complained to Kelly Ransford about them not playing this or Sharon Jones more, asking if they were too soulful, or gasp, too black for KFOG to play. (And I added that Seal's Crazy did not count. Yeesh I was in a cranky mood that day, apparently.)
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I actually complained to Kelly Ransford about them not playing this or Sharon Jones more, asking if they were too soulful, or gasp, too black for KFOG to play. (And I added that Seal's Crazy did not count. Yeesh I was in a cranky mood that day, apparently.)
agreed -- I'd love to see them jump on that Noisettes track, "Never Forget You". If they can play Duffy and Adele surely they can give that one some love.
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I actually complained to Kelly Ransford about them not playing this or Sharon Jones more, asking if they were too soulful, or gasp, too black for KFOG to play. (And I added that Seal's Crazy did not count. Yeesh I was in a cranky mood that day, apparently.)
agreed -- I'd love to see them jump on that Noisettes track, "Never Forget You". If they can play Duffy and Adele surely they can give that one some love.
OMG, yeah, the Noisettes. I hadn't heard this track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4dSEyaT6R8). It's like an Amy Winehouse who's actually *black*. And I love Shingai Shoniwa's hair. She and Janelle Monae should do something together. ;-}
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I actually complained to Kelly Ransford about them not playing this or Sharon Jones more, asking if they were too soulful, or gasp, too black for KFOG to play. (And I added that Seal's Crazy did not count. Yeesh I was in a cranky mood that day, apparently.)
agreed -- I'd love to see them jump on that Noisettes track, "Never Forget You". If they can play Duffy and Adele surely they can give that one some love.
OMG, yeah, the Noisettes. I hadn't heard this track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4dSEyaT6R8). It's like an Amy Winehouse who's actually *black*. And I love Shingai Shoniwa's hair. She and Janelle Monae should do something together. ;-}
Little Steven picked it as his "Coolest Song in the World" last week. "Eartha Kitt meets the Crystals", he quipped.
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Mmmm. The pizzicato at about 1:10 in the Noisette's track reminded me of James Hunter's "Carina". Ahhh, James Hunter. Another abandoned KFOG discovery. (At least I think that's where I first heard him.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNjLkVGLFAQ
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I just suggested the Noisettes track to kfog@kfog.com and Kelly Ransford. I suspect it will not do much good.
I actually did enjoy the first "New Music" track she played this morning, Cage the Elephant's "Ain't No Rest For the Wicked": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5kbBxv9XPo
Kinda like Beck meets the White Stripes.
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Mmmm. The pizzicato at about 1:10 in the Noisette's track reminded me of James Hunter's "Carina". Ahhh, James Hunter. Another abandoned KFOG discovery. (At least I think that's where I first heard him.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNjLkVGLFAQ
I first heard James Hunter on KPIG, right when I signed an ill-fated contract to teach at a high school in the City
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I just suggested the Noisettes track to kfog@kfog.com and Kelly Ransford. I suspect it will not do much good.
I actually did enjoy the first "New Music" track she played this morning, Cage the Elephant's "Ain't No Rest For the Wicked": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5kbBxv9XPo
Kinda like Beck meets the White Stripes.
That song's been hovering in the nether regions of the Hot 100 for a while now. I dig your description.
PS: Let me know if KFOG plays anything from the new Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs CD, a set of '70s covers.
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PS: Let me know if KFOG plays anything from the new Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs CD, a set of '70s covers.
Bwahahahahahahahahaha!
Sorry, methinks the chances of that happening are so remote it isn't funny, unfortunately. Is anything from that CD on the Triple-A charts? (*is* there a Triple-A chart, now that Radio & Records is out-of-business?)
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The Woodstock salute continues, apparently: I tuned in to KFOG around 12:20 and they were playing Sly's live-at-WS version of "Sing A Simple Song", which was a nice surprise.
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PS: Let me know if KFOG plays anything from the new Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs CD, a set of '70s covers.
Bwahahahahahahahahaha!
Sorry, methinks the chances of that happening are so remote it isn't funny, unfortunately. Is anything from that CD on the Triple-A charts? (*is* there a Triple-A chart, now that Radio & Records is out-of-business?)
Oooh, Susanna Hoffs? I gotta go check that out.
Re: Radio & Records: http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/radioandrecords.html
Billboard has a Triple-A chart. It is for pay only: http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentsingles.jsp
I found another one here: http://charts.mediaguide.com/format/Triple_A_C_single.html
And for Triple-A albums (non-commercial?): http://charts.mediaguide.com/format/Triple_A_NC_release.html
And CMJ has one too: http://cmj.com/charts.php?chart_type=3
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I just suggested the Noisettes track to kfog@kfog.com and Kelly Ransford. I suspect it will not do much good.
I actually did enjoy the first "New Music" track she played this morning, Cage the Elephant's "Ain't No Rest For the Wicked": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5kbBxv9XPo
Kinda like Beck meets the White Stripes.
That song's been hovering in the nether regions of the Hot 100 for a while now. I dig your description.
PS: Let me know if KFOG plays anything from the new Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs CD, a set of '70s covers.
My wife's description is even better: SWPL (Stuff White People Like)
Kelly Ransford actually played it during her "two new songs" segment last Thursday. She had just returned from a Triple-A conference in Boulder, CO (http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=1450306) where she co-hosted the "pro.Qb Music Meeting." (FMQB = Friday Morning Quarterback, so Pro QB = Professionals.... weird.)
Anyways, she said they played 10 songs that were then voted on by radio pros as well as some local listeners of KBCO, the Conference host station
And of course Cage the Elephants got a unanimous show of hands (for "Yes we'd play this.")
Lo and behold, when I went to conference sponsor FMBQ's website, one of the top banner ads in rotation? Yup, Cage The Elephant. See attached images...
P.S. Thanks for the heads-up on Hoff + Sweet. Listened to several tracks on their MySpace and am severely in love. Just as I was with the Bangles, if not more. *Sigh*
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P.S. Thanks for the heads-up on Hoff + Sweet. Listened to several tracks on their MySpace and am severely in love. Just as I was with the Bangles, if not more. *Sigh*
note that this is Volume Two of Matthew Sweet and Hoff's collaborations. Check out Vol One, too!
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Geoff, get yer Jackson Browne request in now: tomorrow on the morning show they're doing songs-that-track-into-other-songs. Apparently they played the Police, "Driven To Tears", and someone complained that they didn't let it track into "When The World keeps Running Down" (not an example that would've spung immediately to mind for me), and so a discussion began. Zep's "Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid" is the most obvious example, and this morning they played the Cars "Bye Bye Love/Moving in Stereo," so they must have quite a few more in reserve.
But unless you suggest the JB example from For Everyman, I bet they go with "Load-Out/Stay" from Running on Empty.
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Geoff, get yer Jackson Browne request in now: tomorrow on the morning show they're doing songs-that-track-into-other-songs. Apparently they played the Police, "Driven To Tears", and someone complained that they didn't let it track into "When The World keeps Running Down" (not an example that would've spung immediately to mind for me), and so a discussion began. Zep's "Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid" is the most obvious example, and this morning they played the Cars "Bye Bye Love/Moving in Stereo," so they must have quite a few more in reserve.
But unless you suggest the JB example from For Everyman, I bet they go with "Load-Out/Stay" from Running on Empty.
I was thinking of Ripple/Brokedown Palace, but Take It Easy/Lady of the Well would be sweet beyond belief
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they're playing one of these segued duos each half-hour, roughly.
in the 6:00 hour we got Journey, "Feelin' That Way/Any Time" and INXS, "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
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they're playing one of these segued duos each half-hour, roughly.
in the 6:00 hour we got Journey, "Feelin' That Way/Any Time" and INXS, "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
someone call mshray! it's the Robert Palmer "sailin' shoes/sneakin' sally/etc" medley!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51e3dIbh8AL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
"a horn section you resemble
and your figure makes me tremble"
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hrm... Seger from Live Bullet, "Travellin' Man/Beautiful Loser". But... don't ALL the tracks on live albums segue into each other? Seems a bit of a cheat to me.
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hrm... Seger from Live Bullet, "Travellin' Man/Beautiful Loser". But... don't ALL the tracks on live albums segue into each other? Seems a bit of a cheat to me.
Agreed, but I guess it was a popular Foghead suggestion. Which means a lot of fogheads have an album I would never even have considered acquiring.
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don't remember where we discussed Mat Kearny's "Closer to Love" and the "knees/needs" mondegreen. But it sounded like "needs" to me just now.
back to segues: Santana, "Black Magic Woman/Oy Vey Como Va" -- Time for a bathroom break!
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Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm remembering that "Ironman" into "Electric Funeral" off of Paranoid worked for me. But I just looked it up, and they are on different sides! "Ironman" ends side one, "Electric Funeral" opens side two. So, it only works -- on 8-track. :P
Another one that works for me is "Why Does Love Got to be So Sad" into "Have You Ever Loved A Woman" on Layla and...
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hrm... Seger from Live Bullet, "Travellin' Man/Beautiful Loser". But... don't ALL the tracks on live albums segue into each other? Seems a bit of a cheat to me.
Agreed, but I guess it was a popular Foghead suggestion. Which means a lot of fogheads have an album I would never even have considered acquiring.
LOL! I actually own it but don't ask when I last listened to it. And it was a key element in expanding his base, nationally (it came right before Night Moves iirc) tho' it ended up overshadowed by that *other* double live LP of '76 by some British fella with curly locks.
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some British fella with curly locks.
Tim Curry?
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some British fella with curly locks.
Tim Curry?
Ha! but here's another: Percy. (ETA: on his birthday!) "Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin Maid" makes its appearance to climax the "Segue Serenade" as Greg dubbed it.
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don't remember where we discussed Mat Kearny's "Closer to Love" and the "knees/needs" mondegreen. But it sounded like "needs" to me just now.
back to segues: Santana, "Black Magic Woman/Oy Vey Como Va" -- Time for a bathroom break!
has this been discussed before or am I missing something obvious when I say that Matt Kearny sounds just like Coldplay?
and I think it's easily replaced JaznMrz as the kind of KFOG song that I really am growing to dislike.
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don't remember where we discussed Mat Kearny's "Closer to Love" and the "knees/needs" mondegreen. But it sounded like "needs" to me just now.
back to segues: Santana, "Black Magic Woman/Oy Vey Como Va" -- Time for a bathroom break!
has this been discussed before or am I missing something obvious when I say that Matt Kearny sounds just like Coldplay?
and I think it's easily replaced JaznMrz as the kind of KFOG song that I really am growing to dislike.
I think you mentioned it last week, and I was quick to agree. it's all about sounding like Coldplay at Triple-A.
Give that Massachusetts station "The River" a try, I think you might like:
http://www.wrsi.com/
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P.S. Thanks for the heads-up on Hoff + Sweet. Listened to several tracks on their MySpace and am severely in love. Just as I was with the Bangles, if not more. *Sigh*
note that this is Volume Two of Matthew Sweet and Hoff's collaborations. Check out Vol One, too!
Sought out some reviews of the CD, and was struck by this line from Ross Langager's pan on PopMatters.com:
Every “new” power-pop tune produced in the last 30 years is already a practical cover of these songs, so producing actual covers of them is redundant.
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Huh. I can stand Kearney way more than Coldplay, although that one song is definitely overplayed at this point. (I remember it when it was still "new", I guess. Now it's the soundtrack for the iPhone game Tap Tap Revolution.)
Anyways, I was wrong about Black Joe Lewis. Turns out that database had yet *another* mismatch that I hadn't caught, and it was showing up as: WIDESPREAD PANIC TRAVELIN' MAN
Going back and fixing things, showed that they have been playing the Sugarfoot track at least once, sometimes twice, every Thursday going back to April. And then it occasionally gets played on Saturdays. I guess they're really *trying* to break it in but Fogheads aren't responding the way they'd like. Everybody who wants to hear them needs to write in.
(I wish they had the balls to just throw a truly new song into regular rotation so that people could really get used to it. Once a week doesn't really do it.)
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Wait. I confused Mat Kearney with Matt Nathanson. This "Closer to Love" is definitely getting old. It's the Matt Nathanson track that's featured in the iPhone game (which is a great free download, btw).
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Wait. I confused Mat Kearney with Matt Nathanson. This "Closer to Love" is definitely getting old. It's the Matt Nathanson track that's featured in the iPhone game (which is a great free download, btw).
I can do without either of them. The Matt Nathanson song has been annoying me for well over a year now.
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Next Friday, KFOG's "live-n'local" broadcast will be from Pacific Catch, @ 9th & Lincoln in SF -- first time they've gone there.
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Next Friday, KFOG's "live-n'local" broadcast will be from Pacific Catch, @ 9th & Lincoln in SF -- first time they've gone there.
Arrgghh. That's 5 blocks from where I lived in SF.
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Did anybody go to the SJ broadcast? We got there for the last hour.
I even won tickets to Chris Isaak for that evening, in an off-the-air spelling bee. Thankfully I didn't have to spell "Cheechoo", and "Hewlett-Packard" for me was a breeze. However I messed up on "Nabokov" (subbed an a for the first o), but hung in there when she couldn't spell the next word and I lucked out with "Alviso".
BUT, after getting my folks to come down to pick up the boys for the evening, my wife still wasn't done with her work and rather than pay $15 for parking to sit in the last row of the general admission seats (with overpriced snack food) at the newly remodeled Mountain Winery, we gifted the tickets to somebody on Craigslist and instead grabbed Thai food and then a double-feature of "District 9" and "Inglourius Basterds". We'll try to catch Chris another time. I know he puts on a good show.
The remodel of the Mountain Winery looks real nice, too.
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What I *really* want to win now is the VIP tickets for Outside Lands, but KFOG has gone and spoiled my perfect plan, by sending an e-mail to all Fogheads giving them a heads-up for when the "new" Dave Matthews Band or Pearl Jam song will be playing.
Bah, and I had a super-secret trick for finding that out. :-/
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Just took the "KFOG Music panel" survey on their website: 20 song snippets, including those banes-of-my-existence "Crack the Shutters", "You Found Me" and the Mraztastic "I'm Yours". Oddest choice, to me, was Aimee Mann's "Freeway", which is over a year old, isn't it?
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Just took the "KFOG Music panel" survey on their website: 20 song snippets, including those banes-of-my-existence "Crack the Shutters", "You Found Me" and the Mraztastic "I'm Yours". Oddest choice, to me, was Aimee Mann's "Freeway", which is over a year old, isn't it?
You are indeed correct. Per AMG, it was released June 3 of 2008 (which, incidentally, was my last full day as a resident of San Francisco).
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Just took the "KFOG Music panel" survey on their website: 20 song snippets, including those banes-of-my-existence "Crack the Shutters", "You Found Me" and the Mraztastic "I'm Yours". Oddest choice, to me, was Aimee Mann's "Freeway", which is over a year old, isn't it?
You are indeed correct. Per AMG, it was released June 3 of 2008 (which, incidentally, was my last full day as a resident of San Francisco).
I also meant to note that except for Adele, there was no one who could be deemed a Feist-alike. And the last time i took their survey, there were 5 or 6 in the bunch.
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Wonder if Urth made it out to Pacific Catch for the live-n'local b'cast. Luce closing the show with "Pretty Good Day". Wonder how sick they are of doing that one?
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Brett Dennen is on the Morning Show. He's opening for Jazn Mrazzzz -- how will the audience be able to tell the difference?
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Wonder if Urth made it out to Pacific Catch for the live-n'local b'cast. Luce closing the show with "Pretty Good Day". Wonder how sick they are of doing that one?
I dunno, I'd have enjoyed it. Drove tight past there yesterday & thought how much I might rather have been there than where I was at the exact same time.
I'm just not snarky enough I guess, to diss that song.
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Wonder if Urth made it out to Pacific Catch for the live-n'local b'cast. Luce closing the show with "Pretty Good Day". Wonder how sick they are of doing that one?
I dunno, I'd have enjoyed it. Drove tight past there yesterday & thought how much I might rather have been there than where I was at the exact same time.
I'm just not snarky enough I guess, to diss that song.
wasn't dissing the song, but we discused here recently about how artists must feel about having to do songs they've sung a gazillon times, and I'm sure Luce has done that one more than they can count.
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I've never seen Luce live, but that version was different enough from the version usually played on the radio (possibly owing to technical limitations requiring an acoustic guitar, less FX, whatever). Not being a (serious) musician myself, I can only guess at some of the things that keep performing the same old songs fresh would be bits and piece of improvisation that you may throw in, and whatever "vibe" you may get back from the audience.
My only consistent point of reference would be Peter's favorite band, Barenaked Ladies, who I've seen countless times, and who have undoubtably played their hit "If I had $1,000,000 Dollars" what must seem like to them over a million times.
Nonetheless, with those opening chords, the crowd goes mad, which must help with the tedium. Also, BNL is well-known for their improvisational and comedic abilities. Luce, less so, but still, getting paid to play music probably beats the hours I sit in front of my computer pretending to work. (Although it's a more stable gig, and here I am posting to the 10@10 boards. :-)
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Brett Dennen is on the Morning Show. He's opening for Jazn Mrazzzz -- how will the audience be able to tell the difference?
Well, I always think Brett Dennen is a female singer, so that's one thing.
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Just took the "KFOG Music panel" survey on their website: 20 song snippets, including those banes-of-my-existence "Crack the Shutters", "You Found Me" and the Mraztastic "I'm Yours". Oddest choice, to me, was Aimee Mann's "Freeway", which is over a year old, isn't it?
You are indeed correct. Per AMG, it was released June 3 of 2008 (which, incidentally, was my last full day as a resident of San Francisco).
I also meant to note that except for Adele, there was no one who could be deemed a Feist-alike. And the last time i took their survey, there were 5 or 6 in the bunch.
Ooof. Adele is not Feist-like. I love 'em both, as it happens, but 19(!) year old Adele's got way more soul. Hey, if they're not gonna play Sharon Jones on KFOG, I'll take my soul where I can get it:
Listen to her version of Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love" - http://www.adele.tv/
Also -- that video is decidedly unglamorous. You go girl!
Although I am partial to Joan Osborne's version as well.
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Also, Mike, you might respect her more for this:
During her second year, ADELE’s resolve to be a singer was given a little extra boost – Shingai Shoniwa, the turbo-lunged vocalist with The Noisettes moved in next door. “She’s an amazing singer. I used to hear her through the walls. I’d go round and we’d jam and stuff like that. Just hearing her and her music really made me want to be a writer and not just sing Destiny’s Child songs. ”
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Also, Mike, you might respect her more for this:
During her second year, ADELE’s resolve to be a singer was given a little extra boost – Shingai Shoniwa, the turbo-lunged vocalist with The Noisettes moved in next door. “She’s an amazing singer. I used to hear her through the walls. I’d go round and we’d jam and stuff like that. Just hearing her and her music really made me want to be a writer and not just sing Destiny’s Child songs. ”
Ha! well, that's a little better. I'd rather hear Shingai than Adele, myself.
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Irish Greg making a personal appearance this morning at The Vitamin Shoppe on Mt Diablo Blvd in WC, 11a-1p.
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KFOG Music Director Kelly Ransford came out as a Rush fan today, saying Exit... Stage Left is a great live album.
woo hoo!
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KFOG Music Director Kelly Ransford came out as a Rush fan today, saying Exit... Stage Left is a great live album.
woo hoo!
I love Kelly Ransford. But I fear for her sanity.
They're featuring "great live cuts" on tomorrow's Morning Show and solicting suggestions.
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Joel Selvin is on KFOG this morning discussing the Beatles remasters
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Joel Selvin is on KFOG this morning discussing the Beatles remasters
could someone explain the inside-jokey comments about how Joel and Webster were not supposed to get along? they were scattered throughout the segment. Did Joel and Dave not like each other?
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Last nite at 9:50 -- Black Joe Louis, "Sugarfoot", still consigned to the "New Music Thursday Ghetto" after, what? 5 months?
And every time they promo this Dave Matthews-on-a-tropical-island contest, my first thought is "stranded on an island with nothing to listen to but DMB? Talk about the 9th Circle of Hell!"
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Joel Selvin is on KFOG this morning discussing the Beatles remasters
could someone explain the inside-jokey comments about how Joel and Webster were not supposed to get along? they were scattered throughout the segment. Did Joel and Dave not like each other?
Maybe b/c Joel doesn't like anything new?
Thank you!
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The KFOG stream is still running promos for Irish Greg's personal appearance in Walnut Creek ... on Sept 3rd.
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The KFOG stream is still running promos for Irish Greg's personal appearance in Walnut Creek ... on Sept 3rd.
On the air this morning the ran a PSA about the Bay Bridge being closed from Sept 3-8. Wha'happen!?
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Here's one I haven't heard in 5+ years: Sting, "Desert Woes."
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Here's one I haven't heard in 5+ years: Sting, "Desert Woes."
aka "that song with Sting and the guy who sounds like a chick". '00s nostalgia -- coming sooner than you think!
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I truly do not need to hear "Hotel Calif" (either the orig or the live version) ever again.
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I truly do not need to hear "Hotel Calif" (either the orig or the live version) ever again.
how dare you..! Joe Walsh plays on that. ;)
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I truly do not need to hear "Hotel Calif" (either the orig or the live version) ever again.
how dare you..! Joe Walsh plays on that. ;)
life's been too good to him.
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There seems to be a subtle change in the programming on KFOG. Songs I've only heard during the old 10@10 are being playing during other times. I heard Prince's "When Doves Cry". I don't remember Prince being played that often other than 10@10.
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There seems to be a subtle change in the programming on KFOG. Songs I've only heard during the old 10@10 are being playing during other times. I heard Prince's "When Doves Cry". I don't remember Prince being played that often other than 10@10.
been thinking the same thing. Earlier this week they played Dionne Ferris "I Know" when I was driving home after lunch. And there was some other particularly deep album cut since then that escapes me now, but raised the same thought at the time.
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There seems to be a subtle change in the programming on KFOG. Songs I've only heard during the old 10@10 are being playing during other times. I heard Prince's "When Doves Cry". I don't remember Prince being played that often other than 10@10.
been thinking the same thing. Earlier this week they played Dionne Ferris "I Know" when I was driving home after lunch. And there was some other particularly deep album cut since then that escapes me now, but raised the same thought at the time.
I'd've guessed the Prince track has shown up from time-to-time (paging Daryl!) but there's def an attempt to play more '90s stuff that hasn't been heard in a while -- "I Know" is nearly 15 years old, which is kinda scary.
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There seems to be a subtle change in the programming on KFOG. Songs I've only heard during the old 10@10 are being playing during other times. I heard Prince's "When Doves Cry". I don't remember Prince being played that often other than 10@10.
been thinking the same thing. Earlier this week they played Dionne Ferris "I Know" when I was driving home after lunch. And there was some other particularly deep album cut since then that escapes me now, but raised the same thought at the time.
I'd've guessed the Prince track has shown up from time-to-time (paging Daryl!) but there's def an attempt to play more '90s stuff that hasn't been heard in a while -- "I Know" is nearly 15 years old, which is kinda scary.
I think we need a "Paging Darryl" thread.
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Hi all:
I've been finding a lot of holes in my database lately -- I've got two different scripts running, and stuff still doesn't get listed on KFOG's website, which is where I scrape my data. So with that disclaimer...
Prince was last played in like, 2007:
Fri Nov 2 01:54:00 2007 PRINCE THE ONE U WANNA C
Dionne Farris? Heard last Monday, but in the morning (mshray do you take lunch at 10AM?):
Mon Sep 21 10:57:02 2009 DIONNE FARRIS I KNOW
Prior to that:
Sat Jan 19 12:21:00 2008 DIONNE FARRIS I KNOW
That's all I've got, sorry.
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there was some discussion this morning on the air about mislabeled songs on the player.
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Yeah, I've got a chunk of songs from earlier this year that are wrong. They're listed in heavy rotation, but no way:
LES CLAYPOOL'S FROG BRIGA PIGS
BARENAKED LADIES CELEBRITY
Original Soundtrack WILD WORLD
Gov't Mule SCO-MULE
Yohimbe Brothers BAMALAMBL
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Yeah, I've got a chunk of songs from earlier this year that are wrong. They're listed in heavy rotation, but no way:
LES CLAYPOOL'S FROG BRIGA PIGS
BARENAKED LADIES CELEBRITY
Original Soundtrack WILD WORLD
Gov't Mule SCO-MULE
Yohimbe Brothers BAMALAMBL
Someone emailed trying to find out the name of a song/artist -- it was the new Franz Ferdinand, but apparently whenever it airs the player says "Shakedown Street" by the Dead. Greg explained it has something to do with every song having a number assigned to it in the system, and sometimes old data is over-written with new data, or something.
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Someone emailed trying to find out the name of a song/artist -- it was the new Franz Ferdinand, but apparently whenever it airs the player says "Shakedown Street" by the Dead. Greg explained it has something to do with every song having a number assigned to it in the system, and sometimes old data is over-written with new data, or something.
Ahhh, I was wondering why that song kept popping up. Although I have heard that actual song on KFOG, it seemed the frequency was a little higher.
Here's the mismatches I've identified so far:
Dave Matthews Band RAVEN = Susan Tedeschi PEOPLE
North Mississippi Allstars EYES = Bell X1 THE GREAT DEFECTOR
Sting SEND YOUR LOVE = MAT KEARNEY CLOSER TO LOVE
ANI DIFRANCO IN THE WAY = TORI AMOS WELCOME TO ENGLAND
GARAGE A TROIS SPRUNG MONKEY = DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE LITTLE BRIBES
STEVIE NICKS TROUBLE IN SHANGRI-LA = GREEN DAY 21 GUNS
Original Soundtrack PANACEA = COLDPLAY LIFE IN TECHNICOLOR II
JOHN SCOFIELD KOOL = AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT SOMETIME AROUND MIDNIGHT
Phish MOMA DANCE (LIVE) = BOB DYLAN BEYOND HERE LIES NOTHING
I'm still wishing I had found the problem earlier and rejiggered my scripts back then, because those songs above (Les Claypool's Frog Brigade!?) were supposedly in heavy rotation earlier in the year. And I don't have a way to match them up properly. One of the newer U2 songs is missing from the list, so I think that may be one of them. I've bugged KFOG's webmaster to see if he can help me out with a "corrected" playlist from early August, but I need to follow up again, as it might let me link up the mismatches.
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Wonder how long before KFOG adds some new music to their "local artist" promos? Seems like they've been flogging the same half-dozen artists (Josh Fix, Walty, Loquat, to name a few) for going on a year now.
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There seems to be a subtle change in the programming on KFOG. Songs I've only heard during the old 10@10 are being playing during other times. I heard Prince's "When Doves Cry". I don't remember Prince being played that often other than 10@10.
been thinking the same thing. Earlier this week they played Dionne Ferris "I Know" when I was driving home after lunch. And there was some other particularly deep album cut since then that escapes me now, but raised the same thought at the time.
I'd've guessed the Prince track has shown up from time-to-time (paging Daryl!) but there's def an attempt to play more '90s stuff that hasn't been heard in a while -- "I Know" is nearly 15 years old, which is kinda scary.
This morning I heard Sideshow Bob Counting Crows, "Accidentally In Love" (actually one of the few songs of theirs I can stand), which I hadn't heard them play in some time.
FYI, Steve Earle will be playing live on the Morning Show as a har'ly/strick'ly preview.
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Since when has KFOG added that "a Cumulus station" tag to the end of their station IDs? Just noticed it in the last couple of days. Pretty superfluous, if you ask me.
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Since when has KFOG added that "a Cumulus station" tag to the end of their station IDs? Just noticed it in the last couple of days. Pretty superfluous, if you ask me.
yes -- I noticed that this morning. KNBR, The Ticket and The Bone have been doing that since Cumulus bought the stations a few years ago, but KFOG had avoided it; they were selling the "independent, local radio station" angle, and that was working well for them. But the "imaging" as they call it in the biz, has been changing subtly. You'll also notice more of those choppy montages with disembodied voices saying things about what a unique mix of music they play, or how cool it is to hear so much awesome new stuff, dude! Etc. Etc.
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Anyone else getting sick of 21 Guns, the Green Day song that's been in ad nauseam rotation for what seems like months? It wasn't a bad song to start out (although it sounds kinda like a reject from American Idiot), but I honestly think it gets played in the 20 or so minutes that follows 10@10 every damn day without exception. Enough.
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Anyone else getting sick of 21 Guns, the Green Day song that's been in ad nauseam rotation for what seems like months? It wasn't a bad song to start out (although it sounds kinda like a reject from American Idiot), but I honestly think it gets played in the 20 or so minutes that follows 10@10 every damn day without exception. Enough.
It is indeed in VERY heavy rotation (hasn't ELO sued them yet for ripping off "Telephone Line"?) and along with "Know Your Enemy" it is in fact used in the stage version of American Idiot. The station swears they don't play songs 6 times a day, but when I hear things like "21 Guns" or those damn Snow Patrol and Fray songs twice in 4 hours (often right before the 6am news and again right before 10@10) I really wonder.
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Anyone else getting sick of 21 Guns, the Green Day song that's been in ad nauseam rotation for what seems like months? It wasn't a bad song to start out (although it sounds kinda like a reject from American Idiot), but I honestly think it gets played in the 20 or so minutes that follows 10@10 every damn day without exception. Enough.
Do what I do: avoid KFOG when 10at10 isn't playing or when they're not giving away some juicy tix, like during the nine o'clock pop quiz.
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Pleased to see that KFOG is playing something from that new Roseanne Cash covers album -- her version of "Sea of Heartbreak". At least it's showing on the "just played" list; dunno how "heavy" a rotation it's in.
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I'm actually listening to KFOG this morning -- TMBG will be playing in-studio at 8:30.
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I'm actually listening to KFOG this morning -- TMBG will be playing in-studio at 8:30.
TMBG were wonderful, but I had to bail on KFOG when they played that damn DMB "Groogrux King" song for the umpteenth time. WTF is a "groogrux" anyway?
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WTF is a "groogrux" anyway?
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/28600068/dave_matthews_shares_the_stories_behind_big_whiskey_and_the_groogrux_king
As for the title, Matthews explains that "GrooGrux King" is a band nickname for [Le Roi] Moore, who died last year. "Carter [Beauford] and Roi came up with the GrooGrux," he says. "It's their word for something that was happening, something that was cool, something that was amazing. It was sort of like a spirit or a musical thing, 'That's the Groo Grux.' And Roi was the King, Le Roi."
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WTF is a "groogrux" anyway?
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/28600068/dave_matthews_shares_the_stories_behind_big_whiskey_and_the_groogrux_king
As for the title, Matthews explains that "GrooGrux King" is a band nickname for [Le Roi] Moore, who died last year. "Carter [Beauford] and Roi came up with the GrooGrux," he says. "It's their word for something that was happening, something that was cool, something that was amazing. It was sort of like a spirit or a musical thing, 'That's the Groo Grux.' And Roi was the King, Le Roi."
oh, I knew it was their knickname for the dead guy. I just think that words people make up because they think they're cool-sounding are usually more silly than cool. Or at the very least are a private joke that should remain so. And this proves my point, I'd say.
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Got a nice "thank you" email from AL for my HFH suggestions -- if she's answering all the email she got for 3 days, that's pretty amazing (and time-consuming!)
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Got a nice "thank you" email from AL for my HFH suggestions -- if she's answering all the email she got for 3 days, that's pretty amazing (and time-consuming!)
Not to diminish her efforts, but that seems to be fairly common for her--she's an e-mail maven. I vote for best of set via e-mail several times a week, and generally get a response about once a week. Usually just a sentence or two, but it's not a generic response, it's specific to something I said it my initial comments. If she does that for everyone who e-mails her during the week, yeah, she spends a fair amount of time answering e-mail. It does make a nice impression though, and is pretty surprising for a jock at a major-market station.
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Anyone have this year's Live from the Archives 16?
A few good tracks on this years...not enough to make me want to buy it, but enough to make me try to win it when they were giving away copies every hour or 2! I finally got through after about a dozen tries. :) (If I didn't win it, I probably would have felt slightly bad about not buying it...since I have all of them from #5-15. They've had some pretty good ones in the past, in particular 9, 11, & 14. But this year's just did not excite my cash-strapped self that much.)
My favorite tracks from it are David Gray "Fugitive" and Chuck Prophet "You Did." I also like the idea of seeing Pretenders "Love's a Mystery" and Pete Yorn "Last Summer" on one of these although neither of those are versions are great recordings. Andrew Bird's "Fitz & the Dizzyspells" is ok too. As for the rest...too many repeats and/or fully uninteresting songs.
Some of the other stations have great live CDs this year...especially KMTT, KINK, & WQKL.
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Anyone have this year's Live from the Archives 16?
A few good tracks on this years...not enough to make me want to buy it, but enough to make me try to win it when they were giving away copies every hour or 2! I finally got through after about a dozen tries. :) (If I didn't win it, I probably would have felt slightly bad about not buying it...since I have all of them from #5-15. They've had some pretty good ones in the past, in particular 9, 11, & 14. But this year's just did not excite my cash-strapped self that much.)
My favorite tracks from it are David Gray "Fugitive" and Chuck Prophet "You Did." I also like the idea of seeing Pretenders "Love's a Mystery" and Pete Yorn "Last Summer" on one of these although neither of those are versions are great recordings. Andrew Bird's "Fitz & the Dizzyspells" is ok too. As for the rest...too many repeats and/or fully uninteresting songs.
Some of the other stations have great live CDs this year...especially KMTT, KINK, & WQKL.
Way to go!
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Anyone have this year's Live from the Archives 16?
A few good tracks on this years...not enough to make me want to buy it, but enough to make me try to win it when they were giving away copies every hour or 2! I finally got through after about a dozen tries. :) (If I didn't win it, I probably would have felt slightly bad about not buying it...since I have all of them from #5-15. They've had some pretty good ones in the past, in particular 9, 11, & 14. But this year's just did not excite my cash-strapped self that much.)
Applause; congrats! I have only #8, 13 and 15 (thanks, Ali, for the latter two!). Will be a completist of them someday.
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fwiw, I have 10, 11, 12 & 15, all of which are already ripped at 256, so y'all don't have to buy those (unless you need better codec than that), and can get them from me. I already have a healthy number of blank CDR's and mailing sleeves, so you'd only be asking me for 5 minutes and 40 odd cents if you go ahead and make the request. Send a mailing addresses and they're all yours.
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Amazing--Webster just played the Stones' If You Can't Rock Me, which I don't recall EVER hearing on KFOG before. Props to whoever put that on the playlist.
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Amazing--Webster just played the Stones' If You Can't Rock Me, which I don't recall EVER hearing on KFOG before. Props to whoever put that on the playlist.
I used to think that KFOG would cherry-pick 10@10 BOS winners and put them into rotation (maybe after testing them first). But I can't recall if "IYCRM" has ever made a KFOG 10@10 appearance. Somebody's played it -- Bob? Rob? Larry?
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Amazing--Webster just played the Stones' If You Can't Rock Me, which I don't recall EVER hearing on KFOG before. Props to whoever put that on the playlist.
I used to think that KFOG would cherry-pick 10@10 BOS winners and put them into rotation (maybe after testing them first). But I can't recall if "IYCRM" has ever made a KFOG 10@10 appearance. Somebody's played it -- Bob? Rob? Larry?
I checked the DB before I posted that--it's not there, so this doesn't fall under your theory. But it's not a bad idea, and I think they might do well to do just that, at least for a few weeks per song.
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I was also amazed to hear that.
I further checked the Db, and the only tracks from It's Only Rock & Roll Dave played were the title track & "Time Waits For No One". Not even "Ain't To Proud To Beg". So definite kudos.
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They're doing another "vinyl Friday" on the morning show today.
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Have you heard the commmercial Renee has been doing for the Alcatraz Tour? She uses the word "inescapable" and actually pronounces it "in-EX-capable". Don't axe me why.
You can take the girl outta Noo Yawk, but...
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Have you heard the commmercial Renee has been doing for the Alcatraz Tour? She uses the word "inescapable" and actually pronounces it "in-EX-capable". Don't axe me why.
You can take the girl outta Noo Yawk, but...
Someone should take her out for an expresso and esplain the difference. :)
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Have you heard the commmercial Renee has been doing for the Alcatraz Tour? She uses the word "inescapable" and actually pronounces it "in-EX-capable". Don't axe me why.
You can take the girl outta Noo Yawk, but...
Someone should take her out for an expresso and esplain the difference. :)
heh, "expresso" was uttered by some other female jock. And not just uttered, it was integral part of a M3S contest!
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Amazing--Webster just played the Stones' If You Can't Rock Me, which I don't recall EVER hearing on KFOG before. Props to whoever put that on the playlist.
I used to think that KFOG would cherry-pick 10@10 BOS winners and put them into rotation (maybe after testing them first).
That sounds like a good idea. Come to think of it...I did hear "This is Not America" by David Bowie & Pat Metheny on a Saturday afternoon a few weeks after it won BOS for 1981 once.
If they do this, then they should be spinning the hell out of that Thomas Dolby song from 1992!
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Have you heard the commmercial Renee has been doing for the Alcatraz Tour? She uses the word "inescapable" and actually pronounces it "in-EX-capable". Don't axe me why.
You can take the girl outta Noo Yawk, but...
Someone should take her out for an expresso and esplain the difference. :)
heh, "expresso" was uttered by some other female jock. And not just uttered, it was integral part of a M3S contest!
I know it sounds silly, but it's in the dictionary as an accepted variant.
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Have you heard the commmercial Renee has been doing for the Alcatraz Tour? She uses the word "inescapable" and actually pronounces it "in-EX-capable". Don't axe me why.
You can take the girl outta Noo Yawk, but...
Someone should take her out for an expresso and esplain the difference. :)
heh, "expresso" was uttered by some other female jock. And not just uttered, it was integral part of a M3S contest!
I know it sounds silly, but it's in the dictionary as an accepted variant.
Well, I am shocked -- SHOCKED -- I tell you! When I talk English, I ain't gonna use no "expresso" no how!
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Have you heard the commmercial Renee has been doing for the Alcatraz Tour? She uses the word "inescapable" and actually pronounces it "in-EX-capable". Don't axe me why.
You can take the girl outta Noo Yawk, but...
Someone should take her out for an expresso and esplain the difference. :)
heh, "expresso" was uttered by some other female jock. And not just uttered, it was integral part of a M3S contest!
I think I remember that - Dire Straits' "Expresso Love" was played in a coffee-themed set, no?
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Have you heard the commmercial Renee has been doing for the Alcatraz Tour? She uses the word "inescapable" and actually pronounces it "in-EX-capable". Don't axe me why.
You can take the girl outta Noo Yawk, but...
Someone should take her out for an expresso and esplain the difference. :)
heh, "expresso" was uttered by some other female jock. And not just uttered, it was integral part of a M3S contest!
I think I remember that - Dire Straits' "Expresso Love" was played in a coffee-themed set, no?
the word expresso is actually closer to the literal meaning of how it is prepared.
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Have you heard the commmercial Renee has been doing for the Alcatraz Tour? She uses the word "inescapable" and actually pronounces it "in-EX-capable". Don't axe me why.
You can take the girl outta Noo Yawk, but...
Someone should take her out for an expresso and esplain the difference. :)
heh, "expresso" was uttered by some other female jock. And not just uttered, it was integral part of a M3S contest!
I think I remember that - Dire Straits' "Expresso Love" was played in a coffee-themed set, no?
the word expresso is actually closer to the literal meaning of how it is prepared.
Even in Italian?
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Have you heard the commmercial Renee has been doing for the Alcatraz Tour? She uses the word "inescapable" and actually pronounces it "in-EX-capable". Don't axe me why.
You can take the girl outta Noo Yawk, but...
Someone should take her out for an expresso and esplain the difference. :)
heh, "expresso" was uttered by some other female jock. And not just uttered, it was integral part of a M3S contest!
I think I remember that - Dire Straits' "Expresso Love" was played in a coffee-themed set, no?
the word expresso is actually closer to the literal meaning of how it is prepared.
Even in Italian?
I'm thinking of the English term express, as in how a mother expresses breast milk.
ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French expres, from Latin expressus ‘distinctly presented,’ past participle of exprimere ‘press out, express,’ from ex- ‘out’ + primere ‘press.’
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Just noticed that the "send us your audition tapes to be the new Don Pardo" plea is no longer on the KFOG 10@10 page. Not sure when it was removed. Guess that idea fell by the wayside.
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Have you heard the commmercial Renee has been doing for the Alcatraz Tour? She uses the word "inescapable" and actually pronounces it "in-EX-capable". Don't axe me why.
You can take the girl outta Noo Yawk, but...
Someone should take her out for an expresso and esplain the difference. :)
heh, "expresso" was uttered by some other female jock. And not just uttered, it was integral part of a M3S contest!
I think I remember that - Dire Straits' "Expresso Love" was played in a coffee-themed set, no?
the word expresso is actually closer to the literal meaning of how it is prepared.
Even in Italian?
I'm thinking of the English term express, as in how a mother expresses breast milk.
ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French expres, from Latin expressus ‘distinctly presented,’ past participle of exprimere ‘press out, express,’ from ex- ‘out’ + primere ‘press.’
I bet it's from the same root, but I don't want to follow up right now. Not too many x characters in Italian, I think they dropped a lot from latin and use the s instead.
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In case you didn't get the Foghead email today: KFOG will do the traditional Thanksgiving airing of "Alice's Restaurant" at noon and 6pm. (Of course KPIG will probably play it five times...)
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Just noticed that the "send us your audition tapes to be the new Don Pardo" plea is no longer on the KFOG 10@10 page. Not sure when it was removed. Guess that idea fell by the wayside.
Had to be recent--I recall seeing it the week before Thanksgiving. But given we haven't heard much about it since say, late June, I am not surprised that the plan got shelved.
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Noticed that Renee is anchoring the Morning Show this week. I assume Webster is on vacay, but I haven't heard her mention him at all, i.e. "sitting in for the vacationing Webster, who'll be back on Monday" or words to that effect. Anyone heard anything?
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Noticed that Renee is anchoring the Morning Show this week. I assume Webster is on vacay, but I haven't heard her mention him at all, i.e. "sitting in for the vacationing Webster, who'll be back on Monday" or words to that effect. Anyone heard anything?
Webster's in Hawaii with 20 Fogheads on that "World Class Adventure" they gave away recently. And It's been mentioned extensively during the Morning Show, at least early on (6:00 hour) when I'm listening.
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Noticed that Renee is anchoring the Morning Show this week. I assume Webster is on vacay, but I haven't heard her mention him at all, i.e. "sitting in for the vacationing Webster, who'll be back on Monday" or words to that effect. Anyone heard anything?
Webster's in Hawaii with 20 Fogheads on that "World Class Adventure" they gave away recently. And It's been mentioned extensively during the Morning Show, at least early on (6:00 hour) when I'm listening.
Ah, that explains it. I usually tune in sometime during the 9am hour, and they haven't mentioned it once that I've heard.
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Webster's in Hawaii with 20 Fogheads on that "World Class Adventure" they gave away recently. And It's been mentioned extensively during the Morning Show, at least early on (6:00 hour) when I'm listening.
Ah, that explains it. I usually tune in sometime during the 9am hour, and they haven't mentioned it once that I've heard.
Me neither...although I knew about that WCA & totally forgot about it as soon as the promos ended.
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So, does KFOG only have access to one picture of Matt Kearney? I've heard just one song from him and I'm sick of him and his stare into space.
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So, does KFOG only have access to one picture of Matt Kearney? I've heard just one song from him and I'm sick of him and his stare into space.
bwahahahaha! I have heard more than one song, but that remains the only pic I've seen. Is there some global conspiracy to bring back the fedora?
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So, does KFOG only have access to one picture of Matt Kearney? I've heard just one song from him and I'm sick of him and his stare into space.
bwahahahaha! I have heard more than one song, but that remains the only pic I've seen. Is there some global conspiracy to bring back the fedora?
Well, we know whose fault THAT is (his name starts with M and ends with Z).
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So, does KFOG only have access to one picture of Matt Kearney? I've heard just one song from him and I'm sick of him and his stare into space.
bwahahahaha! I have heard more than one song, but that remains the only pic I've seen. Is there some global conspiracy to bring back the fedora?
Well, we know whose fault THAT is (his name starts with M and ends with Z).
Rest assured the fedora will be OFF when someday Mr. A-Z and I knock da boots.
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Rest assured the fedora will be OFF when someday Mr. A-Z and I knock da boots.
*shudder* [Mike loses apppetite for entire week] *shudder*
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As I was leaving the house today, KFOG were threatening to play Rush's "Tom Sawyer. Glad I had to leave ;)
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As I was leaving the house today, KFOG were threatening to play Rush's "Tom Sawyer. Glad I had to leave ;)
ha, I just turned it on, and Brain Cooley of Cnet just stopped talking long enough for Web & Gang to play the Cars.
at this rate, you should watch out for a Jason Mraz/Green Day twin spin!~
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Nice to see that even tho' Dave's gone, the Kinsey Sicks drag-appella group will be on the Morning Show tomorrow to do Xmas song parodies.
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"Throw up your arms" indeed: KFOG played a new version of "21 Guns" this morning, featuring the cast of the American Idiot stage show and Green Day themselves. Very Broadway; after playing it Webster came on and said "No, that was NOT the cast of Glee..."
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the other day, the place I get my hair cut was playing 103.7 The Band, and 5 mins after I walked in they played Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion". And here it is on KFOG. I'll never get over how a song that was a middling hit back in the day has become one of the most-played Classic Rock tracks evah.
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Today's Peter Finch's last day for the year on the Morning Show--he's taking off for two weeks, and says he can't remember the last time he had that much time off. Guess being the longest-tenured personality on the morning show--and maybe on the entire KFOG airstaff--has its advantages. (Or has Rosalie been on longer?)
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Today's Peter Finch's last day for the year on the Morning Show--he's taking off for two weeks, and says he can't remember the last time he had that much time off. Guess being the longest-tenured personality on the morning show--and maybe on the entire KFOG airstaff--has its advantages. (Or has Rosalie been on longer?)
I noticed when he was off last month for Thanksgiving week they got TV guy Marty Gonzalez to sub, reverting to what they did in the olden Morey days -- earlier this year when Peter was off they had some Metro Traffic no-name subbing and he clearly was not in the studio with them and it sounded odd, not to mention cheap. Hope Marty (or a live body) fills in this time.
And I guess AL, having just had a 2-week honeymoon, and Webster, having just been in Hawaii, wont be off very much. Unlike Dave, who used to take a loong Xmas vacay.
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Seems that Renee is flying solo this morning--we know Peter's out, and it appears that Webster has bailed for the week as well. (No telling about Greg, as he doesn't usually take much part in the 9am hour anyway.)
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Seems that Renee is flying solo this morning--we know Peter's out, and it appears that Webster has bailed for the week as well. (No telling about Greg, as he doesn't usually take much part in the 9am hour anyway.)
Greg was there, but I was surprised Webster got another week off so soon after his Hawaiian excursion.
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Seems that Renee is flying solo this morning--we know Peter's out, and it appears that Webster has bailed for the week as well. (No telling about Greg, as he doesn't usually take much part in the 9am hour anyway.)
Greg was there, but I was surprised Webster got another week off so soon after his Hawaiian excursion.
Well, that was sort of a working vacation. It'd be pretty chintzy if they made him take vacation time to go on a station promo trip--even one to Hawaii. Although I would not be surprised by any kind of cheapskate tactics from any corporate employer these days.
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They were taking a poll as to whether or not to play "Smoke Two Joints" at 5PM on Friday, since it would be xmas. Greg opined that he was sick of the song, and wouldn't mind never hearing it again. I don't know how the rest of you feel, but it's traditional to me, and I'd be pissed if they didn't play it.
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They were taking a poll as to whether or not to play "Smoke Two Joints" at 5PM on Friday, since it would be xmas. Greg opined that he was sick of the song, and wouldn't mind never hearing it again. I don't know how the rest of you feel, but it's traditional to me, and I'd be pissed if they didn't play it.
so, Xmas is the one day of the year you're *NOT* supposed to smoke pot?? I don't get the logic. More kids will be listening than on a normal Friday? Huh?
OTOH, they didn't play "Monster Hash" on Halloween, either, which disappointed me. And they've gotten letters/e-mails complaining about John Mayer's "Who Says I Can't Get Stoned?" being in the current rotation -- "it comes on when I'm in the car with my kids!"
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They were taking a poll as to whether or not to play "Smoke Two Joints" at 5PM on Friday, since it would be xmas. Greg opined that he was sick of the song, and wouldn't mind never hearing it again. I don't know how the rest of you feel, but it's traditional to me, and I'd be pissed if they didn't play it.
so, Xmas is the one day of the year you're *NOT* supposed to smoke pot?? I don't get the logic. More kids will be listening than on a normal Friday? Huh?
OTOH, they didn't play "Monster Hash" on Halloween, either, which disappointed me. And they've gotten letters/e-mails complaining about John Mayer's "Who Says I Can't Get Stoned?" being in the current rotation -- "it comes on when I'm in the car with my kids!"
Then perhaps your kids would prefer to listen to KOIT or KCBS!
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Post-marathon on Sat morning and it's... (all together now) "21 Guns". The only thing KFOG plays more than this song is those damn American Express commercials with "the smart cookies", those women who've suddenly discovered how to budget their money. I'm WAAAAY sick of those.
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Morning show will be doing the ever-popular Request-o-rama-o-rama this Friday. Start pondering now if you wanna play stump the Morning Show.
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Morning show will be doing the ever-popular Request-o-rama-o-rama this Friday. Start pondering now if you wanna play stump the Morning Show.
let's hope the questions are better than Renee's "Climb _____ Mountain" query this morning. (She was stumped by that in a crossword puzzle because there were only 4 letters; any theater geek knows the song title spells it "ev'ry" -- but she didn't explain the 4 letters part until after the caller was on the air)
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Morning show will be doing the ever-popular Request-o-rama-o-rama this Friday. Start pondering now if you wanna play stump the Morning Show.
They won't do Elvis-in-Bowie-style or Bowie-in-Elvis-style singing? Phooey.
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Morning show will be doing the ever-popular Request-o-rama-o-rama this Friday. Start pondering now if you wanna play stump the Morning Show.
They won't do Elvis-in-Bowie-style or Bowie-in-Elvis-style singing? Phooey.
That doesn't mean they won't do that for the 9:00 Pop Quiz. (they're giving away Elvis Costello prizes this week, so there's a tenuous connection, kinda).
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Morning show will be doing the ever-popular Request-o-rama-o-rama this Friday. Start pondering now if you wanna play stump the Morning Show.
They won't do Elvis-in-Bowie-style or Bowie-in-Elvis-style singing? Phooey.
That doesn't mean they won't do that for the 9:00 Pop Quiz. (they're giving away Elvis Costello prizes this week, so there's a tenuous connection, kinda).
UPDATE: They promo-ed this again today and apparently all the R-O-R questions Friday will be Presley-trivia-related, since it's his 75th birthday. So the Bowie-Elvis thing is still possible, I suppose. And I wouldn't be surprised if AL does an Elvis 10@10.
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Listening to the R-O-R and they just asked Fogheads to identify a movie clip -- it was the scene from Spinal Tap where they sing "Heartbreak Hotel". That def made me feel a little better.
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Listening to the R-O-R and they just asked Fogheads to identify a movie clip -- it was the scene from Spinal Tap where they sing "Heartbreak Hotel". That def made me feel a little better.
did you hear the one where they were playing a clip from Jailhouse Rock, and someone thought it was Saturday Night Fever! The jocks all groaned/gasped!
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Listening to the R-O-R and they just asked Fogheads to identify a movie clip -- it was the scene from Spinal Tap where they sing "Heartbreak Hotel". That def made me feel a little better.
did you hear the one where they were playing a clip from Jailhouse Rock, and someone thought it was Saturday Night Fever! The jocks all groaned/gasped!
Missed that, but the first one was a fill-in-the-punchline to this joke: "what did Elvis say during yesterday's quake?" and the first caller said "whole lotta shakin' goin on!" -- no, that's what Jerry lee Lewis said. Luckily the eventual winner requested "See Emily Play" by PF.
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"what did Elvis say during yesterday's quake?"
What did he say?
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"what did Elvis say during yesterday's quake?"
What did he say?
I am glad I'm not the only one blanking on this...
Maybe he said "Viva! Las Vegas!" for no apparent reason.
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The guy who knew the Jungle Room got the morning show to play the Dead's cover of Hank's "You Win Again"!
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"what did Elvis say during yesterday's quake?"
What did he say?
I am glad I'm not the only one blanking on this...
Maybe he said "Viva! Las Vegas!" for no apparent reason.
LOL!
I just realized it's "All Shook Up."
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"what did Elvis say during yesterday's quake?"
What did he say?
er, "I'm all shook up!" Har har.
But holy flaming mother of Jerry's Kids: the most recent ROR winner asked for and got the Dead doing Hank Williams' "You Win Again" from Europe '72 -- hope Geoff was listening!
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it's unusual for me to be listening to the entire Morning Show, but in the state I'm in, it's kinda like comfort food -- even "Killer Queen" isn't annoying the crap outta me as it normally would.
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ah, the JXL remix of "A Little Less Convo" is satisfactionin' me.
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it's unusual for me to be listening to the entire Morning Show, but in the state I'm in, it's kinda like comfort food -- even "Killer Queen" isn't annoying the crap outta me as it normally would.
I hear ya.
And the latest quiz winner was one of God's better Fogheads: he knew all the questions and requested "Baby Let's Play House."
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wow, Percy's "All the King's Horses" is one I've never heard on the radio, I don't think.
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"Back on the Chain Gang" seems all too appropriate today as we all try to soldier onward in the face of sorrowful distractions.
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wow, Percy's "All the King's Horses" is one I've never heard on the radio, I don't think.
double wow from me. I gotta find & get that one.
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Renee just read a promo for the SF Zoo and it came out "the San Francisco Jew". Wow, there's only one??
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Renee just read a promo for the SF Zoo and it came out "the San Francisco Jew". Wow, there's only one??
ALVY
I distinctly heard it. He muttered under
his breath, "Jew."
ROB
You're crazy!
ALVY
No, I'm not. We were walking off the
tennis court, and you know, he was there
and me and his wife, and he looked at her
and then they both looked at me, and under
his breath he said, "Jew."
ROB
Alvy, you're a total paranoid.
ALVY
Wh- How am I a paran-? Well, I pick up on
those kind o' things. You know, I was
having lunch with some guys from NBC, so
I said ... uh, "Did you eat yet or what?"
and Tom Christie said, "No, didchoo?"
Not, did you, didchoo eat? Jew? No, not
did you eat, but Jew eat? Jew. You get it?
Jew eat?
ROB
Ah, Max, you, uh ...
ALVY
Stop calling me Max.
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Renee just read a promo for the SF Zoo and it came out "the San Francisco Jew". Wow, there's only one??
ALVY
I distinctly heard it. He muttered under
his breath, "Jew."
ROB
You're crazy!
Just watched AH last nite on IFC -- I've seen it 25 times, easily. such a treasure-trove of quotable lines.
“Don’t you see? The rest of the country looks upon New York like we’re left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers. I think of us that way sometimes and I live here.”
"Hey, don't knock masturbation! It's sex with someone I love!"
"I don't respond well to mellow. You know what I mean? I have a tendency to - if I get too mellow, I - I ripen and then rot."
and on and on.
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Renee just read a promo for the SF Zoo and it came out "the San Francisco Jew". Wow, there's only one??
ALVY
I distinctly heard it. He muttered under
his breath, "Jew."
ROB
You're crazy!
Just watched AH last nite on IFC -- I've seen it 25 times, easily. such a treasure-trove of quotable lines.
“Don’t you see? The rest of the country looks upon New York like we’re left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers. I think of us that way sometimes and I live here.”
"Hey, don't knock masturbation! It's sex with someone I love!"
"I don't respond well to mellow. You know what I mean? I have a tendency to - if I get too mellow, I - I ripen and then rot."
and on and on.
pretty flawless movie, IMHO. However, I do flinch when he's in LA and needs to order food at the macrobiotic health food restaurant on Sunset (?). The waitress comes by, give him the menu. Alvy opens it and in, like, three seconds decides what he'll have. His character would dwell much longer on the weirdness of it all.
Can you tell me what he orders? (I know you can.)
Also, a friend in NYC worked for a contractor that worked on Woody's house. One day I got to tag along, and I got to (briefly) walk through the first floor of his home. In the basement area, he had cels from the animated part of AH framed on his wall. Quite a treat for me!
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pretty flawless movie, IMHO. However, I do flinch when he's in LA and needs to order food at the macrobiotic health food restaurant on Sunset (?). The waitress comes by, give him the menu. Alvy opens it and in, like, three seconds decides what he'll have. His character would dwell much longer on the weirdness of it all.
Can you tell me what he orders? (I know you can.)
of course: "I'll have the bean sprouts... and a plate of mashed yeast". I *still* quote it whenever I'm in a restaurant with a friend who I know has seen the movie.
very cool that you got to see the animation cels!
(http://content.foto.mail.ru/mail/-etc-/su/i-1254.jpg)
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Apparently the Morning Show did an American Idol recap yesterday (glad I missed that), and this morning they read the reaction e-mails -- overwhelmingly negative. "I *LOATHE* that show", "NEVER watch it, please don't do a weekly recap segment, or I will change the station" etc etc. I was quite pleased to see that kind of good taste from Fogheads!
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Apparently the Morning Show did an American Idol recap yesterday (glad I missed that), and this morning they read the reaction e-mails -- overwhelmingly negative. "I *LOATHE* that show", "NEVER watch it, please don't do a weekly recap segment, or I will change the station" etc etc. I was quite pleased to see that kind of good taste from Fogheads!
oh please.... I suppose I'm not a really a good person to make objective statements about the Morning show and what they do, b/c I find the morning show in general a little annoying these days (God, I miss Dave more and more and more...), but Fogheads need to get of their feisty horse and put down their 21 guns. :)
The Bone did a AI recap yesterday, but it was just a quick montage of singers -- some good, some wonderfully bad -- it was fun as heck. They didn't take it seriously (maybe b/c they were busy looking for ways to abuse Superproducer Sully in any number of idiotic phobic ways) but I enjoyed it.
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In a thread about HD radio on the radio-info.com SF board, someone mentioned that KFOG's HD2 channel is still doing the "all-10@10-all-the-time" format they promoted heavily a few years ago. I asked if the 10@10s they run there feature Dave's voice and I got this reply:
Between 5:30 and 6 tonight, I heard a 1982 segment, with Don Pardo's and Dave Morey's
voices, plus a Margaret Thatcher soundbite. Both HD-2s on 104.5 (which I can only
receive here in Napa) and 97.7 (which my friend Joe hears in Santa Clara) still only show
"KFOG's 10 @ 10 Station" on the [digital ID] crawl...and I had problems holding the HD-2 signal
steadily tonight here in the North Bay...
The Legal I.D. that followed had Morey's voice, and the next 10 @ 10 @ 5:52 p.m. had
Pardo's voice at the start...
To hear from Joe that listens on the KFFG 97.7 HD-2, "The 10 @ 10 Station" is very
repetitious if you listen steadily to the channel. I haven't listened to this (or much HD-2,
actually) for quite awhile until this post...
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A Request-O-Rama winner this morning got Zevon's "Lawyers Guns & Money" as his reward -- and it was the uncensored version. The shit has hit the fan, indeed.
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A Request-O-Rama winner this morning got Zevon's "Lawyers Guns & Money" as his reward -- and it was the uncensored version. The shit has hit the fan, indeed.
yes, I was waiting for some entertaining substitute sound effect, but just got straight shit instead!
:)
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KFOG is running a Coit commercial that has the "studio slate" (an engineer saying 'this is Coit spot #123XYZ featuring blah-blah-blah") at the top -- that's not supposed to be there. It's been running for days -- nobody at the station has noticed it yet? Yikes.
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KFOG is running a Coit commercial that has the "studio slate" (an engineer saying 'this is Coit spot #123XYZ featuring blah-blah-blah") at the top -- that's not supposed to be there. It's been running for days -- nobody at the station has noticed it yet? Yikes.
wow, I'm amazed ... that you still listen to KFOG, that is! ;D
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KFOG is running a Coit commercial that has the "studio slate" (an engineer saying 'this is Coit spot #123XYZ featuring blah-blah-blah") at the top -- that's not supposed to be there. It's been running for days -- nobody at the station has noticed it yet? Yikes.
wow, I'm amazed ... that you still listen to KFOG, that is! ;D
ok, I'm still listening today, too (trying to win U@ tickets) and I just heard the Coit commercial. The slate is pretty long! and actually sort of interesting to a non radio producer type like me.
I bet it's an online only commerical, so the studio engineers have prob never heard it.
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Heard "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" around 6:30 am and thought "hey! at least it's not '21 Guns'!" And I just switched over to KFOG and ... you guessed it.
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but yesterday I heard the latest from Weezer on KFOG & had to double check the dial that I wasn't listening to Live 105 or Channel 92.3.
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but yesterday I heard the latest from Weezer on KFOG & had to double check the dial that I wasn't listening to Live 105 or Channel 92.3.
see my post in the "New Music" thread -- they must've just started playing that one.
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Hey, didja hear the pop quiz moments ago? That was the sound of me winning! w00t!
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Hey, didja hear the pop quiz moments ago? That was the sound of me winning! w00t!
YAY!!
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Hey, didja hear the pop quiz moments ago? That was the sound of me winning! w00t!
Cool! What'd ya win? And what was the question/answer?
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Hey, didja hear the pop quiz moments ago? That was the sound of me winning! w00t!
Cool! What'd ya win? And what was the question/answer?
I had to identify the mystery artist from these clues: "Started as the Blue Velvets in the East Bay. 1 top 40 hit was a cover. Played Woodstock." This was easy since they'd tweeted the clues much earlier and it's pretty easy to Google "Blue Velvets". I won Creedence Clearwater Revival's first 6 CDs. I don't think I had any of them, so that's pretty good.
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Hey, didja hear the pop quiz moments ago? That was the sound of me winning! w00t!
Cool! What'd ya win? And what was the question/answer?
I had to identify the mystery artist from these clues: "Started as the Blue Velvets in the East Bay. 1 top 40 hit was a cover. Played Woodstock." This was easy since they'd tweeted the clues much earlier and it's pretty easy to Google "Blue Velvets". I won Creedence Clearwater Revival's first 6 CDs. I don't think I had any of them, so that's pretty good.
Nice work! I wouldn't have known that one without looking it up. Enjoy!
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So, now that "Use Somebody" has won the Record of the Year Grammy... does that mean it'll be in heavy rotation for another 6 months? Shoot me now.
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After years of dreaming of winning requestorama, I won this morning. (Graham Nash) I requested Peter Green's Supernatural, just like I always wanted, and they said they couldn't find it, and did I have a second choice. When it was replayed on the radio, my original request was snipped out!
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After years of dreaming of winning requestorama, I won this morning. (Graham Nash) I requested Peter Green's Supernatural, just like I always wanted, and they said they couldn't find it, and did I have a second choice. When it was replayed on the radio, my original request was snipped out!
Damn, I had to leave the house just before they must've played you. What was the answer, BTW?
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After years of dreaming of winning requestorama, I won this morning. (Graham Nash) I requested Peter Green's Supernatural, just like I always wanted, and they said they couldn't find it, and did I have a second choice. When it was replayed on the radio, my original request was snipped out!
Damn, I had to leave the house just before they must've played you. What was the answer, BTW?
Marrakesh Express
I was crushed
:(
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...When it was replayed on the radio, my original request was snipped out!
They do that kind of editing all the time, and I used to be astonished at just how quickly Dave could do it.
Do you all recall the X-mas Card set? It featured a greeting from my son & me, and Annalisa said, "Hey Adrian, you ROCK!" and then he could be heard replying, "You too." Well, Adrian & I were quite (pleasantly), surprised because she never said that to us on the phone. She'd said Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, and Adrian said "You too" in response to that. That phone call had started out as a request for a b-day set for Adrian, but which she wasn't going to be able to do it as the day before was her last before her vacation, so she suggested that a X-mas Card greeting from us would be the next best thing. I guess that on reflection she figured that wasn't really good enough, so she edited the call to give Adrian the shoutout.
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...When it was replayed on the radio, my original request was snipped out!
They do that kind of editing all the time, and I used to be astonished at just how quickly Dave could do it.
I'm guessing it's Irish Greg who does a lot of the editing these days. But yeah, it's quite quick -- the fact that it's all done digitally probably helps (no more cutting and splicing tape like I used to do back in the day).
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...When it was replayed on the radio, my original request was snipped out!
They do that kind of editing all the time, and I used to be astonished at just how quickly Dave could do it.
I get how they do it; I was just bummed.
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...When it was replayed on the radio, my original request was snipped out!
They do that kind of editing all the time, and I used to be astonished at just how quickly Dave could do it.
I get how they do it; I was just bummed.
Dave would have had it. ;)
Geoff, what was your second choice?
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...When it was replayed on the radio, my original request was snipped out!
They do that kind of editing all the time, and I used to be astonished at just how quickly Dave could do it.
I get how they do it; I was just bummed.
Dave would have had it. ;)
Geoff, what was your second choice?
not very creative. Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman."
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A new feature, apparently: "KFOG's 33 1/3" -- requests played off vinyl between 3 and 4 pm.
http://kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/RequestaSong/tabid/1071/Default.aspx
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I won tickets to the SF Opera last year from the morning show. It was a spelling bee, using various opera terms. (I'm a decent speller, but I admit I had help from my wife.)
Anyways, they actually had a computer mishap where none of the call got recorded the first time through, so after I won, they had me "recreate" the moment. That's radio biz for ya. They *did* leave in my kids cheering for me, so that was cool. :-}
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Today's inductee into the Foghead Hall of Shame: the woman who couldn't remember this guy's last name:
(http://www.wikimusicguide.com/images/4/42/Alice_Cooper.jpg)
"I know his first name is Alice, but I'm drawing a blank..." Irish Greg responded, incredulously: "Well, how many male rockers named Alice *ARE* there??"
(BTW, it's Alice's birthday -- he's 60!)
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New candidate for Most Annoyingly Overplayed Song on KFOG: DMB's "You & Me Together" -- heard it in the 6am hour and here it is again at 9:50.
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Just heard a station ID that included a male voice reciting this line (or as best as I can recall it):
"San Francisco, San Francisco, you're a muttering bum in a brown, beat suit. Can't make a woman on a rainy corner."
Great line (Ferlinghetti maybe?), but WTF?
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AL just had Jorgen Ingmann's "Apache" playing in the background as she talked. !
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After years of dreaming of winning requestorama, I won this morning. (Graham Nash) I requested Peter Green's Supernatural, just like I always wanted, and they said they couldn't find it, and did I have a second choice. When it was replayed on the radio, my original request was snipped out!
We might have gone, but we have a gig early Sunday morning. If any of you wants the two tickets to Stephen Stills at Cache Creek Saturday night, let me know ASAP. I'll ask around at work if you guys can't use them.
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wish I could Geoff, but Christina has invited 20 people over on Saturday to help us celebrate Chinese New Year(!).
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wish I could Geoff, but Christina has invited 20 people over on Saturday to help us celebrate Chinese New Year(!).
Gunh Ho Fat Boy.
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Last couple of times that I've launched KFOG's player it's gone straight to the stream, without the El Cerrito Honda ad as an intro. Another lost account for the Cumulus sales department?
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Last couple of times that I've launched KFOG's player it's gone straight to the stream, without the El Cerrito Honda ad as an intro. Another lost account for the Cumulus sales department?
are you launching it from their website or from the link here? (the player on the website doesn't work on my work computer, so I use geoff's link here and it always goes right to the stream without the ads)
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Last couple of times that I've launched KFOG's player it's gone straight to the stream, without the El Cerrito Honda ad as an intro. Another lost account for the Cumulus sales department?
are you launching it from their website or from the link here? (the player on the website doesn't work on my work computer, so I use geoff's link here and it always goes right to the stream without the ads)
The one on their site.
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Someone posted this on KFOG's Facebook page:
"please play me some portishead or massive attack!"
seriously, dude -- like *that's* ever gonna happen! ::)
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Someone posted this on KFOG's Facebook page:
"please play me some portishead or massive attack!"
seriously, dude -- like *that's* ever gonna happen! ::)
I remember Live 105 playing Portishead's "Sour Times" back in '97, but did that station ever play Massive Attack? I've adored everything I've heard from them to date.
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Someone posted this on KFOG's Facebook page:
"please play me some portishead or massive attack!"
seriously, dude -- like *that's* ever gonna happen! ::)
I remember Live 105 playing Portishead's "Sour Times" back in '97, but did that station ever play Massive Attack? I've adored everything I've heard from them to date.
Hey Gaz -- you don't appear to be Facebook friends with our Darryl, but he just posted there looking for advice about an impending trip to Pittsburgh, PA -- things to do & see.
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Someone posted this on KFOG's Facebook page:
"please play me some portishead or massive attack!"
seriously, dude -- like *that's* ever gonna happen! ::)
I remember Live 105 playing Portishead's "Sour Times" back in '97, but did that station ever play Massive Attack? I've adored everything I've heard from them to date.
Hey Gaz -- you don't appear to be Facebook friends with our Darryl, but he just posted there looking for advice about an impending trip to Pittsburgh, PA -- things to do & see.
Thanks for the heads-up - I'll seek him out via your FB friends. (Or, Darryl, if you read this thread, look for me there.)
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The Morning crew were discussing love songs and asked Fogheads to name their faves. One guy wrote that his favorite was Marc Cohn's "True Companion" and said "I've never heard that one played on the radio" (!). Someone else mentioned Walter Egan's "Magnet & Steel" and both Renee and Greg said they'd never heard of it (!) and then Renee googled it and when she read the wiki entry about how it was produced by Linsday Buckingham with Stevie Nicks on backing vox, Webster said he never knew that.
Seriously, who are these people??
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The Morning crew were discussing love songs and asked Fogheads to name their faves. One guy wrote that his favorite was Marc Cohn's "True Companion" and said "I've never heard that one played on the radio" (!). Someone else mentioned Walter Egan's "Magnet & Steel" and both Renee and Greg said they'd never heard of it (!) and then Renee googled it and when she read the wiki entry about how it was produced by Linsday Buckingham with Stevie Nicks on backing vox, Webster said he never knew that.
Seriously, who are these people??
I was offended that they stopped "Magnet and Steel" after a short fragment, as if it were some sort of novelty curiosity. It was widely played on KFOG back in the day. Sweet song.
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The Morning crew were discussing love songs and asked Fogheads to name their faves. One guy wrote that his favorite was Marc Cohn's "True Companion" and said "I've never heard that one played on the radio" (!). Someone else mentioned Walter Egan's "Magnet & Steel" and both Renee and Greg said they'd never heard of it (!) and then Renee googled it and when she read the wiki entry about how it was produced by Linsday Buckingham with Stevie Nicks on backing vox, Webster said he never knew that.
Seriously, who are these people??
I was offended that they stopped "Magnet and Steel" after a short fragment, as if it were some sort of novelty curiosity. It was widely played on KFOG back in the day. Sweet song.
Indeed. And it's not like it's an obscurity; it was a big hit. Sometimes it seems as if the Morning crew are pretending to be stupid (or at least non-music-geeky) because the research says you can't be smarter than the audience because it makes people feel dumb.
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the research says you can't be smarter than the audience because it makes people feel dumb.
This makes me mash my head against my desk. Anti-intellectualism in all its forms appalls me.
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the research says you can't be smarter than the audience because it makes people feel dumb.
This makes me mash my head against my desk. Anti-intellectualism in all its forms appalls me.
Glad that AL is not hamstrung by that for 10@10. I think she really enjoys pulling out things that are really rarities.
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the research says you can't be smarter than the audience because it makes people feel dumb.
This makes me mash my head against my desk. Anti-intellectualism in all its forms appalls me.
Glad that AL is not hamstrung by that for 10@10. I think she really enjoys pulling out things that are really rarities.
agree with you both, and am reminded that when it came to musicology, Dave never had to act dumber than the audience. Of course he was near-totally illiterate on some subjects, such as sports. I think he asked Krukow about one question per year.
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The Morning crew were discussing love songs and asked Fogheads to name their faves. One guy wrote that his favorite was Marc Cohn's "True Companion" and said "I've never heard that one played on the radio" (!). Someone else mentioned Walter Egan's "Magnet & Steel" and both Renee and Greg said they'd never heard of it (!) and then Renee googled it and when she read the wiki entry about how it was produced by Linsday Buckingham with Stevie Nicks on backing vox, Webster said he never knew that.
Seriously, who are these people??
I was offended that they stopped "Magnet and Steel" after a short fragment, as if it were some sort of novelty curiosity. It was widely played on KFOG back in the day. Sweet song.
Indeed. And it's not like it's an obscurity; it was a big hit. Sometimes it seems as if the Morning crew are pretending to be stupid (or at least non-music-geeky) because the research says you can't be smarter than the audience because it makes people feel dumb.
not sure I would give them credit to play stupid that convincingly. I think it's often the real deal.
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the research says you can't be smarter than the audience because it makes people feel dumb.
This makes me mash my head against my desk. Anti-intellectualism in all its forms appalls me.
Glad that AL is not hamstrung by that for 10@10. I think she really enjoys pulling out things that are really rarities.
agree with you both, and am reminded that when it came to musicology, Dave never had to act dumber than the audience. Of course he was near-totally illiterate on some subjects, such as sports. I think he asked Krukow about one question per year.
I think management knew better than to tell Dave how to act. But it's a new era and we're seeing more of the "typical" radio thinking being implemented. Renee's role has always been the audience surrogate, the "WTF are you guys talking about?" girl. Which is fine if somebody gets truly obscure, but lately every time a song from before, say, 1980 is referenced, she seems obligated to ask "who was that?" and act like she's never heard of the artist -- and come on, she's older than Greg (who turms 40 today!) and it seems silly to me for her not to know songs and artists she ought to have grown up hearing on the radio.
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What a treat to hear the Peak play the Raconteurs' "Steady As She Goes", post-10@10 -- I never understood why KFOG gave that one short shrift.
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So there's a thread on KFOG's FB page reminding people that they can win John Mayer tix this week, and all the comments are of the "I hate John Mayer" variety. Quite hilarious -- obviously his Playboy inteview made him no friends. And one guy said "I don't think he's racist, but he sure is boring!" LOL!
Combined with the comments there recently about how awful people think that Train song ("Hey Soul Sistah") is, Fogheads have risen a bit in my esteem.
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So there's a thread on KFOG's FB page reminding people that they can win John Mayer tix this week, and all the comments are of the "I hate John Mayer" variety. Quite hilarious -- obviously his Playboy inteview made him no friends. And one guy said "I don't think he's racist, but he sure is boring!" LOL!
Combined with the comments there recently about how awful people think that Train song ("Hey Soul Sistah") is, Fogheads have risen a bit in my esteem.
More from the KFOG FB page: they posted a contest reminder today ("Enjoy the band Train? then listen to Annalisa today...") and one Foghead said
No I do NOT enjoy the band Train any more! If you would stop playing that stupid new single of theirs 20 times a day I might even turn KFOG back on because I miss the rest of the music on there.
Fogheads choose... not to listen to KFOG! ROTFL!
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Gotta give the Morning Show props this week. First, on Monday, they had a phone interview with Ray Romano, talking about his midseason drama on USA Network, "Men of a Certain Age". He closed off with a one-liner about how he knows he's reached that age when "I was making love to his wife...and I had to take a knee."
Then they immediately played the Lemonheads' "It's A Shame About Ray".
Then yesterday Peter had a news bit about how there's a guy who is trying to get Mt. Diablo renamed Mt. Reagan, and there was some public hearing that evening somewhere. He noted that so far opinion was running 9-1 in favor of keeping the name unchanged. So I called in to say that I really, really, really didn't like Reagan, and as far as I am concerned the mountain is *already* named after him. They laughed & later aired my call. And then they went straight into Van Halen's "Running With The Devil". Cracked me up.
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More from the KFOG FB page: they posted a contest reminder today ("Enjoy the band Train? then listen to Annalisa today...") and one Foghead said
No I do NOT enjoy the band Train any more! If you would stop playing that stupid new single of theirs 20 times a day I might even turn KFOG back on because I miss the rest of the music on there.
Fogheads choose... not to listen to KFOG! ROTFL!
LOL! The listeners in their home format in their home city don't even like them anymore. (And yet somehow, that song is shaping up to be a decent-sized pop-hit, their biggest since "Drops of Jupiter"... ::))
I would have given KFOG props for waiting until the very last moment to add that song...except that they do that with every song. :-\
That sort of reminds me. A few months ago I "accidentally" won a pair of tickets from Star to their show at the Fillmore (I say accidentally because I submitted a "my 4 songs at noon" entry, just because I wanted to hear some songs on the radio; they picked mine and it turns out there was a prize attached to it, which was Train tickets.) I thought eh, maybe I could get 20 bucks or so for them. I posted it and within hours I was getting offers of $50+ each per ticket. WTF, I didn't realize Train had fans anymore!
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Accvording to KFOG's FB page, Dave Morey's in town and stopped by the station to say hello today!
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So I called in to say that I really, really, really didn't like Reagan, and as far as I am concerned the mountain is *already* named after him. They laughed & later aired my call. And then they went straight into Van Halen's "Running With The Devil". Cracked me up.
This is really funny - well done!
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another "WTF?" posting from the KFOG FB page: they were asking for Kaboom! suggestions and someone actually said: "I'd like Jack Johnson -- he hardly ever gets played on the radio". Needless to say, I was compelled to comment "you're kidding, right? KFOG plays him constantly!"
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Friday will be another "Request-O-Rama-O-Rama" with movie trivia questions in honor of the Oscars. Can we also assume AL will be doing a movie-themed 10@10?
Today they did a "warm-up" question: what family has the most Oscar nominations in the history of the awards? Answer may surprise you. And the winning Foghead wanted to hear... "Spirit in the Sky". Because, y'know, ya *never* hear that one on the radio. Or in TV commercials. Or in movie trailers. Or...
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Friday will be another "Request-O-Rama-O-Rama" with movie trivia questions in honor of the Oscars. Can we also assume AL will be doing a movie-themed 10@10?
Today they did a "warm-up" question: what family has the most Oscar nominations in the history of the awards? Answer may surprise you. And the winning Foghead wanted to hear... "Spirit in the Sky". Because, y'know, ya *never* hear that one on the radio. Or in TV commercials. Or in movie trailers. Or...
I would go with the Hustons, off the top of my head.
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Friday will be another "Request-O-Rama-O-Rama" with movie trivia questions in honor of the Oscars. Can we also assume AL will be doing a movie-themed 10@10?
Today they did a "warm-up" question: what family has the most Oscar nominations in the history of the awards? Answer may surprise you. And the winning Foghead wanted to hear... "Spirit in the Sky". Because, y'know, ya *never* hear that one on the radio. Or in TV commercials. Or in movie trailers. Or...
I would go with the Hustons, off the top of my head.
Nope. The number of nominations in the answer was gobsmacking. And it doesn't involve actors at all!
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Friday will be another "Request-O-Rama-O-Rama" with movie trivia questions in honor of the Oscars. Can we also assume AL will be doing a movie-themed 10@10?
Today they did a "warm-up" question: what family has the most Oscar nominations in the history of the awards? Answer may surprise you. And the winning Foghead wanted to hear... "Spirit in the Sky". Because, y'know, ya *never* hear that one on the radio. Or in TV commercials. Or in movie trailers. Or...
I would go with the Hustons, off the top of my head.
The Coppolas?
Nope. The number of nominations in the answer was gobsmacking. And it doesn't involve actors at all!
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Friday will be another "Request-O-Rama-O-Rama" with movie trivia questions in honor of the Oscars. Can we also assume AL will be doing a movie-themed 10@10?
Today they did a "warm-up" question: what family has the most Oscar nominations in the history of the awards? Answer may surprise you. And the winning Foghead wanted to hear... "Spirit in the Sky". Because, y'know, ya *never* hear that one on the radio. Or in TV commercials. Or in movie trailers. Or...
I would go with the Hustons, off the top of my head.
The Coppolas?
Nope. The number of nominations in the answer was gobsmacking. And it doesn't involve actors at all!
Nope (and BTW, the Coppolas would include Nic Cage and Talia Shire)
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John Williams and his family?
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John Williams and his family?
no, but you're getting warm, category-wise.
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John Williams and his family?
no, but you're getting warm, category-wise.
The Gershwins?
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John Williams and his family?
no, but you're getting warm, category-wise.
The Gershwins?
Bigger family; we're talking 6 people with 80+ nominations among them.
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Dunno if anyone else is up this early, but KFOG has started doing an extended news segment between 5:30 and 6 -- 10-15 mins including business news and a "music news" segment with Renee (which gets recycled as her "Rock'N'Roll Thingy" later in the morning). Can't figure out what prompted the change.
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gotta be the Newmans. Randy has like 20 by himself & his uncles have to have a whole bunch too.
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gotta be the Newmans. Randy has like 20 by himself & his uncles have to have a whole bunch too.
DING DING DING! It's 81 nominations among Randy, 2 cousins and 3 uncles (not sure if that includes his 2 noms for this year).
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gotta be the Newmans. Randy has like 20 by himself & his uncles have to have a whole bunch too.
DING DING DING! It's 81 nominations among Randy, 2 cousins and 3 uncles (not sure if that includes his 2 noms for this year).
I looked it up this morning, but didn't want to spoil others fun.
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Request-O-rama-O-Rama in full swing: someone asked for and got "S&D&RnR". Cake of Liberty for breakfast!
ETA: the Ian Dury biopic, with Andy Serkis (aka Gollum from LOTR) has gotten excellent reviews in the UK.
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Request-O-rama-O-Rama in full swing: someone asked for and got "S&D&RnR". Cake of Liberty for breakfast!
ETA: the Ian Dury biopic, with Andy Serkis (aka Gollum from LOTR) has gotten excellent reviews in the UK.
Wonder what Ian would think of his life being immortalized on film?
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Request-O-rama-O-Rama in full swing: someone asked for and got "S&D&RnR". Cake of Liberty for breakfast!
ETA: the Ian Dury biopic, with Andy Serkis (aka Gollum from LOTR) has gotten excellent reviews in the UK.
Wonder what Ian would think of his life being immortalized on film?
he'd find it a reason to be cheerful, no doubt!
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KFOG has announced (re-announced?) the date for Kaboom! -- it's now Sat. May 22nd. No acts mentioned yet.
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KFOG has announced (re-announced?) the date for Kaboom! -- it's now Sat. May 22nd. No acts mentioned yet.
Oh, and today's KFOG e-mail says they're moving it to a different location -- they've decided the traditional Piers 32/33 are no longer big enuf.
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KFOG has announced (re-announced?) the date for Kaboom! -- it's now Sat. May 22nd. No acts mentioned yet.
Oh, and today's KFOG e-mail says they're moving it to a different location -- they've decided the traditional Piers 32/33 are no longer big enuf.
KFOG.com says
"We had a good run at Piers 30/32, but the Port of San Francisco recently announced that the Piers could no longer support the heavy equipment and vehicles necessary to produce large events like KFOG KaBoom, so stay tuned for a special announcement about a new venue for KFOG KaBoom 2010, coming soon!"
check out what this wikipedia entry says about Kaboom:
"...San Francisco residents living near the Kaboom site are routinely taken by surprise and extremely alarmed by the noise, which sounds like San Francisco is being bombed."
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KFOG has announced (re-announced?) the date for Kaboom! -- it's now Sat. May 22nd. No acts mentioned yet.
Oh, and today's KFOG e-mail says they're moving it to a different location -- they've decided the traditional Piers 32/33 are no longer big enuf.
KFOG.com says
"We had a good run at Piers 30/32, but the Port of San Francisco recently announced that the Piers could no longer support the heavy equipment and vehicles necessary to produce large events like KFOG KaBoom, so stay tuned for a special announcement about a new venue for KFOG KaBoom 2010, coming soon!"
check out what this wikipedia entry says about Kaboom:
"...San Francisco residents living near the Kaboom site are routinely taken by surprise and extremely alarmed by the noise, which sounds like San Francisco is being bombed."
Guess that means the Vans Warped Tour will be moving as well.
So where do you think they'll move it to? I'd say Marina Green or GGP, but both those would be a traffic nightmares, as there's not readily available mass-transit on the scale of what they had on the Embarcadero. And the residents of the Sunset/Richmond would scream at another late night event bringing thousands of people to their neighborhoods. It's gotta be someplace transit-friendly--that was one of the best things about the Pier 30/32 site. On the other hand, they could just give in to the auto-centric masses and have it at Candlestick.
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So where do you think they'll move it to? I'd say Marina Green or GGP, but both those would be a traffic nightmares, as there's not readily available mass-transit on the scale of what they had on the Embarcadero. And the residents of the Sunset/Richmond would scream at another late night event bringing thousands of people to their neighborhoods. It's gotta be someplace transit-friendly--that was one of the best things about the Pier 30/32 site. On the other hand, they could just give in to the auto-centric masses and have it at Candlestick.
Not to mention that anything other than downtown means no more going up to Twin Peaks to watch the Fireworks from afar.
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So where do you think they'll move it to? I'd say Marina Green or GGP, but both those would be a traffic nightmares, as there's not readily available mass-transit on the scale of what they had on the Embarcadero. And the residents of the Sunset/Richmond would scream at another late night event bringing thousands of people to their neighborhoods. It's gotta be someplace transit-friendly--that was one of the best things about the Pier 30/32 site. On the other hand, they could just give in to the auto-centric masses and have it at Candlestick.
Not to mention that anything other than downtown means no more going up to Twin Peaks to watch the Fireworks from afar.
Is Jack London Square feasible? Is it big enough? It's a bit of a hike from BART, but doable for able-bodied folks, I think. And can they block access to keep non-ticketholders from crashing?
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check out what this wikipedia entry says about Kaboom:
"...San Francisco residents living near the Kaboom site are routinely taken by surprise and extremely alarmed by the noise, which sounds like San Francisco is being bombed."
Jeez, when was that written? after 15+ years you'd think folks wouldn't be "taken by surprise" -- and they do fireworks at AT&T Park several times a year; Kaboom isn't any louder that that.
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check out what this wikipedia entry says about Kaboom:
"...San Francisco residents living near the Kaboom site are routinely taken by surprise and extremely alarmed by the noise, which sounds like San Francisco is being bombed."
Jeez, when was that written? after 15+ years you'd think folks wouldn't be "taken by surprise" -- and they do fireworks at AT&T Park several times a year; Kaboom isn't any louder that that.
And in the grand scheme of things, Fleet Week and the accompanying Blue Angels draw much more ire from the locals. As it should.
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Just consulted the Giants sched. They are on the road that day (in Oakland, so "road" is a relative term), but that would open up AT&T park as a potential site. I'm sure the Giants would love to have some sort of event to lease the park as well as earn then some concession revenue.
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Just consulted the Giants sched. They are on the road that day (in Oakland, so "road" is a relative term), but that would open up AT&T park as a potential site. I'm sure the Giants would love to have some sort of event to lease the park as well as earn then some concession revenue.
How many "paying" patrons has Kaboom attracted the last couple years? it drew upwards of 300,000 when it was free, no? (and non-payers still went to the Embarc to gawk for free)
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Just consulted the Giants sched. They are on the road that day (in Oakland, so "road" is a relative term), but that would open up AT&T park as a potential site. I'm sure the Giants would love to have some sort of event to lease the park as well as earn then some concession revenue.
How many "paying" patrons has Kaboom attracted the last couple years? it drew upwards of 300,000 when it was free, no? (and non-payers still went to the Embarc to gawk for free)
For some reason, the number 30,000 sticks in my head. So that's well within the capacity of AT&T, although you'd lose some or all of the bleachers and arcade depending on where they put the stage. And assuming they wouldn't allow patrons on the field, most of the crowd would be watching the bands on the jumbotron. So not exactly the perfect concert environs.
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KFOG asked on their FB page (since it's "New Music Thurs"): "what CD did you buy most recently?" -- of 19 comments (so far), the vast majority were artists KFOG doesn't play. But 3 folks said the new Train album and one suck-up said "Live From the Archives".
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"what CD did you buy most recently?"
In case anyone is curious:
Last digi CD: Owl City, Ocean Eyes
Last physical CD: Flaming Lips, Embryonic
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"what CD did you buy most recently?"
In case anyone is curious:
Last digi CD: Owl City, Ocean Eyes
Last physical CD: Flaming Lips, Embryonic
For me, the last CD I bought was Dave Rawlings Machine, A Friend of a Friend.
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"what CD did you buy most recently?"
In case anyone is curious:
Last digi CD: Owl City, Ocean Eyes
Last physical CD: Flaming Lips, Embryonic
For me, the last CD I bought was Dave Rawlings Machine, A Friend of a Friend.
I'm not sure it's a very clean concept anymore. I usually don't buy a CD unless I can't get to a song any other way. I bought Dylan's newest album last May. Not sure if I've shopped at Amoeba since then.
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The dumbing down continues -- Webster actually pronounced Zep's "D'yer Mak'er" as "DIE-er mokker" and Peter defended him ("I've always pronounced it that way too"). Greg had to correct them both. Guys, you've been doing rock radio for HOW long? Plus, I'm positive they had that conversation on the Morning Show when Dave was still there.
But today's Request-O-Rama winner saves the day with T.Heads "Cities". I smell home cooking!
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The dumbing down continues -- Webster actually pronounced Zep's "D'yer Mak'er" as "DIE-er mokker" and Peter defended him ("I've always pronounced it that way too"). Greg had to correct them both. Guys, you've been doing rock radio for HOW long?
I've pretty much given up on KFOG in the morning. And I thought Webster was supposed to be the temporary morning host? Even if they gave th gig to someone else -- and my last choice would be AL -- you've still got Peter and Renee and Greg in the mix, and each one has their serious fans and serious detractors.
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KFOG asked on their FB page (since it's "New Music Thurs"): "what CD did you buy most recently?" -- of 19 comments (so far), the vast majority were artists KFOG doesn't play. But 3 folks said the new Train album and one suck-up said "Live From the Archives".
Hum. Presents for my wife: MP3 albums from Amazon of Patty Griffin's "Downtown Church" (phenomenal album) and Corinne Bailey Rae's "The Sea" (wife loves it. I haven't given it a full listening.)
Last actual CD was Weezer's Raditude, also for my wife, who actually prefers MP3s, but it included a photo book and a commemorative zebra-print Snuggli with a Weezer logo (really).
I guess I haven't been supporting artists much. Oh, I bought the Fireflies single from Amazon MP3 to test my new Pre.
Sad sad sad. But I'm *listening* to plenty of new music. More on that in the other thread...
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KFOG has announced (re-announced?) the date for Kaboom! -- it's now Sat. May 22nd. No acts mentioned yet.
Just noticed that May 22 is also the date for the Black & White Ball (which is usually earlier than that, no?).
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Plus, I'm positive they had that conversation on the Morning Show when Dave was still there.
they sure did...with ME! I asked Dave if he was familiar with the cockney joke alleged to be the source for the name. He wasn't, but thought it interesting.
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Plus, I'm positive they had that conversation on the Morning Show when Dave was still there.
they sure did...with ME! I asked Dave if he was familiar with the cockney joke alleged to be the source for the name. He wasn't, but thought it interesting.
Ha! "Let's pretend we're stupid so alll the stupid people will listen to *us* in the morning!"
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Plus, I'm positive they had that conversation on the Morning Show when Dave was still there.
they sure did...with ME! I asked Dave if he was familiar with the cockney joke alleged to be the source for the name. He wasn't, but thought it interesting.
Ha! "Let's pretend we're stupid so alll the stupid people will listen to *us* in the morning!"
pretending...?
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Ha! "Let's pretend we're stupid so alll the stupid people will listen to *us* in the morning!"
pretending...?
"Calling you stupid would be an insult to STUPID PEOPLE!"
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they announced the lineup and location for this year's Kaboom: it's at Candlestick Point with Melissa Etheredge, John Butler Trio. They'll have kiddie entertainment, wine tasting from Wente Vineyards:
http://www.kfog.com/Pages/KaBoom2010.aspx
Sounds like it will not be in the ballpark, but rather in the surrounding grounds, parking lots, etc. That's a little far away for me, not sure if heading down there (by car, presumably) is in the works. I really like how close the old location was, but of course, that was the problem for all those nearby residents.
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they announced the lineup and location for this year's Kaboom: it's at Candlestick Point with Melissa Etheredge, John Butler Trio. They'll have kiddie entertainment, wine tasting from Wente Vineyards:
http://www.kfog.com/Pages/KaBoom2010.aspx
Sounds like it will not be in the ballpark, but rather in the surrounding grounds, parking lots, etc. That's a little far away for me, not sure if heading down there (by car, presumably) is in the works. I really like how close the old location was, but of course, that was the problem for all those nearby residents.
So, will MUNI cooperate by running the "ballpark express" buses? No way I'd drive down -- getting out of there when it's over will not be fun. At least at the Piers you had the option of hanging downtown until the crowds dispersed. No watching from Twin Peaks either, sadly. So Kaboom is officially out of my life. End of an era.
OTOH, I guess this location means you've gotta pay for tix to be anywhere near the festivites; no gawkers at the Point.
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Pleased to see the Kaboom comments on KFOG's FB-page running mostly negative (example: "not THERE!!!! Oh good grief.... why THERE?? ARGH!"). The consensus is: you picked a place where you pretty much have to drive -- what are you, crazy?
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At least they have solid bands this year. Melissa Etheridge is well established & the John Butler Trio is a good crowd-pleaser. Last year's pick of LLB as the headliner was an embarrassment.
Hmm...more to be announced, the commercial says. Who else could it be? I wouldn't mind that one listener's suggestion of Jack Johnson... :-X
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they announced the lineup and location for this year's Kaboom: it's at Candlestick Point with Melissa Etheredge, John Butler Trio. They'll have kiddie entertainment, wine tasting from Wente Vineyards:
http://www.kfog.com/Pages/KaBoom2010.aspx
Sounds like it will not be in the ballpark, but rather in the surrounding grounds, parking lots, etc. That's a little far away for me, not sure if heading down there (by car, presumably) is in the works. I really like how close the old location was, but of course, that was the problem for all those nearby residents.
So, will MUNI cooperate by running the "ballpark express" buses? No way I'd drive down -- getting out of there when it's over will not be fun. At least at the Piers you had the option of hanging downtown until the crowds dispersed. No watching from Twin Peaks either, sadly. So Kaboom is officially out of my life. End of an era.
OTOH, I guess this location means you've gotta pay for tix to be anywhere near the festivites; no gawkers at the Point.
And I wouldn't take the T line after dark. Read sfgate.com for what I am talking about.
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they announced the lineup and location for this year's Kaboom: it's at Candlestick Point with Melissa Etheredge, John Butler Trio. They'll have kiddie entertainment, wine tasting from Wente Vineyards:
http://www.kfog.com/Pages/KaBoom2010.aspx
Sounds like it will not be in the ballpark, but rather in the surrounding grounds, parking lots, etc. That's a little far away for me, not sure if heading down there (by car, presumably) is in the works. I really like how close the old location was, but of course, that was the problem for all those nearby residents.
So, will MUNI cooperate by running the "ballpark express" buses? No way I'd drive down -- getting out of there when it's over will not be fun. At least at the Piers you had the option of hanging downtown until the crowds dispersed. No watching from Twin Peaks either, sadly. So Kaboom is officially out of my life. End of an era.
OTOH, I guess this location means you've gotta pay for tix to be anywhere near the festivites; no gawkers at the Point.
And I wouldn't take the T line after dark. Read sfgate.com for what I am talking about.
I'm sure that neighborhood could use an event like this, although probably not a lot of Melissa Etheridge or John Butler fans living in Hunters Point. But I think most of the Foghead fanbase is having the same reaction: "NO WAY am I going down there at night."
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they announced the lineup and location for this year's Kaboom: it's at Candlestick Point with Melissa Etheredge, John Butler Trio. They'll have kiddie entertainment, wine tasting from Wente Vineyards:
http://www.kfog.com/Pages/KaBoom2010.aspx
Sounds like it will not be in the ballpark, but rather in the surrounding grounds, parking lots, etc. That's a little far away for me, not sure if heading down there (by car, presumably) is in the works. I really like how close the old location was, but of course, that was the problem for all those nearby residents.
So, will MUNI cooperate by running the "ballpark express" buses? No way I'd drive down -- getting out of there when it's over will not be fun. At least at the Piers you had the option of hanging downtown until the crowds dispersed. No watching from Twin Peaks either, sadly. So Kaboom is officially out of my life. End of an era.
OTOH, I guess this location means you've gotta pay for tix to be anywhere near the festivites; no gawkers at the Point.
And I wouldn't take the T line after dark. Read sfgate.com for what I am talking about.
I'm sure that neighborhood could use an event like this, although probably not a lot of Melissa Etheridge or John Butler fans living in Hunters Point. But I think most of the Foghead fanbase is having the same reaction: "NO WAY am I going down there at night."
There has been some recent violent acts near the T line (3 assaults including one that lead to the death of an 83 year old man by 5 teenagers who weren't robbing but beat him up for the fun of it. In fact, they were heard laughing after knocking the man unconscious).
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they announced the lineup and location for this year's Kaboom: it's at Candlestick Point with Melissa Etheredge, John Butler Trio. They'll have kiddie entertainment, wine tasting from Wente Vineyards:
http://www.kfog.com/Pages/KaBoom2010.aspx
Sounds like it will not be in the ballpark, but rather in the surrounding grounds, parking lots, etc. That's a little far away for me, not sure if heading down there (by car, presumably) is in the works. I really like how close the old location was, but of course, that was the problem for all those nearby residents.
So, will MUNI cooperate by running the "ballpark express" buses? No way I'd drive down -- getting out of there when it's over will not be fun. At least at the Piers you had the option of hanging downtown until the crowds dispersed. No watching from Twin Peaks either, sadly. So Kaboom is officially out of my life. End of an era.
OTOH, I guess this location means you've gotta pay for tix to be anywhere near the festivites; no gawkers at the Point.
And I wouldn't take the T line after dark. Read sfgate.com for what I am talking about.
I'm sure that neighborhood could use an event like this, although probably not a lot of Melissa Etheridge or John Butler fans living in Hunters Point. But I think most of the Foghead fanbase is having the same reaction: "NO WAY am I going down there at night."
There has been some recent violent acts near the T line (3 assaults including one that lead to the death of an 83 year old man by 5 teenagers who weren't robbing but beat him up for the fun of it. In fact, they were heard laughing after knocking the man unconscious).
I read about those. so sad. Seems like it's all teens, around age 15 or so. I'd think that specific group would prob not commit such acts if there were so many people around. but that doesn't mean I'll be going in any case.
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Someone posted on the KFOG FB page yesterday afternoon, wanting to know who does that "kazbaw" song.
Yes, she meant "Rock the Casbah". Somewhere the ghost of Joe Strummer is weeping.
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New feature to my "Now Playing" page. A (History) link that will take you to my Foglist page.
Usage:
"Huh, they sure do seem to this song, Paul Simon's 'Outrageous' a lot. I wonder just how much."
http://www.darryl.com/kfog
Click on the (History) link next to "OUTRAGEOUS" (or whatever) and it'll open a new window with a search in my Foglist database for all plays of that song.
It also works for Artists, as in "Huh, John Butler Trio. I don't think I've heard them in a long while, but now that the're playing this year's Kaboom, suddenly they're in higher rotation. (Click on History next to John Butler Trio, and confirm whether John Butler Trio is really a "KFOG Artist". Hrm, 4 spins a month prior to the last week? Not so much.)
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HUH! Was it just me, or did anybody else just hear Dave Morey do a spot for the new exhibit at Cal Academy of Sciences? Maybe he picked up a little work on his last visit to the station?
From @kellyransford on Twitter:
Dave is great. He surprised us w/ a visit last mth. Totally relaxed & long hippie hair! So happy for him but miss seeing his smile.
(http://twitter.com/kellyransford/status/11093836770)
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HUH! Was it just me, or did anybody else just hear Dave Morey do a spot for the new exhibit at Cal Academy of Sciences? Maybe he picked up a little work on his last visit to the station?
was that over-the-air or on the webstream? I don't listen to KFOg during the day (post-10@10) so i've not heard it.
And thanks, Darryl -- saw your comment on the KFOG FB-page. I didn't realize that Kaboom tix were $15 *PLUS* another 15 for parking! Surely a round-trip BART fare from the East Bay is less than 15 bucks?
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It was OTA where I thought I heard Dave. Wish I had a Tivo for the radio, i could've saved it for ya.
NP with the parking info. I was just echoing these comments:
Kaboom started as a most generous way for Kfog to thank its loyal listeners...NOW, $15 plus service fees for entry...$15 parking (no tailgating)...outpricing and inconveniencing loyal listeners that have made this an annual event for friends and family, priceless!!!
Yesterday at 12:46pm (http://www.facebook.com/KFOGfm?v=feed&story_fbid=1418134290283&ref=mf)
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HUH! Was it just me, or did anybody else just hear Dave Morey do a spot for the new exhibit at Cal Academy of Sciences? Maybe he picked up a little work on his last visit to the station?
was that over-the-air or on the webstream? I don't listen to KFOg during the day (post-10@10) so i've not heard it.
They mentioned it on the morning show: yes, it's Dave. The Cal Academy wanted his voice and paid him to do the spot.
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Sorry to keep harping on the Kaboom theme, but they just posted this on FB: "We expect KFOG KaBoom Box Tickets to go fast, so this may be your only chance to buy them!"
Weren't they still flogging tix last year days before the show?
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This is the first time I recall them selling Kaboom Box tickets.
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This is the first time I recall them selling Kaboom Box tickets.
yeah, they were always a contest giveaway, iirc. More room at the Point for a bigger Box, perhaps?
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So I just checked the pre-sale: Kaboom BOX tickets are $150 apiece (+$18 Ticketbastard "convenience" fees because of course it costs more to print out and mail a $150 vs $15 ticket).
Wow, much more incentive to win them now. (Actually in years past you couldn't even buy your way in, without being a sponsor, so I guess they were valuable back then too.)
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I guess I'm surprised at the price because I've been able to win Kaboom Box tickets at least 2-3 times, and back in the dot-com era, I won place on one of the many sponsored ferries KFOG had out on the water to watch the show. The downside to the Ferry was that we missed seeing Kenny Wayne Shepherd cause the boat took off during his set. Oh boo hoo. ;-} (AtomicTangerine.com)
Also, on Piers 30/32, the Kaboom Box was well-located for fireworks-viewing, but pretty lousy for the music. So we staked out a spot close to the stage, and then shuttled back and forth. Kind of a pain. Again, boo hoo.
(Seems like having the stage and fireworks at opposite ends makes sense though, because otherwise the stage blocks the fireworks for a large part of the audience.)
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Hey, I just posted this to that long bitchy thread about the Kaboom move to Candlestick:
I hear that The City didn't want it anymore. :-/
How did I get this impression? Did somebody here talk about it? Was it in the news elsewhere? Or did I just make it up?
Ooof, my first attempt at Google was a fail, but my second attempt was much more successful:
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Safety-issues-drive-KaBoom-concert-to-new-venue-87742357.html
Century-old piers that buckled under the weight of a cargo truck months ago will not be able to support the annual KaBoom concert and fireworks show.
But the show put on by KFOG radio must go on — it will just have to be somewhere else.
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Hey, I just posted this to that long bitchy thread about the Kaboom move to Candlestick:
I hear that The City didn't want it anymore. :-/
How did I get this impression? Did somebody here talk about it? Was it in the news elsewhere? Or did I just make it up?
Depends on what "want" means. I'm sure the city (and the downtown merchants) loved the extra tax revenue, permit fees, etc. I understood it as a safety issue, as the piers are aging.
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I found it myself, forgot to follow up here:
Huh. Apparently the move is due to a safety issue. The Pier buckled under the weight of a big truck carrying heavy equipment (portapotties?), so the Port of SF is disallowing it: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Safety-issues-drive-KaBoom-concert-to-new-venue-87742357.html
Apparently renting out Candlestick costs KFOG a lot more, payable to SF Rec and Park: http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/under-the-dome/KaBooms-move-was-costly-89695717.html
I guess the problem is that the event is now just too big to hold anywhere else.
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I found it myself, forgot to follow up here:
Huh. Apparently the move is due to a safety issue. The Pier buckled under the weight of a big truck carrying heavy equipment (portapotties?), so the Port of SF is disallowing it: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Safety-issues-drive-KaBoom-concert-to-new-venue-87742357.html
Apparently renting out Candlestick costs KFOG a lot more, payable to SF Rec and Park: http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/under-the-dome/KaBooms-move-was-costly-89695717.html
I guess the problem is that the event is now just too big to hold anywhere else.
Interesting that the articles say that KaBoom was attended by "20,000" -- presumably that's the number of paying customers. The crowd estimates along the Embarc were always in the hundreds of thousands. My question is, is there anywhere at Candlestick Pt for non-ticketed folks to go? It's not clear to me how things are laid out there, it's been years since I was in that parking lot. And it's the gawkers who are going to create the traffic jam, methinks.
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I found it myself, forgot to follow up here:
Huh. Apparently the move is due to a safety issue. The Pier buckled under the weight of a big truck carrying heavy equipment (portapotties?), so the Port of SF is disallowing it: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Safety-issues-drive-KaBoom-concert-to-new-venue-87742357.html
Apparently renting out Candlestick costs KFOG a lot more, payable to SF Rec and Park: http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/under-the-dome/KaBooms-move-was-costly-89695717.html
I guess the problem is that the event is now just too big to hold anywhere else.
Interesting that the articles say that KaBoom was attended by "20,000" -- presumably that's the number of paying customers. The crowd estimates along the Embarc were always in the hundreds of thousands. My question is, is there anywhere at Candlestick Pt for non-ticketed folks to go? It's not clear to me how things are laid out there, it's been years since I was in that parking lot. And it's the gawkers who are going to create the traffic jam, methinks.
What I'm still a little unclear on is what constitutes "Candlestick Point." Do they mean the park on the water outside the stadium? I didn't think it was all that big, and it's also state property, iirc, not the city's. Or do they mean the parking lot of the stadium? Gee, that'll be comfy (not that the pier was all padded or parklike). Or will it be in Candlestick Park proper? But then why aren't they calling a spade a spade, errr, a stadium a stadium?
Also, and perhaps this has been answered and I missed it: Who pockets the $15 per car parking fee? My money's on SF Park & Rec.
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Friday is another Request-O-Rama-O-Rama day on the Morning Show; celebrating the Giants home opener (and giving away tix) with all baseball trivia questions. Matt Nathanson will make an appearance -- he's singing the anthem at AT&T Park Fri nite.
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Friday is another Request-O-Rama-O-Rama day on the Morning Show; celebrating the Giants home opener (and giving away tix) with all baseball trivia questions. Matt Nathanson will make an appearance -- he's singing the anthem at AT&T Park Fri nite.
well, of course we have to hear They Might Be Giants...
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I found it myself, forgot to follow up here:
Huh. Apparently the move is due to a safety issue. The Pier buckled under the weight of a big truck carrying heavy equipment (portapotties?), so the Port of SF is disallowing it: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Safety-issues-drive-KaBoom-concert-to-new-venue-87742357.html
Apparently renting out Candlestick costs KFOG a lot more, payable to SF Rec and Park: http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/under-the-dome/KaBooms-move-was-costly-89695717.html
I guess the problem is that the event is now just too big to hold anywhere else.
Interesting that the articles say that KaBoom was attended by "20,000" -- presumably that's the number of paying customers. The crowd estimates along the Embarc were always in the hundreds of thousands. My question is, is there anywhere at Candlestick Pt for non-ticketed folks to go? It's not clear to me how things are laid out there, it's been years since I was in that parking lot. And it's the gawkers who are going to create the traffic jam, methinks.
What I'm still a little unclear on is what constitutes "Candlestick Point." Do they mean the park on the water outside the stadium? I didn't think it was all that big, and it's also state property, iirc, not the city's. Or do they mean the parking lot of the stadium? Gee, that'll be comfy (not that the pier was all padded or parklike). Or will it be in Candlestick Park proper? But then why aren't they calling a spade a spade, errr, a stadium a stadium?
Also, and perhaps this has been answered and I missed it: Who pockets the $15 per car parking fee? My money's on SF Park & Rec.
Just read thru the Kaboom FAQ on KFOG's site. "Candlestick Point" = Candlestick Parking lot. Nice spin, there, guys.
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Just read thru the Kaboom FAQ on KFOG's site. "Candlestick Point" = Candlestick Parking lot. Nice spin, there, guys.
Hee. Actually that is technically what the whole area is called -- remember when the stadium became "Monster Park at Candlestick Point"? But yeah, it makes it sound like it's happening in a larger, more scenic space.
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I guess I'm surprised at the price because I've been able to win Kaboom Box tickets at least 2-3 times, and back in the dot-com era, I won place on one of the many sponsored ferries KFOG had out on the water to watch the show. The downside to the Ferry was that we missed seeing Kenny Wayne Shepherd cause the boat took off during his set. Oh boo hoo. ;-} (AtomicTangerine.com)
Also, on Piers 30/32, the Kaboom Box was well-located for fireworks-viewing, but pretty lousy for the music. So we staked out a spot close to the stage, and then shuttled back and forth. Kind of a pain. Again, boo hoo.
(Seems like having the stage and fireworks at opposite ends makes sense though, because otherwise the stage blocks the fireworks for a large part of the audience.)
Many years ago I also won a ride on the ferry (blue and gold) but missed seeing Boz cuz we were out in the water. Another year in the box which was a real treat b/c it was catered and free drinks. Very cool. I hve given up on Kaboom for the last few years and the Stick does not entice me.
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Have y'all noticed that the Kaboom promos now call the location "the lot at Candlestick Park" -- sudden honesty, or maybe they were threatened with being called out for false advertising?
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Have y'all noticed that the Kaboom promos now call the location "the lot at Candlestick Park" -- sudden honesty, or maybe they were threatened with being called out for false advertising?
Or a deluge of complaints from Fogheads who, like me, first thought they meant the park on the water, and got pissed when they found out where it *really* was. Which I guess is a combo of both your suggestions.
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Have y'all noticed that the Kaboom promos now call the location "the lot at Candlestick Park" -- sudden honesty, or maybe they were threatened with being called out for false advertising?
Or a deluge of complaints from Fogheads who, like me, first thought they meant the park on the water, and got pissed when they found out where it *really* was. Which I guess is a combo of both your suggestions.
yup, just heard that on the stream. They should just start calling it the KFOG KaPut!
I would Facebook this on the KFOG site, but I'm not a "fan" of theirs.
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Have y'all noticed that the Kaboom promos now call the location "the lot at Candlestick Park" -- sudden honesty, or maybe they were threatened with being called out for false advertising?
Or a deluge of complaints from Fogheads who, like me, first thought they meant the park on the water, and got pissed when they found out where it *really* was. Which I guess is a combo of both your suggestions.
yup, just heard that on the stream. They should just start calling the KFOG KaPut!
I would Facebook this on the KFOG site, but I'm not a "fan" of theirs.
well, believe me, they've taken a TON of crap on FB about the Kaboom-doggle. Bet they're sorry they set up a FB page for the station.
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Have y'all noticed that the Kaboom promos now call the location "the lot at Candlestick Park" -- sudden honesty, or maybe they were threatened with being called out for false advertising?
Or a deluge of complaints from Fogheads who, like me, first thought they meant the park on the water, and got pissed when they found out where it *really* was. Which I guess is a combo of both your suggestions.
yup, just heard that on the stream. They should just start calling the KFOG KaPut!
I would Facebook this on the KFOG site, but I'm not a "fan" of theirs.
well, believe me, they've taken a TON of crap on FB about the Kaboom-doggle. Bet they're sorry they set up a FB page for the station.
Shall we take bets as to whether Kaboom returns to Candlestick next year? Or if perhaps this is the end of Kaboom entirely?
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Have y'all noticed that the Kaboom promos now call the location "the lot at Candlestick Park" -- sudden honesty, or maybe they were threatened with being called out for false advertising?
Or a deluge of complaints from Fogheads who, like me, first thought they meant the park on the water, and got pissed when they found out where it *really* was. Which I guess is a combo of both your suggestions.
yup, just heard that on the stream. They should just start calling the KFOG KaPut!
I would Facebook this on the KFOG site, but I'm not a "fan" of theirs.
well, believe me, they've taken a TON of crap on FB about the Kaboom-doggle. Bet they're sorry they set up a FB page for the station.
Shall we take bets as to whether Kaboom returns to Candlestick next year? Or if perhaps this is the end of Kaboom entirely?
I had the same thought. A lot depends on a) how many tix they sell, compared to previous years; and b) how much of a traffic clusterfuck the new site does or doesn't produce. I'm imagining quite a mess down there, even if everybody carpools.
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Saturday is another Record Store Day and apparently it'll be another "Vinyl Friday" on the Morning Show.
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Have y'all noticed that the Kaboom promos now call the location "the lot at Candlestick Park" -- sudden honesty, or maybe they were threatened with being called out for false advertising?
Or a deluge of complaints from Fogheads who, like me, first thought they meant the park on the water, and got pissed when they found out where it *really* was. Which I guess is a combo of both your suggestions.
yup, just heard that on the stream. They should just start calling the KFOG KaPut!
I would Facebook this on the KFOG site, but I'm not a "fan" of theirs.
well, believe me, they've taken a TON of crap on FB about the Kaboom-doggle. Bet they're sorry they set up a FB page for the station.
Oh hell, let's beat a dead horse: KFOG has changed the Kaboom promos *again* -- now instead of "the lot at Candlestick Park" it just says "Candlestick Park". Maybe they realized "the lot" sounded a bit, er, unglamorous. But saying "Candlestick Park" makes it sound like it's inside the stadium, so I bet they change it again before long.
In other news, Renee's mellifluous tones are voicing the TV spots for Bay to Breakers this year.
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Peter did a Fog Files this week about the emergency sirens that are tested every Tuesday at noon in SF:
http://www.kfog.com/Community/Fogfiles.aspx
And he mentioned this morning that the guy in charge of the sirens is a longtime Foghead and is negotiating with Dave Morey to have Dave become the voice of the "that was only a test" message that runs each week after the sirens stop!
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When my alarm clock went off this morning I was 'treated' to Train's "Hey Soul Sister", which I have loathed since the first time I heard it...but it is undeniably an earworm. And then Renee, sitting in the front seat with Webster on vacay, started saying how much she likes the song. 10 demerits for Renee!!
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OMFG and nicest surprise of the week: they just played the Wailing Souls' "Shark Attack" -- a KFOG staple when it was new , but I haven't heard it in ages and they NEVER play it at Sharks games, which utterly baffles me. Surely it would be a natural.
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When my alarm clock went off this morning I was 'treated' to Train's "Hey Soul Sister", which I have loathed since the first time I heard it...but it is undeniably an earworm. And then Renee, sitting in the front seat with Webster on vacay, started saying how much she likes the song. 10 demerits for Renee!!
Yeah that song's definitely getting overplayed. I wish they'd play the new track "Save Me, San Francisco" more though. Against my better judgement I really dig it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e8tlPE3kjI
(This is in spite of typically insipid Train lyrics like: "I used to love the Tenderloin until I made some tender coin." "Everyday's so caffienated, I wish they were Golden Gated. Fillmore couldn't feel more miles away.")
Awful. But the groove is great.
In their first hit, "Meet Virginia", I like this bit:
She never comprimises,
Loves babies and surprises,
wears high heels when
she exercises
Ain't it beautuiful
Meet Virginia
But then...
Her brother is a fine mediator
For the president
And here she is again on the phone
just like me hates to be alone
we just like to sit at home
and rip on the President
Did you just rhyme "president" with "President"? I mean, god, at least be clever and work in "precedent" or something.
But what am I expecting from a guy who writes: "The best soy latte that you ever had, and me?"
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Have y'all noticed that the Kaboom promos now call the location "the lot at Candlestick Park" -- sudden honesty, or maybe they were threatened with being called out for false advertising?
Or a deluge of complaints from Fogheads who, like me, first thought they meant the park on the water, and got pissed when they found out where it *really* was. Which I guess is a combo of both your suggestions.
yup, just heard that on the stream. They should just start calling the KFOG KaPut!
I would Facebook this on the KFOG site, but I'm not a "fan" of theirs.
well, believe me, they've taken a TON of crap on FB about the Kaboom-doggle. Bet they're sorry they set up a FB page for the station.
Oh hell, let's beat a dead horse: KFOG has changed the Kaboom promos *again* -- now instead of "the lot at Candlestick Park" it just says "Candlestick Park". Maybe they realized "the lot" sounded a bit, er, unglamorous. But saying "Candlestick Park" makes it sound like it's inside the stadium, so I bet they change it again before long.
Kaboomdoggle update: They're running yet another new promo, a real hard-sell thing featuring everybody from Webster and Renee to Big Rick, fairly hitting folks over the head with how much ROOM! there's gonna be! How many PARKING SPACES! etc. and reminding you that the fireworks will still be OVER THE WATER in a really SCENIC SETTING! Sounds to me like ticket sales must be way behind previous years... Oh and they're giving away a Volkswagen -- a Ka-Beetle (get it??). Sheesh.
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Have y'all noticed that the Kaboom promos now call the location "the lot at Candlestick Park" -- sudden honesty, or maybe they were threatened with being called out for false advertising?
Or a deluge of complaints from Fogheads who, like me, first thought they meant the park on the water, and got pissed when they found out where it *really* was. Which I guess is a combo of both your suggestions.
yup, just heard that on the stream. They should just start calling the KFOG KaPut!
I would Facebook this on the KFOG site, but I'm not a "fan" of theirs.
well, believe me, they've taken a TON of crap on FB about the Kaboom-doggle. Bet they're sorry they set up a FB page for the station.
Oh hell, let's beat a dead horse: KFOG has changed the Kaboom promos *again* -- now instead of "the lot at Candlestick Park" it just says "Candlestick Park". Maybe they realized "the lot" sounded a bit, er, unglamorous. But saying "Candlestick Park" makes it sound like it's inside the stadium, so I bet they change it again before long.
Kaboomdoggle update: They're running yet another new promo, a real hard-sell thing featuring everybody from Webster and Renee to Big Rick, fairly hitting folks over the head with how much ROOM! there's gonna be! How many PARKING SPACES! etc. and reminding you that the fireworks will still be OVER THE WATER in a really SCENIC SETTING! Sounds to me like ticket sales must be way behind previous years... Oh and they're giving away a Volkswagen -- a Ka-Beetle (get it??). Sheesh.
I was thinking the very same thing when I heard it. They also suggest piling into a car with all your buddies and driving down is the best way to get there. They're trying really hard to make it sound like a freaking blast, man!
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Have y'all noticed that the Kaboom promos now call the location "the lot at Candlestick Park" -- sudden honesty, or maybe they were threatened with being called out for false advertising?
Or a deluge of complaints from Fogheads who, like me, first thought they meant the park on the water, and got pissed when they found out where it *really* was. Which I guess is a combo of both your suggestions.
yup, just heard that on the stream. They should just start calling the KFOG KaPut!
I would Facebook this on the KFOG site, but I'm not a "fan" of theirs.
well, believe me, they've taken a TON of crap on FB about the Kaboom-doggle. Bet they're sorry they set up a FB page for the station.
Oh hell, let's beat a dead horse: KFOG has changed the Kaboom promos *again* -- now instead of "the lot at Candlestick Park" it just says "Candlestick Park". Maybe they realized "the lot" sounded a bit, er, unglamorous. But saying "Candlestick Park" makes it sound like it's inside the stadium, so I bet they change it again before long.
Kaboomdoggle update: They're running yet another new promo, a real hard-sell thing featuring everybody from Webster and Renee to Big Rick, fairly hitting folks over the head with how much ROOM! there's gonna be! How many PARKING SPACES! etc. and reminding you that the fireworks will still be OVER THE WATER in a really SCENIC SETTING! Sounds to me like ticket sales must be way behind previous years... Oh and they're giving away a Volkswagen -- a Ka-Beetle (get it??). Sheesh.
I almost wrote this same thing earlier today, just didn't have time to. But yeah, you're right. Sounds like ticket sales are stiffing bad. But no matter how good they try to make it sound, it's still a parking lot.
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I just heard an ad for "Music in School Today, or 'MUST.' " WTF?!
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I just heard an ad for "Music in School Today, or 'MUST.' " WTF?!
yes, I always think "shouldn't it be MIST?" It's worse than that "in a perfect world" auto insurance spot.
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I just heard an ad for "Music in School Today, or 'MUST.' " WTF?!
yes, I always think "shouldn't it be MIST?" It's worse than that "in a perfect world" auto insurance spot.
it's an advertising thing, not copy editing. What would you call that? modified acronymage?
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Is KFOG still doing "My Three Songs"? I notice that The Band is copying that for their station.
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Is KFOG still doing "My Three Songs"? I notice that The Band is copying that for their station.
afaik, AL still does it every afternoon. When does the Band do it, and do they call it that, or give it a different name? (KPIG does it in the morning and calls it "What's the Connection?", which is what Live 105 used to call it back in the day.
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Is KFOG still doing "My Three Songs"? I notice that The Band is copying that for their station.
afaik, AL still does it every afternoon. When does the Band do it, and do they call it that, or give it a different name? (KPIG does it in the morning and calls it "What's the Connection?", which is what Live 105 used to call it back in the day.
I forgot what they call it but on Thursday, they did it exactly at 3 PM.
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Is KFOG still doing "My Three Songs"? I notice that The Band is copying that for their station.
afaik, AL still does it every afternoon. When does the Band do it, and do they call it that, or give it a different name? (KPIG does it in the morning and calls it "What's the Connection?", which is what Live 105 used to call it back in the day.
I forgot what they call it but on Thursday, they did it exactly at 3 PM.
Wow, I'll have to remember to check that out next week. From a radio standpoint, it's smart of them, as the 2 stations are next to each other on the dial; you could hear all three songs without realizing you're listening to the Band instead of KFOG. But from an originality standpoint...
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Is KFOG still doing "My Three Songs"? I notice that The Band is copying that for their station.
afaik, AL still does it every afternoon. When does the Band do it, and do they call it that, or give it a different name? (KPIG does it in the morning and calls it "What's the Connection?", which is what Live 105 used to call it back in the day.
I forgot what they call it but on Thursday, they did it exactly at 3 PM.
Wow, I'll have to remember to check that out next week. From a radio standpoint, it's smart of them, as the 2 stations are next to each other on the dial; you could hear all three songs without realizing you're listening to the Band instead of KFOG. But from an originality standpoint...
Looked it up on their website. It's called "Common Thread @ 3". Last week's prize was tickets to Foreigner, Styx and Kansas concert.
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for gawd's sake, KFOG, how old is this "for gawd's sake, dear" song ("Just Say Yes" is the actual title -- Snow Patrol, or Cold Playtrol as I call them)? And it's still in heavy rotation?
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My latest gripe. On their Facebook and Twitter, KFOG has been going on about the opening act for Kaboom: From FB Monday at 3PM: "Grace Potter & Nocturnals are the opening act for KaBoom on May 22nd! Sold out the Fillmore last time they were in town. Get your tickets today!"
But have they played her music since then? NOPE. Hell, could you even call her a KFOG artist? NOPE. The Foglist shows she get's played *MAYBE* 3-4 times a month, during New Music Thursday Ghettos or the Side Show Ghettos. But other than that, she's lucky to get played once a month. And if they do add her to the rotation leading up to Kaboom, what are the chances she'll get any airplay after the fireworks are over? That's right, ZERO.
Damnit I'll take Grace Potter over frigging Sheryl Crow any day of the week. C'mon, get some new blood in there. Hell, she should satisfy even you Corinne Bailey Rae and Norah Jones haters. ;-}
Well, at least Grace Potter's management is responding in kind. They've not listed Kaboom on their tourdates.
http://www.gracepotter.com/
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Re: Grace Potter & The Nocturnals -- ugh, I've gotta say thought that their new single "Tiny Light" is pretty meh. I much prefer stuff like "Ah Mary": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVddqalx9gg
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Damnit I'll take Grace Potter over frigging Sheryl Crow any day of the week. C'mon, get some new blood in there. Hell, she should satisfy even you Corinne Bailey Rae and Norah Jones haters. ;-}
You mean Mike?
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KNBR is advertising KFOG Kaboom but not listing it as "KFOG Kaboom" only as Kaboom even though both stations are owned by the same company.
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Just hear the *other* Train song, "Save Me San Francisco" for the first time -- much to my surprise, I kinda like. A little Stones-y. (and I guarantee it's part of the Kaboom sndtk) Sure, I'll get totally sick of it after they flog it incessantly for the next 3 months, but a welcome change from "Hey Soul Sistah, you're makin' my ears blistah"
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Just hear the *other* Train song, "Save Me San Francisco" for the first time -- much to my surprise, I kinda like. A little Stones-y. (and I guarantee it's part of the Kaboom sndtk) Sure, I'll get totally sick of it after they flog it incessantly for the next 3 months, but a welcome change from "Hey Soul Sistah, you're makin' my ears blistah"
I had the exact same reaction - they were going for an Exile St. sound, and damn near pulled it off.
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Just hear the *other* Train song, "Save Me San Francisco" for the first time -- much to my surprise, I kinda like. A little Stones-y. (and I guarantee it's part of the Kaboom sndtk) Sure, I'll get totally sick of it after they flog it incessantly for the next 3 months, but a welcome change from "Hey Soul Sistah, you're makin' my ears blistah"
I had the exact same reaction - they were going for an Exile St. sound, and damn near pulled it off.
one more for that "imitation Stones" set! (Soup Dragons "Divine Thing", Eurythmics "I Need a Man", MJ's "Black & White"...)
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Just hear the *other* Train song, "Save Me San Francisco" for the first time -- much to my surprise, I kinda like. A little Stones-y. (and I guarantee it's part of the Kaboom sndtk) Sure, I'll get totally sick of it after they flog it incessantly for the next 3 months, but a welcome change from "Hey Soul Sistah, you're makin' my ears blistah"
I had the exact same reaction - they were going for an Exile St. sound, and damn near pulled it off.
one more for that "imitation Stones" set! (Soup Dragons "Divine Thing", Eurythmics "I Need a Man", MJ's "Black & White"...)
World Party, too. Woowooo!
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Just hear the *other* Train song, "Save Me San Francisco" for the first time -- much to my surprise, I kinda like. A little Stones-y. (and I guarantee it's part of the Kaboom sndtk) Sure, I'll get totally sick of it after they flog it incessantly for the next 3 months, but a welcome change from "Hey Soul Sistah, you're makin' my ears blistah"
I had the exact same reaction - they were going for an Exile St. sound, and damn near pulled it off.
one more for that "imitation Stones" set! (Soup Dragons "Divine Thing", Eurythmics "I Need a Man", MJ's "Black & White"...)
World Party, too. Woowooo!
Ben Harper, "Burn to Shine."
Dandy Warhols, "Bohemian Like You"
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Damn, it's rather chilly out there. "near record low temperatures" sez the Weather Channel. Gonna be positively FROZEN at the 'stick tonite.
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Damn, it's rather chilly out there. "near record low temperatures" sez the Weather Channel. Gonna be positively FROZEN at the 'stick tonite.
the KaBOOM sndtk:
something short and classical sounding (or movie theme?) to start
Beatles, "RnR Music"
DMB, "Why I Am"
"Killer Queen" (well, it's one of their most-overplayed "classics" evah)
Lady Gaga! "PokerFace"
Guns'n'Roses "Live & Let Die"
AAACK! "Hey Soul Sistah"
Ree-Ree, "Think"
Coldplay, "Fix You"
Little Feat, "Let it Roll"
Who, "Won't Get Fooled Again"
all truncated versions, obviously. Lady Gaga walks away with this year's OMGWTFLOL Award. Did I mis-time it, or was that the shortest one they've ever done? Seemed like 15-16 minutes, tops.
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Did I mis-time it, or was that the shortest one they've ever done? Seemed like 15-16 minutes, tops.
KFOG has the KABOOM video up on their website -- guess I was right, it was almost exactly 14 minutes. That's the shortest one that I can recall -- they were usually closer to 20 iirc, and the first year they charged admission they made a big deal about how the fireworks would be "longer", and they were what, 22 minutes?
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Did I mis-time it, or was that the shortest one they've ever done? Seemed like 15-16 minutes, tops.
KFOG has the KABOOM video up on their website -- guess I was right, it was almost exactly 14 minutes. That's the shortest one that I can recall -- they were usually closer to 20 iirc, and the first year they charged admission they made a big deal about how the fireworks would be "longer", and they were what, 22 minutes?
Has anyone talked to someone who actually went? I'm very curious what the turnout was like. Were there even 5K people there? The huge promo push they gave it the last few weeks tells me it was stiffing on advance sales.
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Did I mis-time it, or was that the shortest one they've ever done? Seemed like 15-16 minutes, tops.
KFOG has the KABOOM video up on their website -- guess I was right, it was almost exactly 14 minutes. That's the shortest one that I can recall -- they were usually closer to 20 iirc, and the first year they charged admission they made a big deal about how the fireworks would be "longer", and they were what, 22 minutes?
Has anyone talked to someone who actually went? I'm very curious what the turnout was like. Were there even 5K people there? The huge promo push they gave it the last few weeks tells me it was stiffing on advance sales.
Well, it's been a week, and I've seen very little about it anywhere. There are 5 or 6 reviews on Yelp posted after this year's show:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/kfog-kaboom-san-francisco-2?rpp=40&sort_by=date_desc
my favorite comment is this one
It wasn't as fun as in the past. I enjoyed it when it was free, and when it was right downtown, so you could go to a bar or restaurant when it was over and keep the party going. Now, it's out in the middle of nowhere, in the cold, windswept lot at Candlestick. Not good. Now, I understand that it costs money to put something like this on, and I understand why they had to move it. But having to buy your ticket through Ticketmaster, where an advertised $15 ticket actually costs $22 with junk fees, etc is not cool. Then you have to pay $15 to park out there. Food choices were minimal (compared to years past), and the beer was outrageously expensive. And...for all of that, the fireworks show, while spectacular, seemed shorter.
The Kaboom experience has definitely gone downhill, which is really too bad. This was a great event for the community.
I've seen nothing in the press about it, post-KaBOOM. And it occurred to me that when it was downtown, especially when it was free but even after they started charging admission, the throngs of people who went to the Embarcadero to gawk made it a news story. KTVU could show video of the crowds lined up along the Embarc, and the Chron could write about the mob scene when the hordes descended on BART after it was over. Great for businesses downtown and great for KFOG because it was their "gift to the City". Ya can't buy that kinda PR. This year, at the 'stick, it was just another private event. Unless 100,000 folks showed up and caused a massive traffic clusterfuck on 101, nobody was gonna care (and clearly far less than 100,000 people were there).
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Pet peeve of the day: Giving away tickets to the Black Crowes, but not *playing* Black Crowes either before or after the giveaway. WTF?
Is it just me, or does that not make any sense?
Also, the giveaway wasn't unrelated -- I mean you had to know (easy) trivia about the Black Crowes, as well as Counting Crows and Sheryl Crow.
Instead they played Green Day's "Holiday" after announcing the contest and afterwards, Jack Johnson's new "You and Your Heart". *Sigh*
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Just hear the *other* Train song, "Save Me San Francisco" for the first time -- much to my surprise, I kinda like. A little Stones-y. (and I guarantee it's part of the Kaboom sndtk) Sure, I'll get totally sick of it after they flog it incessantly for the next 3 months, but a welcome change from "Hey Soul Sistah, you're makin' my ears blistah"
I had the exact same reaction - they were going for an Exile St. sound, and damn near pulled it off.
one more for that "imitation Stones" set! (Soup Dragons "Divine Thing", Eurythmics "I Need a Man", MJ's "Black & White"...)
World Party, too. Woowooo!
Ben Harper, "Burn to Shine."
Dandy Warhols, "Bohemian Like You"
I'd been trying to think of this one last week... some of you may not know it but it's rather Jagger-esque: Graham Parker, "Hotel Chambermaid".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJLNf-5BUIs
according to the comments on YT, Rod the Mod has covered this too, but I'm unfamiliar with his take.
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To those of you who are FB-friends with "kfog fm" -- they're about to reach their limit of 5000 friends, so from now on "KFOG Radio" is the official KFOG fan page and it's where they'll post all their announcements, cutesy links etc.
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Just hear the *other* Train song, "Save Me San Francisco" for the first time -- much to my surprise, I kinda like. A little Stones-y. (and I guarantee it's part of the Kaboom sndtk) Sure, I'll get totally sick of it after they flog it incessantly for the next 3 months, but a welcome change from "Hey Soul Sistah, you're makin' my ears blistah"
I had the exact same reaction - they were going for an Exile St. sound, and damn near pulled it off.
one more for that "imitation Stones" set! (Soup Dragons "Divine Thing", Eurythmics "I Need a Man", MJ's "Black & White"...)
World Party, too. Woowooo!
Ben Harper, "Burn to Shine."
Dandy Warhols, "Bohemian Like You"
I'd been trying to think of this one last week... some of you may not know it but it's rather Jagger-esque: Graham Parker, "Hotel Chambermaid".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJLNf-5BUIs
according to the comments on YT, Rod the Mod has covered this too, but I'm unfamiliar with his take.
and another Stones-y one that's NTM (just heard it as a Canadian "extra" during AT40): Tom Cochrane, "No Regrets" -- apparently from the same LP as "Life is a Highway"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg8o6SfgCk0
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Is KFOG still doing "My Three Songs"? I notice that The Band is copying that for their station.
afaik, AL still does it every afternoon. When does the Band do it, and do they call it that, or give it a different name? (KPIG does it in the morning and calls it "What's the Connection?", which is what Live 105 used to call it back in the day.
I forgot what they call it but on Thursday, they did it exactly at 3 PM.
Wow, I'll have to remember to check that out next week. From a radio standpoint, it's smart of them, as the 2 stations are next to each other on the dial; you could hear all three songs without realizing you're listening to the Band instead of KFOG. But from an originality standpoint...
Looked it up on their website. It's called "Common Thread @ 3". Last week's prize was tickets to Foreigner, Styx and Kansas concert.
Morning Show did a My Three Songs for Sting + Royal Philharmonic Concert tickets today.
If you didn't hear it, let's see how you guys do. Guess the link. You can also try to guess the other songs before they're played, er before I post them:
#1 - House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
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No early guesses? Caller tried "Here Comes the Sun", but no.
#2 - Lady Marmalade by Labelle
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Songs that mention New Orleans. I'll call Tune #3 as Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue."
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Ah, good guess. Somebody else tried Sting's "Moon Over Bourbon Street". But no...
#3 - Roxanne by The Police
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Songs that mention New Orleans. I'll call Tune #3 as Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue."
or Stones' Brown Sugar.
funny, they did a mini M3S one morning for Pretenders tix a while back, playing the phrase "New Orleans" from three diff songs. I got through and correctly ID'd the first two songs, but froze on the Stones song, which was Brown Sugar.. I KNEW it, but panicked and my mind went blank. I was so pee-oh'd. I blurted out Jumping Jack Flash and immediately hung up, ashamed.!
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Songs that mention New Orleans. I'll call Tune #3 as Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue."
Songs about prostitutes in New Orleans. No guess as to #3.
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Songs that mention New Orleans. I'll call Tune #3 as Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue."
Songs about prostitutes in New Orleans. No guess as to #3.
More precise - good. I have to think Randy Newman wrote something with that theme.
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Ah, good guess. Somebody else tried Sting's "Moon Over Bourbon Street". But no...
#3 - Roxanne by The Police
"Roxanne" was set in Nawlins?
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Ah, good guess. Somebody else tried Sting's "Moon Over Bourbon Street". But no...
#3 - Roxanne by The Police
"Roxanne" was set in Nawlins?
the lyrics make no mention of it. WTF? or was it just "songs about hookers"? I'd've gone with "Painted Ladies" or "Sundown".
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Winning caller said "Songs about hookers", which the DJs gently corrected to the more politically correct (really?) "working girls".
Thanks for playing!
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actual FB post by "kfog fm" today:
Happy Birthday to a very influential muscian, Tupac Amru Shakur!
to which I commented: "yeah, cause, y'know, he gets SO much airplay on KFOG..."
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actual FB post by "kfog fm" today:
Happy Birthday to a very influential muscian, Tupac Amru Shakur!
to which I commented: "yeah, cause, y'know, he gets SO much airplay on KFOG..."
and that's a bad thing?
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actual FB post by "kfog fm" today:
Happy Birthday to a very influential muscian, Tupac Amru Shakur!
to which I commented: "yeah, cause, y'know, he gets SO much airplay on KFOG..."
and that's a bad thing?
I just thought it was odd -- a sop to the younger demo, or perhaps a test to see what sort of comments it would elicit.
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Is KFOG playing this "High Road" song by Broken Bells? Just heard it on The Peak, kinda interesting.
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Nice to hear the Airborne Toxic Event in rotation on KFOG just before 10@10. One of my favorite discs of the past year.
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Nice to hear the Airborne Toxic Event in rotation on KFOG just before 10@10. One of my favorite discs of the past year.
They've got it in their "Overplayed Enuf to Make People Nauseous" category. Just another Snow Patrol clone to me.
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Nice to hear the Airborne Toxic Event in rotation on KFOG just before 10@10. One of my favorite discs of the past year.
I like the song too. Pity about the band name. ;)
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Love all these promos urging people to find KFOG on Facebook that promise they won't tell you about their farm. Heh.
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Love all these promos urging people to find KFOG on Facebook that promise they won't tell you about their farm. Heh.
What does that mean...? a reference to that popular virtual farm game on FB?
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Love all these promos urging people to find KFOG on Facebook that promise they won't tell you about their farm. Heh.
What does that mean...? a reference to that popular virtual farm game on FB?
er, yes. I belong to one of those "I don't give a rat's ass about your friggin' farm" groups on FB.
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Missed it because I was in transit, but they replayed an interview with Macca this morning from 1999 with Dave Morey prominently featured.
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Arrived at work at 9, figured I'd lsiten to the marathon for a while before Casey-from-Canada at 10... and KFOG's stream (indeed, their website too) is down for the count.
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Arrived at work at 9, figured I'd lsiten to the marathon for a while before Casey-from-Canada at 10... and KFOG's stream (indeed, their website too) is down for the count.
The stream's been ferkakte for a couple of days now, but I'm a little surprised the whole site is down. Switching servers perhaps?
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Arrived at work at 9, figured I'd lsiten to the marathon for a while before Casey-from-Canada at 10... and KFOG's stream (indeed, their website too) is down for the count.
The stream's been ferkakte for a couple of days now, but I'm a little surprised the whole site is down. Switching servers perhaps?
yes, that's pretty lame. They either must have some really incompetent tech staff or else no one noticed the problem and escalated the problem to the right people. or both...! I was hoping to record the 68 streamed set, too. WOS to their web servers!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Heartbreak Warfare by John Mayer needs to go away already. Seriously.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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This morning a Request-O-Rama winner wanted to hear "Cover of the Rolling Stone", which was amusing all by itself, but he gave the artist's name as "Dr. John Hook" -- LOL! Man, I know the '70s kinda blend together for some people, but this is redonkulous.
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I'm not a big Sarah Maclachlan fan, but hearing her trying to be a Feist-alike on her new (and already overplayed) song is rather sad, IMHO.
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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.
They did it at the beginning of '09 and it was pretty bad. It was the entire 'overplay' section of their catalog, just in alphabetical order. The only song I heard that wasn't an overplay was "Beautiful Side of Somewhere" from the Wallflowers. When they did A-Z in '08 it was much better.
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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 too despise the Ray LaMontagne song and everything else by him. (When you start with 'Trouble, trouble, trouble, worry, worry, worry, I was saaaaaaaaaaaaved by a woman'...umm...yeah...). Give me 'Cold Platrol' anyday. :)
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I'm not a big Sarah Maclachlan fan, but hearing her trying to be a Feist-alike on her new (and already overplayed) song is rather sad, IMHO.
Sounds more Debby Boone-ish to me - lyrically, at least.
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Does Krukow still do a weekly Giants chat on the Morning Show? It occurred to me this morning I hadn't heard them promo him in a while; they were going on incessantly about their various ticket giveaways and all their other guests but he wasn't mentioned. G-Men are in LA so it's not like he was in another time zone or something.
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Does Krukow still do a weekly Giants chat on the Morning Show? It occurred to me this morning I hadn't heard them promo him in a while; they were going on incessantly about their various ticket giveaways and all their other guests but he wasn't mentioned. G-Men are in LA so it's not like he was in another time zone or something.
re: morning show. I like Kruk and also don't recall hearing him. I am tiring of the morning show. It's not the personalities but mostly the music. I need to find a new station for the clock radio wake up music.
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Does Krukow still do a weekly Giants chat on the Morning Show? It occurred to me this morning I hadn't heard them promo him in a while; they were going on incessantly about their various ticket giveaways and all their other guests but he wasn't mentioned. G-Men are in LA so it's not like he was in another time zone or something.
re: morning show. I like Kruk and also don't recall hearing him. I am tiring of the morning show. It's not the personalities but mostly the music. I need to find a new station for the clock radio wake up music.
Well, the music is not so good, but without dear snarky, beautiful Dave in the studio, it all sounds a little shrill to me. It's OK for my morning oatmeal, but I listen to Green960 for my 17 minute ride to school in the morning.
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Does Krukow still do a weekly Giants chat on the Morning Show? It occurred to me this morning I hadn't heard them promo him in a while; they were going on incessantly about their various ticket giveaways and all their other guests but he wasn't mentioned. G-Men are in LA so it's not like he was in another time zone or something.
re: morning show. I like Kruk and also don't recall hearing him. I am tiring of the morning show. It's not the personalities but mostly the music. I need to find a new station for the clock radio wake up music.
Well, the music is not so good, but without dear snarky, beautiful Dave in the studio, it all sounds a little shrill to me. It's OK for my morning oatmeal, but I listen to Green960 for my 17 minute ride to school in the morning.
I'm not fond of the show either; musically it's really gotten ridiculous (how many times a week do they play "Rocket Man" fer cryin' out loud?) but I only listen for an hour and have other options via internet at work. But KFOG is still the least objectionable choice for over-the-air radio. I've no use for Renel, Lamont & Tonelli, or Fernando & Greg. And now KPIG-AM is gone. Tomorrow will be my first weekday holiday morning without the Pig.
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Does Krukow still do a weekly Giants chat on the Morning Show? It occurred to me this morning I hadn't heard them promo him in a while; they were going on incessantly about their various ticket giveaways and all their other guests but he wasn't mentioned. G-Men are in LA so it's not like he was in another time zone or something.
re: morning show. I like Kruk and also don't recall hearing him. I am tiring of the morning show. It's not the personalities but mostly the music. I need to find a new station for the clock radio wake up music.
Well, the music is not so good, but without dear snarky, beautiful Dave in the studio, it all sounds a little shrill to me. It's OK for my morning oatmeal, but I listen to Green960 for my 17 minute ride to school in the morning.
I'm not fond of the show either; musically it's really gotten ridiculous (how many times a week do they play "Rocket Man" fer cryin' out loud?) but I only listen for an hour and have other options via internet at work. But KFOG is still the least objectionable choice for over-the-air radio. I've no use for Renel, Lamont & Tonelli, or Fernando & Greg. And now KPIG-AM is gone. Tomorrow will be my first weekday holiday morning without the Pig.
I'm so sad everytime I get in the car, and think about my choices. Sometimes I still push the button for 1510, perhaps hoping I won't hear Chinese! It doesn't work. :(
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Interesting concept for Friday's Morning Show: a "musical theme" will run throughout the show; every song they play (except one) will be connected in some way. You'll have to guess the connection AND name the song that's "one of these is not like the other". Irish Greg: "so it's like a My 3 Songs with ... 32 Songs!". I'm intrigued.
BTW, Meant to mention that since there was no AT40 on KFRC Sunday morning, I woke up to 103.7 The Band. Gawd are they boring.
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Holy cow. KFOG's 9-10 PM hour this evening (Wed. 9/15) was insane - glad I caught it.
9:03 ROBERT PLANT Angel Dance
9:06 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Anchor
9:10 BAND OF HORSES Laredo
9:21 KINGS OF LEON Radioactive
9:24 ARCADE FIRE Ready to Start
9:28 RADIOHEAD Karma Police
9:33 NEON TREES Animal
9:36 FRANZ FERDINAND No You Girls
9:40 THE XX Vcr
9:43 THE BROKEN BELLS The High Road
9:54 THE BLACK KEYS Tighten Up
9:57 WILCO Heavy Metal Drummer
Only time I heard Big Rick here was after Band of Horses. My first thought was, maybe he accidentally played the new music Thursday playlist, but it doesn't seem so since this hour skewed heavily alternative. (The only one's that are more AAA than Alt. are the first two and perhaps Wilco at the end, which isn't new, but AFAIK KFOG hardly plays it, if ever. Franz and Radiohead aren't new either.) The new music hour has alternative, but it's mixed up too with AAA current hits (that KFOG doesn't regularly play ::) ) This didn't sound like the sideshow either, since it's a bit too mainstream for that. (All of the current songs except Robert Plant and Alejandro Escovedo are/were hits on alternative, the one exception being the XX whose appearance is even more puzzling since they do have a current song on the alt. chart called "Crystalised" from the same CD. Whereas during the sideshow you get a lot of songs that nobody's ever heard of, alternative or not.) And yet the only ones of these regularly in KFOG's rotation are The Black Keys, Franz Ferdinand, & Robert Plant. They played the new music sweepers before most of these songs too, even "No You Girls" by Franz Ferdinand.
Wonder what happened here. Would love if this was a sign of things to come, although sadly I don't think that's the case.
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Holy cow. KFOG's 9-10 PM hour this evening (Wed. 9/15) was insane - glad I caught it.
9:03 ROBERT PLANT Angel Dance
9:06 ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Anchor
9:10 BAND OF HORSES Laredo
9:21 KINGS OF LEON Radioactive
9:24 ARCADE FIRE Ready to Start
9:28 RADIOHEAD Karma Police
9:33 NEON TREES Animal
9:36 FRANZ FERDINAND No You Girls
9:40 THE XX Vcr
9:43 THE BROKEN BELLS The High Road
9:54 THE BLACK KEYS Tighten Up
9:57 WILCO Heavy Metal Drummer
Only time I heard Big Rick here was after Band of Horses. My first thought was, maybe he accidentally played the new music Thursday playlist, but it doesn't seem so since this hour skewed heavily alternative. (The only one's that are more AAA than Alt. are the first two and perhaps Wilco at the end, which isn't new, but AFAIK KFOG hardly plays it, if ever. Franz and Radiohead aren't new either.) The new music hour has alternative, but it's mixed up too with AAA current hits (that KFOG doesn't regularly play ::) ) This didn't sound like the sideshow either, since it's a bit too mainstream for that. (All of the current songs except Robert Plant and Alejandro Escovedo are/were hits on alternative, the one exception being the XX whose appearance is even more puzzling since they do have a current song on the alt. chart called "Crystalised" from the same CD. Whereas during the sideshow you get a lot of songs that nobody's ever heard of, alternative or not.) And yet the only ones of these regularly in KFOG's rotation are The Black Keys, Franz Ferdinand, & Robert Plant. They played the new music sweepers before most of these songs too, even "No You Girls" by Franz Ferdinand.
Wonder what happened here. Would love if this was a sign of things to come, although sadly I don't think that's the case.
I sometimes wonder if Big Rick doesn't voicetrack the last hour or two of his show. He and I are FB "friends" and I often see him posting something about his dinner some time during the 9pm hour. And it doesn't sound like it's something he'd be eating in the studio.
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10@10 (and the first few songs afterwards) were normal, but now it's continuing with the 11:00 hour -- it's definitely sideshow-ish this time, but they're still playing the new music sweepers:
11:03 PHOENIX Lasso
11:06 FOALS Total Life Forever
11:09 BECK Gamma Ray
11:19 PORTUGAL THE MAN The Sun
11:22 THE WALKMEN Angela Surf City
11:25 MGMT Kids
11:30 BRYAN FERRY You Can Dance
11:33 MAXIMUM BALLOON If You Return
11:37 JUNIP Always
11:41 BRANDON FLOWERS Crossfire
11:45 MUSE Uprising
12:03 ELBOW Grounds for Divorce
11:57 RAY LAMONTAGNE & THE PARIAH DOGS Repo Man
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10@10 (and the first few songs afterwards) were normal, but now it's continuing with the 11:00 hour -- it's definitely sideshow-ish this time, but they're still playing the new music sweepers:
unless this continues to happen every nite, I'm gonna guess the computer was mis-programmed and they played a "New Releases Thursday" playlist on Wednesday. It's *very* odd for them to go an hour without playing 3 or 4 "classic" warhorses from the '70s or '80s.
OTOH, there are rumors of Live 105 going all-sports, so maybe they're getting ready to pick up their disgruntled ex-listeners.
ETA: oh, and today is KFOG's 28th Birthday! (yes, they've already played "Rock This Town" once this morning)
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10@10 (and the first few songs afterwards) were normal, but now it's continuing with the 11:00 hour -- it's definitely sideshow-ish this time, but they're still playing the new music sweepers:
unless this continues to happen every nite, I'm gonna guess the computer was mis-programmed and they played a "New Releases Thursday" playlist on Wednesday. It's *very* odd for them to go an hour without playing 3 or 4 "classic" warhorses from the '70s or '80s.
OTOH, there are rumors of Live 105 going all-sports, so maybe they're getting ready to pick up their disgruntled ex-listeners.
ETA: oh, and today is KFOG's 28th Birthday! (yes, they've already played "Rock This Town" once this morning)
I figured that would make the most sense. The 9:00 hour, with a few caveats for each category, could have passed as a new music hour or sideshow hour, so maybe they mixed up the playlist but there could have been a few open slots that Rick just filled in before he left.
If Live 105 flipped I would love to KFOG to attempt to pick up disgruntled listeners, as opposed to their current sucking up to the Band :-\ . That could be very likely too, because Channel 92.3 won't. They still doesn't have that great of a signal in SF or the East Bay, and not to mention, they've totally shot themselves in the foot the past few months.
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Interesting concept for Friday's Morning Show: a "musical theme" will run throughout the show; every song they play (except one) will be connected in some way. You'll have to guess the connection AND name the song that's "one of these is not like the other". Irish Greg: "so it's like a My 3 Songs with ... 32 Songs!". I'm intrigued.
totally clueless so far (but then I've missed an hour in transit).
given that the songs have included
"1979", Smashing Pumpkins
"I'm Free", the Who
"Little Bribes", DCFC
"Loving You Is easy", Sarah McLaughlin
"Take it to the Limit", Eagles
"Breaking the Girl", RHCP
"Heartbreak Warfare", John mayer
"Every day is a Winding Road", Sheryl 'Ho
I'd like to think the theme is "songs we'll never play on KFOG again" but that's just wishful thinking.
ETA: great FB comment from a Foghead: "The theme is clearly World Class Rock. The exception will be when you play something by Journey. Prize, please!"
ETA2: The theme was Artists Who have Appeared @ Bridge School Concerts (the "not" was the Eagles).
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10@10 (and the first few songs afterwards) were normal, but now it's continuing with the 11:00 hour -- it's definitely sideshow-ish this time, but they're still playing the new music sweepers:
unless this continues to happen every nite, I'm gonna guess the computer was mis-programmed and they played a "New Releases Thursday" playlist on Wednesday. It's *very* odd for them to go an hour without playing 3 or 4 "classic" warhorses from the '70s or '80s.
This has continued Thusday and Friday as well. I know Thurs. is usually the new music hour 9-10, but the sideshow-ish music played 8-12 (except for the 10 @ 10 hour.) Big Rick didn't seem to play up the "new music hour" either. Same thing with Friday - once again, random newfangled tunes from 8-12 except for 10@10. (And now Junip, The Foals, and the new Bryan Ferry song are already in their Top 40 most played songs list according to yes.com... hmm...) Nothing out of the ordinary on Saturday, though.
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10@10 (and the first few songs afterwards) were normal, but now it's continuing with the 11:00 hour -- it's definitely sideshow-ish this time, but they're still playing the new music sweepers:
unless this continues to happen every nite, I'm gonna guess the computer was mis-programmed and they played a "New Releases Thursday" playlist on Wednesday. It's *very* odd for them to go an hour without playing 3 or 4 "classic" warhorses from the '70s or '80s.
This has continued Thusday and Friday as well. I know Thurs. is usually the new music hour 9-10, but the sideshow-ish music played 8-12 (except for the 10 @ 10 hour.) Big Rick didn't seem to play up the "new music hour" either. Same thing with Friday - once again, random newfangled tunes from 8-12 except for 10@10. (And now Junip, The Foals, and the new Bryan Ferry song are already in their Top 40 most played songs list according to yes.com... hmm...) Nothing out of the ordinary on Saturday, though.
Interesting. Of course "dayparting" is not new -- stations have done it for years, tweaking the playlist according to the clock. But this is like KFOG is 2 different stations. When I turn them on at 5:45am, it's 80% "classics": "Born to Run", "Bobby McGee", "Lola", Beatles, Genesis, Tears for Fears... But at night it's all current stuff. Hrm.
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10@10 (and the first few songs afterwards) were normal, but now it's continuing with the 11:00 hour -- it's definitely sideshow-ish this time, but they're still playing the new music sweepers:
unless this continues to happen every nite, I'm gonna guess the computer was mis-programmed and they played a "New Releases Thursday" playlist on Wednesday. It's *very* odd for them to go an hour without playing 3 or 4 "classic" warhorses from the '70s or '80s.
This has continued Thusday and Friday as well. I know Thurs. is usually the new music hour 9-10, but the sideshow-ish music played 8-12 (except for the 10 @ 10 hour.) Big Rick didn't seem to play up the "new music hour" either. Same thing with Friday - once again, random newfangled tunes from 8-12 except for 10@10. (And now Junip, The Foals, and the new Bryan Ferry song are already in their Top 40 most played songs list according to yes.com... hmm...) Nothing out of the ordinary on Saturday, though.
Interesting. Of course "dayparting" is not new -- stations have done it for years, tweaking the playlist according to the clock. But this is like KFOG is 2 different stations. When I turn them on at 5:45am, it's 80% "classics": "Born to Run", "Bobby McGee", "Lola", Beatles, Genesis, Tears for Fears... But at night it's all current stuff. Hrm.
Hrm indeed. Perhaps their market research sez that their older demo tunes out after 8pm, so they're courting a younger one for that timeslot? Or trying to break in some new stuff in a timeslot when they don't need to worry about keeping up ratings? Or maybe New Music Thursday has started to pull some better numbers so they're trying to spread that across every night of the week. Just hypothesizing, in any case. Maybe someone should send Kelly Ransford a note, tell her what you've noticed and ask her what's up? You probably won't get the entire straight scoop, but it'd likely be more accurate than my brainfarts. :P
Btw, had a double take when Mike referred to "Sheryl Ho" several posts above. Sheryl Ho was the name of one of my music profs at CSU Sacto, aka Slack State. Quite a looker, as I recall--great smile, long legs, fond of pencil skirts. Hadn't thought of her in years. Thanks, Mike!
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Done. I just heard back from K. Ransford - she did indeed confirm that they're adding more "fresh new music I'm hoping you like" at nights. (She didn't really say why, but oh well.) She hoped right, since it's nice to actually hear new songs more than, oh, say once or twice a month (No stations left that add songs more often than that, now that Channel 92.3 stopped breaking in new tunes too ::)) & hear them enough to get familiar with. Hearing them once a week on the sideshow is nice, but for the most part doesn't help them become familiar. I'll be listening to KFOG outside of 10@10 a lot more now! ;D
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And here's Big Rick's current FB status:
KFOG Coolness tonight 8-10p mostly new from MGMT, Arcade Fire, Neil Young, The Temper Trap, Los Lobos, New Pornographers, Lou Barlow, Elvis Costello, Robert Plant, Hold Steady and much more.
Not sure if "Coolness" is the name they've decided to use for this franchise, or if it's just BR's turn of a phrase. But there are some interesting bands in there that should appeal to several demographics. Hope they can make this fly.
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Done. I just heard back from K. Ransford - she did indeed confirm that they're adding more "fresh new music I'm hoping you like" at nights. (She didn't really say why, but oh well.) She hoped right, since it's nice to actually hear new songs more than, oh, say once or twice a month (No stations left that add songs more often than that, now that Channel 92.3 stopped breaking in new tunes too ::)) & hear them enough to get familiar with. Hearing them once a week on the sideshow is nice, but for the most part doesn't help them become familiar. I'll be listening to KFOG outside of 10@10 a lot more now! ;D
Me too - thanks for the detective work! I don't hear nearly enough worthy new music since I stopped writing for the Singles Jukebox two years ago.
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Long live Elmo and Dave Morey
Driving to work this morn, heard the replay of the Elmo interview with Dave, Pepeter, Renee and Greg from a few years back. Hearing Dave and the gang got me choked up and even an involuntary tear was shed. Odd emotions.
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before 10 at 10 today, over-the-air KFOG played a bumper commercial that said something like "you'll hear it here on KNBR." Same owners, of course. oops.
does anyone besides me find those KFOG stream commercials featuring "Dan Dibbly" grating? and WTF is "quersatin?"
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heard the Elvis/JXL remix of "A Little Less Convo" at 6:45 this morning -- struck me as odd, I don't recall them playing it in a very long time.
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heard the Elvis/JXL remix of "A Little Less Convo" at 6:45 this morning -- struck me as odd, I don't recall them playing it in a very long time.
Wow! I haven't heard that one in forever either, although I do know that it's been hovering around #100 on their playlist according to yes.com for the past few weeks, so I figure it's getting maybe 2 or 3 spins/wk. Back when I monitored this sort of thing, I remember KFOG being one of the four AAA stations that spun this in regular rotation. (along with WXRT/Chicago, WXRV/Boston, and I forget the fourth...)
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Just peeked at the Just Played column on the site. Boy am I out of touch!:
Song: THE MALL & MISERY
Artist: BROKEN BELLS
Song: TOTAL LIFE FOREVER
Artist: FOALS
Song: WORDLESS CHORUS
Artist: MY MORNING JACKET
Song: WITCHCRAFT
Artist: MATT COSTA
Song: HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW?
Artist: HEAVY
Song: OH PRETTY BOY, YOU'RE SU
Artist: MENOMENA
Song: RADIOACTIVE
Artist: KINGS OF LEON
Song: DOG DAYS ARE OVER
Artist: FLORENCE & THE MACHINES
Song: READY TO START
Artist: ARCADE FIRE
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Just peeked at the Just Played column on the site. Boy am I out of touch!:
Song: THE MALL & MISERY
Artist: BROKEN BELLS
Song: TOTAL LIFE FOREVER
Artist: FOALS
Song: WORDLESS CHORUS
Artist: MY MORNING JACKET
Song: WITCHCRAFT
Artist: MATT COSTA
Song: HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW?
Artist: HEAVY
Song: OH PRETTY BOY, YOU'RE SU
Artist: MENOMENA
Song: RADIOACTIVE
Artist: KINGS OF LEON
Song: DOG DAYS ARE OVER
Artist: FLORENCE & THE MACHINES
Song: READY TO START
Artist: ARCADE FIRE
this is what we've been talking about: at nite it's "all new'n'current, all the time"
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does anyone besides me find those KFOG stream commercials featuring "Dan Dibbly" grating? and WTF is "quersatin?"
Yes, and I'm also getting sick to death of "missed-your opportunity" in the Toyota of El Cerrito ads that precede the stream on the player. The least they could do is get a new spot once in a while.
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WTF is "quersatin?"
it's "quercetin":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercetin
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does anyone besides me find those KFOG stream commercials featuring "Dan Dibbly" grating? and WTF is "quersatin?"
Yes, and I'm also getting sick to death of "missed-your opportunity" in the Toyota of El Cerrito ads that precede the stream on the player. The least they could do is get a new spot once in a while.
I WANT TO PUNCH THAT SMUG GUY
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does anyone besides me find those KFOG stream commercials featuring "Dan Dibbly" grating? and WTF is "quersatin?"
Yes, and I'm also getting sick to death of "missed-your opportunity" in the Toyota of El Cerrito ads that precede the stream on the player. The least they could do is get a new spot once in a while.
I WANT TO PUNCH THAT SMUG GUY
http://www.adjab.com/2006/08/23/i-hate-mr-opportunity/
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I was the winner of this morning's Request o' Rama just before 8AM and asked for the Beatles "You Know My Name (look up the number)" (the B-side of the single "Let It Be") as I wanted something rare and different. After the play, Irish Greg said 'I thought the worst Beatles song was Bungalow Bill, but that was the worst.' Renee said she liked it. Webster said, 'Some listeners are thinking, hey Its You Know My Name!, while others are thinking 'that's 4-minutes of my life I'll never get back.' By the way, when I made my request, Renee commented that I sounded like the voice for Moviephone, because I purposely used my upbeat announcer voice for the game. Hey, it's the radio, you're supposed to sound upbeat when you win!
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I was the winner of this morning's Request o' Rama just before 8AM and asked for the Beatles "You Know My Name (look up the number)" (the B-side of the single "Let It Be") as I wanted something rare and different. After the play, Irish Greg said 'I thought the worst Beatles song was Bungalow Bill, but that was the worst.' Renee said she liked it. Webster said, 'Some listeners are thinking, hey Its You Know My Name!, while others are thinking 'that's 4-minutes of my life I'll never get back.' By the way, when I made my request, Renee commented that I sounded like the voice for Moviephone, because I purposely used my upbeat announcer voice for the game. Hey, it's the radio, you're supposed to sound upbeat when you win!
LOL! It *is* on many lists of "worst Beatles songs". It seems to be generational -- younger folks tend to hate it. I'd argue it was appropriate for John's Birthday in that it's all about his love for "The Goon Show" (Peter Sellers, et al on the BBC in the late '50s). And I've a fondness for it for just that reason; some of the Goon shows were resurrected in the early '70s on NYC radio and they're hilarious. But I can understand how not getting the references makes it seem endless.
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I was the winner of this morning's Request o' Rama just before 8AM and asked for the Beatles "You Know My Name (look up the number)" (the B-side of the single "Let It Be") as I wanted something rare and different. After the play, Irish Greg said 'I thought the worst Beatles song was Bungalow Bill, but that was the worst.' Renee said she liked it. Webster said, 'Some listeners are thinking, hey Its You Know My Name!, while others are thinking 'that's 4-minutes of my life I'll never get back.' By the way, when I made my request, Renee commented that I sounded like the voice for Moviephone, because I purposely used my upbeat announcer voice for the game. Hey, it's the radio, you're supposed to sound upbeat when you win!
awesome. how did you win? what was the question they asked.
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I was the winner of this morning's Request o' Rama just before 8AM and asked for the Beatles "You Know My Name (look up the number)" (the B-side of the single "Let It Be") as I wanted something rare and different. After the play, Irish Greg said 'I thought the worst Beatles song was Bungalow Bill, but that was the worst.' Renee said she liked it. Webster said, 'Some listeners are thinking, hey Its You Know My Name!, while others are thinking 'that's 4-minutes of my life I'll never get back.' By the way, when I made my request, Renee commented that I sounded like the voice for Moviephone, because I purposely used my upbeat announcer voice for the game. Hey, it's the radio, you're supposed to sound upbeat when you win!
LOL! It *is* on many lists of "worst Beatles songs". It seems to be generational -- younger folks tend to hate it. I'd argue it was appropriate for John's Birthday in that it's all about his love for "The Goon Show" (Peter Sellers, et al on the BBC in the late '50s). And I've a fondness for it for just that reason; some of the Goon shows were resurrected in the early '70s on NYC radio and they're hilarious. But I can understand how not getting the references makes it seem endless.
YES, inspired by Peter Sellers Goon Show and I picked it for John's b'day! After the song played this morning they aired another caller who clarified that it was the B-side of 'Let It Be' and mentioned that it was in the style of the Bonzo Dog Band of that era (and even Monty Python). British humor doesn't always translate well to this side of the Pond.
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I was the winner of this morning's Request o' Rama just before 8AM and asked for the Beatles "You Know My Name (look up the number)" (the B-side of the single "Let It Be") as I wanted something rare and different. After the play, Irish Greg said 'I thought the worst Beatles song was Bungalow Bill, but that was the worst.' Renee said she liked it. Webster said, 'Some listeners are thinking, hey Its You Know My Name!, while others are thinking 'that's 4-minutes of my life I'll never get back.' By the way, when I made my request, Renee commented that I sounded like the voice for Moviephone, because I purposely used my upbeat announcer voice for the game. Hey, it's the radio, you're supposed to sound upbeat when you win!
awesome. how did you win? what was the question they asked.
The question was, "What is the only non-human to have appeared simultaneously on the covers of Time, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated?" I guessed "Secretariat" since that movie opens this weekend!
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I was the winner of this morning's Request o' Rama just before 8AM and asked for the Beatles "You Know My Name (look up the number)" (the B-side of the single "Let It Be") as I wanted something rare and different. After the play, Irish Greg said 'I thought the worst Beatles song was Bungalow Bill, but that was the worst.' Renee said she liked it. Webster said, 'Some listeners are thinking, hey Its You Know My Name!, while others are thinking 'that's 4-minutes of my life I'll never get back.' By the way, when I made my request, Renee commented that I sounded like the voice for Moviephone, because I purposely used my upbeat announcer voice for the game. Hey, it's the radio, you're supposed to sound upbeat when you win!
awesome. how did you win? what was the question they asked.
I'll never forgive them. When I won request-o-rama, they wouldn't play my request, Peter Green's Supernatural. One of the most famous guitar tracks in history, and yet they played some album cut from Bow Wow Wow the other day. Grrrr....
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Looks like the "cherries on the branch" is this year's Live From The Archives CD cover art contest winner. Good choice.
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Looks like the "cherries on the branch" is this year's Live From The Archives CD cover art contest winner. Good choice.
Agreed. I remember there were a few good choices this year.
The tracklisting is up:
*1. Michael Franti & Spearhead - "The Sound Of Sunshine"
KFOG Private Concert 7/9/10
*2. Brandi Carlile - "Dreams"
KFOG Private Concert 10/20/09
*3. Ray LaMontagne - "Jolene"
KFOG Private Concert @ Ex'pression College 1/30/05
4. Train - "Save Me, San Francisco"
KFOG Private Concert 12/14/09
5. John Butler Trio - "One Way Road"
KFOG KaBoom @ Candlestick Park 5/22/10
6. Ziggy Marley - "Love Is My Religion"
KFOG Private Concert 10/16/06
7. ALO - "I Love Music"
KFOG Private Concert 2/4/10
8. Greg Laswell - "Take Everything"
KFOG Private Concert 3/10/10
*9. Sarah McLachlan - "Possession"
KFOG Private Concert @ Fantasy Studios 8/23/04
*10. Jackie Greene - "Medicine"
KFOG Private Concert 6/28/10
*11. The Dead - "I Know You Rider"
KFOG Private Concert 5/11/09
12. Kenny White - "Gotta Sing High"
KFOG Morning Show 12/10/08
Meh. Only 12 tracks? None of which really excite me either, although I heard that version of "Possession" & it's pretty good. Previous years have had 16-17. I wonder if it'll still be $16.99. This may be one to wait for Amoeba, but we'll see. Can't win one this time as I'm still in the 60 day window from David Gray tickets.
I know they sell out every year as they're limited, but when was the last time it sold out fast? I'm thinking back to #9, when it sold out online in one day. #s 10 and 11 took a few days. Subsequent volumes seemed to be available for much longer.
Full info can be found here:
http://www.kfog.com/Pages/LFTA17/LFTA17Main/tabid/1397/Default.aspx
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Joel Selvin was on the KFOG morning show talking about how horrible of a person Sheryl Crow was during her quest for fame. I couldn't agree more. She is the single worst celebrity encounter I've ever experienced. Ugh. Sharon Stone gets honorable mention.
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Joel Selvin was on the KFOG morning show talking about how horrible of a person Sheryl Crow was during her quest for fame. I couldn't agree more. She is the single worst celebrity encounter I've ever experienced. Ugh. Sharon Stone gets honorable mention.
ROTFL! Sheryl 'Ho, a bad person? Shocker! (Guess Joel Sevin's the only guy she HASN'T slept with!)
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Joel Selvin was on the KFOG morning show talking about how horrible of a person Sheryl Crow was during her quest for fame. I couldn't agree more. She is the single worst celebrity encounter I've ever experienced. Ugh. Sharon Stone gets honorable mention.
ROTFL! Sheryl 'Ho, a bad person? Shocker! (Guess Joel Sevin's the only guy she HASN'T slept with!)
A friend of mine was the bass player on the first album, and he didn't appreciate how she dumped them.
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interesting M3S on the morning show, for Guster tix. First song was "Satellite" by DMB. And I thought, "Please please PLEASE play 'Satellite of love' by Lou Reed..." And they did! And a Foghead thought it was by... Cake. (OK, I understand that in theory, but still) 3rd song was Guster's "Satellite", natch. But apparently NOBODY was able to ID Lou Reed. Sad.
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interesting M3S on the morning show, for Guster tix. First song was "Satellite" by DMB. And I thought, "Please please PLEASE play 'Satellite of love' by Lou Reed..." And they did! And a Foghead thought it was by... Cake. (OK, I understand that in theory, but still) 3rd song was Guster's "Satellite", natch. But apparently NOBODY was able to ID Lou Reed. Sad.
heh, reminds me of Adventureland, where the pretentious a**h*** character who claims to have jammed w Lou Reed, thinks the song is Set A Light On Love.
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interesting M3S on the morning show, for Guster tix. First song was "Satellite" by DMB. And I thought, "Please please PLEASE play 'Satellite of love' by Lou Reed..." And they did! And a Foghead thought it was by... Cake. (OK, I understand that in theory, but still) 3rd song was Guster's "Satellite", natch. But apparently NOBODY was able to ID Lou Reed. Sad.
heh, reminds me of Adventureland, where the pretentious a**h*** character who claims to have jammed w Lou Reed, thinks the song is Set A Light On Love.
Love that movie. Jesse Eisenzuckerberg RULES!
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From a recent KFOG Foghead email (I may drop-by the one today, as I work nearby):
KFOG personalities celebrate the release of Live From the Archives 17 at select Peet's Coffee & Tea locations. Stop by to say hi, get your CD signed, and enter to win fun prizes:
Monday 11/1, 11am-1pm
KFOG Morning Show @ 595 Market, SF
Saturday 11/6, 10am-12pm
Annalisa @ 377 Santana Row, San Jose
and Big Rick Stuart @ 435 Railroad Avenue, Danville
Saturday 11/13, 2-4pm
Rosalie @ 515 El Camino Real (at Middle Road), Menlo Park
Peets' KFOG webpage: http://www.peets.com/kfog
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From a recent KFOG Foghead email (I may drop-by the one today, as I work nearby):
KFOG personalities celebrate the release of Live From the Archives 17 at select Peet's Coffee & Tea locations. Stop by to say hi, get your CD signed, and enter to win fun prizes:
Monday 11/1, 11am-1pm
KFOG Morning Show @ 595 Market, SF
Saturday 11/6, 10am-12pm
Annalisa @ 377 Santana Row, San Jose
and Big Rick Stuart @ 435 Railroad Avenue, Danville
Saturday 11/13, 2-4pm
Rosalie @ 515 El Camino Real (at Middle Road), Menlo Park
Peets' KFOG webpage: http://www.peets.com/kfog
I'd love to see AL, but I don't really wanna drive "all the way to San Jose", as those KFOG 97-dot-7 promos say.
They were supposed to announce Concert For Kids this morning -- anybody got the skinny?
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From a recent KFOG Foghead email (I may drop-by the one today, as I work nearby):
KFOG personalities celebrate the release of Live From the Archives 17 at select Peet's Coffee & Tea locations. Stop by to say hi, get your CD signed, and enter to win fun prizes:
Monday 11/1, 11am-1pm
KFOG Morning Show @ 595 Market, SF
Saturday 11/6, 10am-12pm
Annalisa @ 377 Santana Row, San Jose
and Big Rick Stuart @ 435 Railroad Avenue, Danville
Saturday 11/13, 2-4pm
Rosalie @ 515 El Camino Real (at Middle Road), Menlo Park
Peets' KFOG webpage: http://www.peets.com/kfog
I'd love to see AL, but I don't really wanna drive "all the way to San Jose", as those KFOG 97-dot-7 promos say.
I'd like to say hi to AL too, may drive down there on Sat (well-rested after the Giants victory parade)!
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They were supposed to announce Concert For Kids this morning -- anybody got the skinny?
ah yes, it's on the KFOG page -- Dec 7th, a date which will live in infamy: The Doobies. Plus guest TBA. Guess we'll be hearing that new old song of theirs a LOT for the next month.
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OK, "My Three Songs" in real time. Song 1 is Bowie's "China Girl."
Let's see ... notable things about "China Girl":
Marlon Brando in lyric
Iggy Pop as co-writer
Nation in title
Nudity in video
What else?
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OK, "My Three Songs" in real time. Song 1 is Bowie's "China Girl."
Let's see ... notable things about "China Girl":
Marlon Brando in lyric
Iggy Pop as co-writer
Nation in title
Nudity in video
What else?
Song 2 is Red Rockers, "China." Go ahead, call in with your "China" song of choice. Not "China Cat Sunflower" or "China Grove" or "Boots of Chinese Leather," though.
ETA: whoops.
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OK, "My Three Songs" in real time. Song 1 is Bowie's "China Girl."
Let's see ... notable things about "China Girl":
Marlon Brando in lyric
Iggy Pop as co-writer
Nation in title
Nudity in video
What else?
Song 2 is Red Rockers, "China." Go ahead, call in with your "China" song of choice. Not "China Cat Sunflower" or "China Grove" or "Boots of Chinese Leather," though.
ETA: whoops.
considering that the prize was (I assume) Doobies tix...
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OK, "My Three Songs" in real time. Song 1 is Bowie's "China Girl."
Let's see ... notable things about "China Girl":
Marlon Brando in lyric
Iggy Pop as co-writer
Nation in title
Nudity in video
What else?
Song 2 is Red Rockers, "China." Go ahead, call in with your "China" song of choice. Not "China Cat Sunflower" or "China Grove" or "Boots of Chinese Leather," though.
ETA: whoops.
considering that the prize was (I assume) Doobies tix...
Ah, crucial context that I missed. That's what a doobie'll do.
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Big Rick just played a band called Florence and the Machine, and said "no relation to Brian Wilson's friend 'The Machine' " -- bwahahahaha!
But THIS is weird: Big Rick played a Springsteen tune and then we got 2 or 3 minutes of Lamont & Tonelli. Er, huh?
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But THIS is weird: Big Rick played a Springsteen tune and then we got 2 or 3 minutes of Lamont & Tonelli. Er, huh?
More evidence that Big Rick is voice-tracking part of his show? Someone punched up the wrong file on the computer.
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I do dig this Mumford & Sons tune, censored F-words or not.
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From a recent KFOG Foghead email (I may drop-by the one today, as I work nearby):
KFOG personalities celebrate the release of Live From the Archives 17 at select Peet's Coffee & Tea locations. Stop by to say hi, get your CD signed, and enter to win fun prizes:
Monday 11/1, 11am-1pm
KFOG Morning Show @ 595 Market, SF
Saturday 11/6, 10am-12pm
Annalisa @ 377 Santana Row, San Jose
and Big Rick Stuart @ 435 Railroad Avenue, Danville
Saturday 11/13, 2-4pm
Rosalie @ 515 El Camino Real (at Middle Road), Menlo Park
Peets' KFOG webpage: http://www.peets.com/kfog
I met Annalisa! She was very nice and sounded the same in person as on the radio. I introduced myself to her as the person who always requests the Blue Nile and Eleanor McEvoy. She figured out who I was & said I liked 80s and 90s sets - LOL! And she made a reference to my FB photo, too. :P
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From a recent KFOG Foghead email:
KFOG personalities celebrate the release of Live From the Archives 17 at select Peet's Coffee & Tea locations. Stop by to say hi, get your CD signed, and enter to win fun prizes:
Monday 11/1, 11am-1pm
KFOG Morning Show @ 595 Market, SF
Saturday 11/6, 10am-12pm
Annalisa @ 377 Santana Row, San Jose
and Big Rick Stuart @ 435 Railroad Avenue, Danville
Saturday 11/13, 2-4pm
Rosalie @ 515 El Camino Real (at Middle Road), Menlo Park
Peets' KFOG webpage: http://www.peets.com/kfog
I met Annalisa! She was very nice and sounded the same in person as on the radio. I introduced myself to her as the person who always requests the Blue Nile and Eleanor McEvoy. She figured out who I was & said I liked 80s and 90s sets - LOL! And she made a reference to my FB photo, too. :P
Nice to hear! She's the one primary KFOG DJ I have yet to meet.
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You may have noticed this on your recent Foghead email: "Programming alert: Dave Morey checks in with the KFOG Morning Show at 7:45 am tomorrow (Wed 11/10) to tell us what he's been up to in retirement." Wonder if he'll take some calls from listeners?
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You may have noticed this on your recent Foghead email: "Programming alert: Dave Morey checks in with the KFOG Morning Show at 7:45 am tomorrow (Wed 11/10) to tell us what he's been up to in retirement." Wonder if he'll take some calls from listeners?
presumably he's plugging the Glenn Burke docu on Comcast tomo'w nite.
ETA: love the Foghead who commented "KFOG is ruined by CUMULUS."
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You may have noticed this on your recent Foghead email: "Programming alert: Dave Morey checks in with the KFOG Morning Show at 7:45 am tomorrow (Wed 11/10) to tell us what he's been up to in retirement." Wonder if he'll take some calls from listeners?
presumably he's plugging the Glenn Burke docu on Comcast tomo'w nite.
anyone hear the Dave call? I totally forgot.
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Has anyone already bought/planning to get KFOG Live from the Archives 17? It looks like it's starting to sell out at a few places, though I imagine it'll be around for a few more weeks, at least.
I haven't decided yet. Previous volumes have had 16-17 tracks but this one only has 12 @ the same price, and I'm so incredibly non-plussed by the lineup. I wasn't thrilled about last year's either, but that one's genius compared to this one. :-\
It feels like they didn't put too much thought into this one. Most of the current tracks (Greg Laswell, M. Franti/Spearhead, Train, John Butler Trio, Brandi Carlisle) are found on other AAA samplers this year. Then many of the other tracks are puzzling. Ziggy Marley? That perfomance was from '06. He wasn't too relevant then, and he's even less relevant now. Ray LaMontagne has a new song and album out, so what's with throwing in a song from '05? Same with Sarah McLesbian and '04. (Although, to be fair, this version of "Possession" is absolutely flawless -- whereas most of the other recordings on this album leave something to be desired, imo.) Then that Kenny White track sticks out like a sore thumb. It's fine in one of these, but against everything else (and especially as the last track) it's like they just threw in a track at the end by someone of that obscurity just to throw in a track by someone of that obscurity. If it was someone who came into the studio this past year and were blown away with then I could see it, but it's well over a year old so it would have made more sense on last year's. So really the only tracks that even make sense are ALO, The Dead, and Jackie Greene, the latter two which I'm not too thrilled about anyway and ALO can't save this album.
I have 3-16, so the only reason I would pick this one up is to be a completist. At least the cover art is good, though KFOG usually does fare pretty well in that dept. Ho-hum. This one may be one to wait for Amoeba, although maybe not as the last few volumes still seem to be holding up their price fairly well. (Some of the middle-early volumes, on the other hand, like the ones from 6-12, are way cheap now.)
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Has anyone already bought/planning to get KFOG Live from the Archives 17?
Like John Lennon before me, I've always preferred the orig studio version of just-about-anything to a live version. I've often wondered why most of the "Archives" tracks are re-dos -- sometime very faithful re-dos -- of already extant songs rather than, say, interesting cover versions that would be more valuable as "collectors items". And, as a collector of Xmas music, I'd really like to see them do a Holiday Archives set one year -- they surely have enough artists doing Xmas songs in their vaults to fill a CD.
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You may have noticed this on your recent Foghead email: "Programming alert: Dave Morey checks in with the KFOG Morning Show at 7:45 am tomorrow (Wed 11/10) to tell us what he's been up to in retirement." Wonder if he'll take some calls from listeners?
presumably he's plugging the Glenn Burke docu on Comcast tomo'w nite.
anyone hear the Dave call? I totally forgot.
they played part of it this morning in the 6:00 hour; Dave sounds rested and seems to be enjoying life. And the docu last nite was quite well-done, and the panel discussion afterwards (I only caught the beginning) was encouraging. I now love Drew Remenda even more, if that's possible.
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they played part of it this morning in the 6:00 hour; Dave sounds rested and seems to be enjoying life. And the docu last nite was quite well-done, and the panel discussion afterwards (I only caught the beginning) was encouraging. I now love Drew Remenda even more, if that's possible.
I watched the doc last night, very interesting and well done. I was oblivious at the time, and had no idea any of that was going on. I wasn't an A's fan, and DEFINITELY not a Dodger fan, and have never paid much attention to the gossipy aspects of sports journalism, so I'm not surprised it all flew under my radar.
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they played part of it this morning in the 6:00 hour; Dave sounds rested and seems to be enjoying life. And the docu last nite was quite well-done, and the panel discussion afterwards (I only caught the beginning) was encouraging. I now love Drew Remenda even more, if that's possible.
I watched the doc last night, very interesting and well done. I was oblivious at the time, and had no idea any of that was going on. I wasn't an A's fan, and DEFINITELY not a Dodger fan, and have never paid much attention to the gossipy aspects of sports journalism, so I'm not surprised it all flew under my radar.
I don't think anybody was writing about it in '77/'78. But I do remember when the interview in Inside Sports came out. (I'd forgotten all about that magazine)
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anyone hear the Dave call? I totally forgot.
http://www.kfog.com/portals/1/DAVEMOREY.mp3
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5:42 PM Muse "Starlight"
I haven't heard this on KFOG, ever. The only time I've even heard Muse is during their new music hr/side show/now new music nights and it's only been "Uprising."
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5:42 PM Muse "Starlight"
I haven't heard this on KFOG, ever. The only time I've even heard Muse is during their new music hr/side show/now new music nights and it's only been "Uprising."
Someone on AL's FB page today said "Is it my imagination or is KFOG playing a lot of new music?"
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Renee redeems herself requestfully: This morning's Request-O-Rama winner couldn't think of a song so he asked Renee to play "an '80s nugget of her choosing". And amazingly, she picked "Girlfriend in a Coma", which I don't think I've EVER heard on KFOG.
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Renee redeems herself requestfully: This morning's Request-O-Rama winner couldn't think of a song so he asked Renee to play "an '80s nugget of her choosing". And amazingly, she picked "Girlfriend in a Coma", which I don't think I've EVER heard on KFOG.
wow, and to think there were times when I could have strangled her musical choices. :)
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They played a song last night at about 9:55 pm, w the recorded into which says "Here's something new." I thought I recognized Ian McCullough's voice, and chked the "Just Played" module on kfog.com to find it was Echo and The Bunnymen's Think I Need It Too. Turns out it was a single they released in Sept 09. Not bad --I'll take most Echo over a lot of stuff -- but not altogether satisfying either.
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I'm tempted to start a separate "Fogheads are Stupid" thread, but I'll put this here for now: an actual, serious question asked by our good buddy Scott Fisher on FB:
"Can you flip a 33 1/3 over to listen to the other side?"
*ahem*
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I'm tempted to start a separate "Fogheads are Stupid" thread, but I'll put this here for now: an actual, serious question asked by our good buddy Scott Fisher on FB:
"Can you flip a 33 1/3 over to listen to the other side?"
*ahem*
I've come to the conclusion that that dude is just a little tetched in the head, so anything he says has a near 100% probability of being wrong, if not just plain dumb.
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I'm tempted to start a separate "Fogheads are Stupid" thread, but I'll put this here for now: an actual, serious question asked by our good buddy Scott Fisher on FB:
"Can you flip a 33 1/3 over to listen to the other side?"
*ahem*
I've come to the conclusion that that dude is just a little tetched in the head, so anything he says has a near 100% probability of being wrong, if not just plain dumb.
it wasn't tongue in cheek?
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I'm tempted to start a separate "Fogheads are Stupid" thread, but I'll put this here for now: an actual, serious question asked by our good buddy Scott Fisher on FB:
"Can you flip a 33 1/3 over to listen to the other side?"
*ahem*
I've come to the conclusion that that dude is just a little tetched in the head, so anything he says has a near 100% probability of being wrong, if not just plain dumb.
it wasn't tongue in cheek?
no, that guy is really not all there.
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Tuned in just ahead of the 10@10 replay and lo, KFOG is playing Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' "I Learned the Hard Way". Of course they said it was "new" even tho' the CD came out in... what? April? But still, good to hear.
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Tuned in just ahead of the 10@10 replay and lo, KFOG is playing Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' "I Learned the Hard Way". Of course they said it was "new" even tho' the CD came out in... what? April? But still, good to hear.
Yay!!! ;D Mike, I hope you loved that CD as much as I did.
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Last nite Rosalie (in for Big Rick) promo-ed the 10@10 replay by saying that AL had played "a long chunk of Dark Side of the Moon" Oops.
I call "bullshit": then (TANC) this morning at 6:30 they played an uncensored version of the Floyd's "Money". But it was followed 15 mins later by that uber-bleeped Mumford & Sons hit.
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Ben Fong-Torres profiles the Webster version of the KFOG Morning Show in today's Radio Waves Chronicle column:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/28/PK3U1GCLVV.DTL
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hearing Sublime's "Santeria" on KFOG makes me feel sad and old. Whatever you got for Pancho's punk ass... keep it to yerself.
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I'm tempted to start a separate "Fogheads are Stupid" thread, but I'll put this here for now: an actual, serious question asked by our good buddy Scott Fisher on FB:
"Can you flip a 33 1/3 over to listen to the other side?"
*ahem*
I've come to the conclusion that that dude is just a little tetched in the head, so anything he says has a near 100% probability of being wrong, if not just plain dumb.
Oh my gawd, did you see that picture (of him, I think, I don't know who else it would be) he posted last night on AL's wall?
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I'm tempted to start a separate "Fogheads are Stupid" thread, but I'll put this here for now: an actual, serious question asked by our good buddy Scott Fisher on FB:
"Can you flip a 33 1/3 over to listen to the other side?"
*ahem*
I've come to the conclusion that that dude is just a little tetched in the head, so anything he says has a near 100% probability of being wrong, if not just plain dumb.
Oh my gawd, did you see that picture (of him, I think, I don't know who else it would be) he posted last night on AL's wall?
Yikes. That would make me really, really uncomfortable if I were AL. I guess every DJ with personality inevitably gets stalked.
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I'm tempted to start a separate "Fogheads are Stupid" thread, but I'll put this here for now: an actual, serious question asked by our good buddy Scott Fisher on FB:
"Can you flip a 33 1/3 over to listen to the other side?"
*ahem*
I've come to the conclusion that that dude is just a little tetched in the head, so anything he says has a near 100% probability of being wrong, if not just plain dumb.
Oh my gawd, did you see that picture (of him, I think, I don't know who else it would be) he posted last night on AL's wall?
Yikes. That would make me really, really uncomfortable if I were AL. I guess every DJ with personality inevitably gets stalked.
Likewise. Based on a couple of things he posted awhile back I think she's told him to tone it down a few notches, but he's still pretty creepy. Wonder why she hasn't blocked him and have done with it?
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I'm tempted to start a separate "Fogheads are Stupid" thread, but I'll put this here for now: an actual, serious question asked by our good buddy Scott Fisher on FB:
"Can you flip a 33 1/3 over to listen to the other side?"
*ahem*
I've come to the conclusion that that dude is just a little tetched in the head, so anything he says has a near 100% probability of being wrong, if not just plain dumb.
Oh my gawd, did you see that picture (of him, I think, I don't know who else it would be) he posted last night on AL's wall?
Yikes. That would make me really, really uncomfortable if I were AL. I guess every DJ with personality inevitably gets stalked.
Likewise. Based on a couple of things he posted awhile back I think she's told him to tone it down a few notches, but he's still pretty creepy. Wonder why she hasn't blocked him and have done with it?
My impression was that he's an old listener from her Boston radio days -- they go way back.
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This morning they were giving away a Peet's Gift card, so the quiz was "famous Petes". The clue was "this Pete was a betting baseball player". And the woman on the phone blurted out "Pete Seeger!"
::)
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This morning they were giving away a Peet's Gift card, so the quiz was "famous Petes". The clue was "this Pete was a betting baseball player". And the woman on the phone blurted out "Pete Seeger!"
::)
Oh right, I forgot about his banjo emblazoned with "This Machine Pulls The Ball To Extreme Left Field."
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This morning they were giving away a Peet's Gift card, so the quiz was "famous Petes". The clue was "this Pete was a betting baseball player". And the woman on the phone blurted out "Pete Seeger!"
::)
Oh right, I forgot about his banjo emblazoned with "This Machine Pulls The Ball To Extreme Left Field."
bwahahaha! Line of the Week!
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This morning they were giving away a Peet's Gift card, so the quiz was "famous Petes". The clue was "this Pete was a betting baseball player". And the woman on the phone blurted out "Pete Seeger!"
::)
Oh right, I forgot about his banjo emblazoned with "This Machine Pulls The Ball To Extreme Left Field."
bwahahaha! Line of the Week!
heh, thanks, but I forgot to include http://instantrimshot.com/
:)
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Dear KFOG,
Concert 4 Kids is over; you can stop playing the Doobie Bros now.
Thanks,
Fogheads 4 variety.
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KFOG is playing the retro-JB-ish "How You Like Me Now" by The Heavy -- not sure how old or new it is; it's currently featured in The Fighter.
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KFOG is playing the retro-JB-ish "How You Like Me Now" by The Heavy -- not sure how old or new it is; it's currently featured in The Fighter.
The first exposure I had to this tune was in the KIA ad with the sock monkeys and such.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJqs3D2vv4I
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KFOG asked Fogheads on FB for New Year's Resolutions. One guy posted:
I am listening to KFOG 100% of the Time. I deleted all my other radio streams. Everytime I used them, I regretted it, thinking, "I bet KFOG is playing a song I like."
Something tells me he's a big Train fan...
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KFOG asked Fogheads on FB for New Year's Resolutions. One guy posted:
I am listening to KFOG 100% of the Time. I deleted all my other radio streams. Everytime I used them, I regretted it, thinking, "I bet KFOG is playing a song I like."
Something tells me he's a big Train fan...
Not to mention a huge brown-noser.
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KFOG asked Fogheads on FB for New Year's Resolutions. One guy posted:
I am listening to KFOG 100% of the Time. I deleted all my other radio streams. Everytime I used them, I regretted it, thinking, "I bet KFOG is playing a song I like."
Something tells me he's a big Train fan...
Train did "Hey Mole Blister" on some NYE show (yes, I had a wild night) When Pat Monaghan sang "I'm so fly I'm so thug" or whatever, I wondered if he was trying to be funny. I mean intentionally funny.
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KFOG asked Fogheads on FB for New Year's Resolutions. One guy posted:
I am listening to KFOG 100% of the Time. I deleted all my other radio streams. Everytime I used them, I regretted it, thinking, "I bet KFOG is playing a song I like."
Something tells me he's a big Train fan...
Train did "Hey Mole Blister" on some NYE show (yes, I had a wild night) When Pat Monaghan sang "I'm so fly I'm so thug" or whatever, I wondered if he was trying to be funny. I mean intentionally funny.
They were on both the Daryl Hall WGN thing (which was mostly great, except for them) and also the Dick Clark "New Year's Rockin' Alzheimers" show.
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can someone explain the extreme love for Florence & the Machine? The lead singer is another woman who sounds like 17 other women currently on the radio (Sarah MclachFeist). I don't get it.
And don't even GET me started on Owl City.
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These ads telling people to knock back a 5-Hour Energy shot instead of coffee are a tad creepy.
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Dunno if it's supposed to be a regular feature or just coincidence, but for 3 days in a row, at around 6:40am, Webster has played a "deep track" that isn't in regular KFOG rotation. Monday it was "Girls on Film" (which showed up again 4 hours later on 10@10); yesterday it was "Oh Well" (the loooong version, which led to a discussion in which Irish Greg made fun of it); and this morning it was "Cantaloop".
Oh and hope Geoff heard the Request-O-Rama winner's prize track this morning: "Mission in the Rain" by Jerry Garcia.
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AL just posted on FB that she's about to play Train's cover of TOP's "So Very Hard to Go" -- jeezus f*&#ing christ on a stick, is there any song they haven't covered (horribly)? Somebody make Pat Monahan STOP!!!
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Somebody make Pat Monahan STOP!!!
I can't in any way disagree...thought so 12 yrs ago & haven't stopped thinking so. That being said...he is still only in his apprenticeship vis a vis Michael Bolton in the category of high-paid assassins of beloved classics.
IMHO
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Somebody make Pat Monahan STOP!!!
I can't in any way disagree...thought so 12 yrs ago & haven't stopped thinking so. That being said...he is still only in his apprenticeship vis a vis Michael Bolton in the category of high-paid assassins of beloved classics.
IMHO
BWAHAHAHA!
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Somebody make Pat Monahan STOP!!!
I can't in any way disagree...thought so 12 yrs ago & haven't stopped thinking so. That being said...he is still only in his apprenticeship vis a vis Michael Bolton in the category of high-paid assassins of beloved classics.
IMHO
Turned out I misread AL's post; she was calling TOP's original a "Soul Train" version, or something. So we're spared Train's version of "SVHTG"... for now. But the Daryl Hall special on NYE pointed up the diff between Todd Rundgren's great cover of H&O's "Wait For Me" (he did it on Hall's web show and you can find it on YT) and Train's version of the same tune (which aired on the TV show).
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Dunno if it's supposed to be a regular feature or just coincidence, but for 3 days in a row, at around 6:40am, Webster has played a "deep track" that isn't in regular KFOG rotation. Monday it was "Girls on Film" (which showed up again 4 hours later on 10@10); yesterday it was "Oh Well" (the loooong version, which led to a discussion in which Irish Greg made fun of it); and this morning it was "Cantaloop".
Oh and hope Geoff heard the Request-O-Rama winner's prize track this morning: "Mission in the Rain" by Jerry Garcia.
yes, I heard it, and was somewhat shocked! On the previous day, I was the first caller they played back after "Oh Well." Irish Greg was going off on how long a song should be, and I made some crack about how he'd probably explode or something (other words I can't remember right now) during the introspective part 2!
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Somebody make Pat Monahan STOP!!!
I can't in any way disagree...thought so 12 yrs ago & haven't stopped thinking so. That being said...he is still only in his apprenticeship vis a vis Michael Bolton in the category of high-paid assassins of beloved classics.
IMHO
Turned out I misread AL's post; she was calling TOP's original a "Soul Train" version, or something. So we're spared Train's version of "SVHTG"... for now. But the Daryl Hall special on NYE pointed up the diff between Todd Rundgren's great cover of H&O's "Wait For Me" (he did it on Hall's web show and you can find it on YT) and Train's version of the same tune (which aired on the TV show).
I mistakenly read that too, before I figured it out!
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As related in the 1/12/11 KFOG 10@10 thread, there's a reason Big Rick ended his show last nite with the 15-minute live version of "Freebird" -- it was his last KFOG show. He Tweeted this morning that he'll show up somewhere else "fairly soon" but he couldn't elaborate.
WTFF?
ETA: someone on the radio-info.com SF message board posted yesterday afternoon that Thurs nite was "your last chance to hear Big Rick on KFOG" but I didn't see that until just now. Wow.
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I'm in a state of disbelief. He's been my favorite DJ since the mid 80s!!
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As related in the 1/12/11 KFOG 10@10 thread, there's a reason Big Rick ended his show last nite with the 15-minute live version of "Freebird" -- it was his last KFOG show. He Tweeted this morning that he'll show up somewhere else "fairly soon" but he couldn't elaborate.
WTFF?
ETA: someone on the radio-info.com SF message board posted yesterday afternoon that Thurs nite was "your last chance to hear Big Rick on KFOG" but I didn't see that until just now. Wow.
He posted on his FB page
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As related in the 1/12/11 KFOG 10@10 thread, there's a reason Big Rick ended his show last nite with the 15-minute live version of "Freebird" -- it was his last KFOG show. He Tweeted this morning that he'll show up somewhere else "fairly soon" but he couldn't elaborate.
WTFF?
ETA: someone on the radio-info.com SF message board posted yesterday afternoon that Thurs nite was "your last chance to hear Big Rick on KFOG" but I didn't see that until just now. Wow.
He posted on his FB page
Too bad. he's probably the most interesting dj in the room station.
"I don't always listen to KFOG ... but when I do, it's Big Rick Stuart (and 10at10)."
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"I don't always listen to KFOG ... but when I do, it's Big Rick Stuart (and 10at10)."
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DII7QkBbhTM/Sjs6UD-hNAI/AAAAAAAAAEc/4wPOkmnM_Z8/s320/dosequis_interesting.jpg)
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"I don't always listen to KFOG ... but when I do, it's Big Rick Stuart (and 10at10)."
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DII7QkBbhTM/Sjs6UD-hNAI/AAAAAAAAAEc/4wPOkmnM_Z8/s320/dosequis_interesting.jpg)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4ez6iYJrKKs/S8dS5V5qpDI/AAAAAAAAAzg/hahnX1x_l-w/BG-1.jpg)
Stay rockin', my friends...
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That was fast: Big Rick has already been removed from the KFOG website.
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That was fast: Big Rick has already been removed from the KFOG website.
Paging Ben Fong-Torres.... We need the real dirt on this.
ETA: Just looked at BR's FB page. Around 7pm last night he posted a hint that something was up: A Youtube link to a video of Freebird, with the comment "Play it pretty for Atlanta. Big announcement on my show at 9:40pm tonight." A couple of hours later (after the he'd signed off, one assumes), Annalisa responded with a link to a vid of Roy Rogers (the one with Dale and Trigger, not Norton Buffalo) doing Happy Trails.
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That was fast: Big Rick has already been removed from the KFOG website.
Paging Ben Fong-Torres.... We need the real dirt on this.
Ben F-T's columns run bi-weekly, so I guess we gotta wait until Sunday the 23rd at the earliest for his scoop.
Gotta say Rick's been a lucky guy: grew up here and worked at The Quake, Live 105 and KFOG -- not many radio people are so fortunate. Gotta assume his next gig is either at The Band or K-FOX.
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That was fast: Big Rick has already been removed from the KFOG website.
Paging Ben Fong-Torres.... We need the real dirt on this.
Ben F-T's columns run bi-weekly, so I guess we gotta wait until Sunday the 23rd at the earliest for his scoop.
Gotta say Rick's been a lucky guy: grew up here and worked at The Quake, Live 105 and KFOG -- not many radio people are so fortunate. Gotta assume his next gig is either at The Band or K-FOX.
his official site currently says this:
http://www.bigrick.com/
"Here is the rather simple home of the radio DJ Big Rick Stuart.
I've been on a lot of great radio stations in San Francisco. I know you're asking yourself
oh K where will you GO? well hopefully some FM in SAN FRANCISCO.
Call or text 510 85 GO BIG
Twitter Facebook Email"
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That was fast: Big Rick has already been removed from the KFOG website.
Paging Ben Fong-Torres.... We need the real dirt on this.
Ben F-T's columns run bi-weekly, so I guess we gotta wait until Sunday the 23rd at the earliest for his scoop.
Gotta say Rick's been a lucky guy: grew up here and worked at The Quake, Live 105 and KFOG -- not many radio people are so fortunate. Gotta assume his next gig is either at The Band or K-FOX.
his official site currently says this:
http://www.bigrick.com/
"Here is the rather simple home of the radio DJ Big Rick Stuart.
I've been on a lot of great radio stations in San Francisco. I know you're asking yourself
oh K where will you GO? well hopefully some FM in SAN FRANCISCO.
Anyone know if his wife is still doing radio? (She was "Audio Vidya" on Live 105 for a while) Gotta wonder what this was all about -- money, presumably. Or maybe he was hoping they'd make him PD after Benson left. He left Live 105 because he was unhappy with their clampdown, wanting him to talk less and less between songs. But KFOG isn't much better in that department these days, and none of the other stations in town are any different.
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That was fast: Big Rick has already been removed from the KFOG website.
Paging Ben Fong-Torres.... We need the real dirt on this.
Ben F-T's columns run bi-weekly, so I guess we gotta wait until Sunday the 23rd at the earliest for his scoop.
Gotta say Rick's been a lucky guy: grew up here and worked at The Quake, Live 105 and KFOG -- not many radio people are so fortunate. Gotta assume his next gig is either at The Band or K-FOX.
his official site currently says this:
http://www.bigrick.com/
"Here is the rather simple home of the radio DJ Big Rick Stuart.
I've been on a lot of great radio stations in San Francisco. I know you're asking yourself
oh K where will you GO? well hopefully some FM in SAN FRANCISCO.
Anyone know if his wife is still doing radio? (She was "Audio Vidya" on Live 105 for a while)
They were married?? Well, I'll be! He made a snide remark about an ex-wife on his FB page not too long ago.
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That was fast: Big Rick has already been removed from the KFOG website.
Paging Ben Fong-Torres.... We need the real dirt on this.
Ben F-T's columns run bi-weekly, so I guess we gotta wait until Sunday the 23rd at the earliest for his scoop.
Gotta say Rick's been a lucky guy: grew up here and worked at The Quake, Live 105 and KFOG -- not many radio people are so fortunate. Gotta assume his next gig is either at The Band or K-FOX.
his official site currently says this:
http://www.bigrick.com/
"Here is the rather simple home of the radio DJ Big Rick Stuart.
I've been on a lot of great radio stations in San Francisco. I know you're asking yourself
oh K where will you GO? well hopefully some FM in SAN FRANCISCO.
Call or text 510 85 GO BIG
Twitter Facebook Email"
And he started out on KUSF prior to the Quake, so most if not all of his career has been in the SF market.
He can't be hinting that he's going to KGO? I mean, a job's a job and all, but that just doesn't make sense.
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He can't be hinting that he's going to KGO? I mean, a job's a job and all, but that just doesn't make sense.
"Go Big or Go Home" is powerlifter parlance; he's had that phone # for awhile, I think, so I don't think KGO is being referenced. Of course if that channel 5 weather guy Brian Sussman can become a right-wing talk-radio asshole, then anything's possible.
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He can't be hinting that he's going to KGO? I mean, a job's a job and all, but that just doesn't make sense.
"Go Big or Go Home" is powerlifter parlance; he's had that phone # for awhile, I think, so I don't think KGO is being referenced. Of course if that channel 5 weather guy Brian Sussman can become a right-wing talk-radio asshole, then anything's possible.
he does seem to be hinting in this line:
"oh K where will you GO? well hopefully some FM in SAN FRANCISCO."
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He can't be hinting that he's going to KGO? I mean, a job's a job and all, but that just doesn't make sense.
"Go Big or Go Home" is powerlifter parlance; he's had that phone # for awhile, I think, so I don't think KGO is being referenced. Of course if that channel 5 weather guy Brian Sussman can become a right-wing talk-radio asshole, then anything's possible.
he does seem to be hinting in this line:
"oh K where will you GO? well hopefully some FM in SAN FRANCISCO."
Hrm, O.... K. Does that mean KGO is planning an FM simulcast?
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He can't be hinting that he's going to KGO? I mean, a job's a job and all, but that just doesn't make sense.
"Go Big or Go Home" is powerlifter parlance; he's had that phone # for awhile, I think, so I don't think KGO is being referenced. Of course if that channel 5 weather guy Brian Sussman can become a right-wing talk-radio asshole, then anything's possible.
he does seem to be hinting in this line:
"oh K where will you GO? well hopefully some FM in SAN FRANCISCO."
Hrm, O.... K. Does that mean KGO is planning an FM simulcast?
based on his msg, I'd say they just might be doing something like that. or perhaps they might start a new FM station itself?
take all the caps in that line:
"oh K where will you GO? well hopefully some FM in SAN FRANCISCO."
KGO FM SAN FRANCISCO
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Maybe an oblique reference to The Band:
From Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KKSF):
The former ABC Radio-owned station started as KGO-FM.
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Maybe an oblique reference to The Band:
From Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KKSF):
The former ABC Radio-owned station started as KGO-FM.
ah, nice call.. I like that idea.
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Maybe an oblique reference to The Band:
From Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KKSF):
The former ABC Radio-owned station started as KGO-FM.
ah, nice call.. I like that idea.
DING DING DING -- I think we have a winner! (and The Band was my first guess yesterday, simply because it's the only SF rock station left that he hasn't worked at). Interesting, in that I can't imagine Cheap Channel offering him more money than Cumulus. They seem to be operating The Band on a friggin' shoestring so far.
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He can't be hinting that he's going to KGO? I mean, a job's a job and all, but that just doesn't make sense.
"Go Big or Go Home" is powerlifter parlance; he's had that phone # for awhile, I think, so I don't think KGO is being referenced. Of course if that channel 5 weather guy Brian Sussman can become a right-wing talk-radio asshole, then anything's possible.
he does seem to be hinting in this line:
"oh K where will you GO? well hopefully some FM in SAN FRANCISCO."
Hrm, O.... K. Does that mean KGO is planning an FM simulcast?
based on his msg, I'd say they just might be doing something like that. or perhaps they might start a new FM station itself?
take all the caps in that line:
"oh K where will you GO? well hopefully some FM in SAN FRANCISCO."
KGO FM SAN FRANCISCO
This reminds me of the DaVinci Code. Not that I read the book or saw the movie.
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Someone on the radio-info.com SF board came up with this fun fact: Entercom's Market Manager, Dwight Walker, was Big Rick's GM at KFOG under Susquehanna... and Entercom just bought K-FOX. So there's yer alternate theory, if we hadn't already broken the DaVinci code above. ;)
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heard the new guy (or some guy) tonight. Sounded somewhat generic.
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Someone on the radio-info.com SF board came up with this fun fact: Entercom's Market Manager, Dwight Walker, was Big Rick's GM at KFOG under Susquehanna... and Entercom just bought K-FOX. So there's yer alternate theory, if we hadn't already broken the DaVinci code above. ;)
BRS just posted a video of "Tuesday Afternoon" by The Moody Blues on his FB page. Hmm...
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Someone on the radio-info.com SF board came up with this fun fact: Entercom's Market Manager, Dwight Walker, was Big Rick's GM at KFOG under Susquehanna... and Entercom just bought K-FOX. So there's yer alternate theory, if we hadn't already broken the DaVinci code above. ;)
BRS just posted a video of "Tuesday Afternoon" by The Moody Blues on his FB page. Hmm...
Wow -- that was fast. Guess we'll all be monitoring the Band's stream tomorrow.
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Someone on the radio-info.com SF board came up with this fun fact: Entercom's Market Manager, Dwight Walker, was Big Rick's GM at KFOG under Susquehanna... and Entercom just bought K-FOX. So there's yer alternate theory, if we hadn't already broken the DaVinci code above. ;)
BRS just posted a video of "Tuesday Afternoon" by The Moody Blues on his FB page. Hmm...
Wow -- that was fast. Guess we'll all be monitoring the Band's stream tomorrow.
The other day he posted a video of "Secrets" by The Residents. Interesting. Well, I just became a fan of The Band on FB as a preemptive move. I have a love/hate thing going on with The Band. Maybe it will shift more to "love" if/when BRS comes on board. They need something.
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Someone on the radio-info.com SF board came up with this fun fact: Entercom's Market Manager, Dwight Walker, was Big Rick's GM at KFOG under Susquehanna... and Entercom just bought K-FOX. So there's yer alternate theory, if we hadn't already broken the DaVinci code above. ;)
BRS just posted a video of "Tuesday Afternoon" by The Moody Blues on his FB page. Hmm...
Wow -- that was fast. Guess we'll all be monitoring the Band's stream tomorrow.
The other day he posted a video of "Secrets" by The Residents. Interesting. Well, I just became a fan of The Band on FB as a preemptive move. I have a love/hate thing going on with The Band. Maybe it will shift more to "love" if/when BRS comes on board. They need something.
I was just looking @ their FB page -- they asked the Band-heads (or whatever they're called) "If I NEVER heard __________ again it would still be too soon". And some of the answers were:
Nickleback
"Love Shack"
"Tom Sawyer"
"Walking on Sunshine"
"anything by the Who" (!)
U2
also lots of folks on there telling the station how GREAT they are (You guys RAWK!!!"). One guy says he's been a devoted listener "for many years now" -- they've only been on for a year-and-a-half. Sheesh, and I thought Fogheads were suck-ups!
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BRS just posted the video of This Charming Man by The Smiths on his FB page. Could this be the end of the video clues or am I missing something?
ETA: Checked his page again this morning and the following songs were posted on his page: D.J. (Bowie), What's The Frequency, Kenneth? (REM), The Music Machine (Talk Talk), a Wolfman Jack video and then the following quote: "Tomorrow I promise to eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation."
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Big Rick gives an ETA of 4:00 on his FB page, y'all.
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Big Rick gives an ETA of 4:00 on his FB page, y'all.
Well, that saves me the indignity of listening to 103.7 all afternoon ;)
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Big Rick gives an ETA of 4:00 on his FB page, y'all.
Well, that saves me the indignity of listening to 103.7 all afternoon ;)
I predict he'll play Boston in the first hour. Station mandate, you see.
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Big Rick gives an ETA of 4:00 on his FB page, y'all.
Well, that saves me the indignity of listening to 103.7 all afternoon ;)
I predict he'll play Boston in the first hour. Station mandate, you see.
Magic Carpet Ride, too. A must for them.
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BRS just posted the video of This Charming Man by The Smiths on his FB page. Could this be the end of the video clues or am I missing something?
ETA: Checked his page again this morning and the following songs were posted on his page: D.J. (Bowie), What's The Frequency, Kenneth? (REM), The Music Machine (Talk Talk), a Wolfman Jack video and then the following quote: "Tomorrow I promise to eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation."
Which Facebook page is this? I just added him as a friend for this page: http://www.facebook.com/bigrick
Did he have a more public page?
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BRS just posted the video of This Charming Man by The Smiths on his FB page. Could this be the end of the video clues or am I missing something?
ETA: Checked his page again this morning and the following songs were posted on his page: D.J. (Bowie), What's The Frequency, Kenneth? (REM), The Music Machine (Talk Talk), a Wolfman Jack video and then the following quote: "Tomorrow I promise to eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation."
Which Facebook page is this? I just added him as a friend for this page: http://www.facebook.com/bigrick
Did he have a more public page?
Nope, that's it. He's scrubbed his FB page of nearly all references to his KFOG tenure.
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So, the guy on KFOG right now in BRS's old slot is named "Steve Rockwell". Surely that's not his real name. ;)
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So, the guy on KFOG right now in BRS's old slot is named "Steve Rockwell". Surely that's not his real name. ;)
could be this guy:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/steve-rockwell-walleisa/14/216/65b
... and don't call me Shirley!
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So, the guy on KFOG right now in BRS's old slot is named "Steve Rockwell". Surely that's not his real name. ;)
could be this guy:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/steve-rockwell-walleisa/14/216/65b
so, he runs a company called "Steve Rockwell Voiceovers"... and he named himself Employee of the Month? ::)
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So, the guy on KFOG right now in BRS's old slot is named "Steve Rockwell". Surely that's not his real name. ;)
could be this guy:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/steve-rockwell-walleisa/14/216/65b
so, he runs a company called "Steve Rockwell Voiceovers"... and he named himself Employee of the Month? ::)
haha! I saw that, too. Made me laugh... I'll take it he meant to be cute with that.
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Looks as if Cumulus has ditched their old player and in-house audio servers and replaced them with one that's served by News Inc., if I'm reading the URL correctly. The positive: No more "missed-yer-opportunity" and Honda of El Cerrito. The negative: longer national ads before the stream launches, and one more thing that Rupert Murdoch has his fingers in.
User experience fail.
One more gripe about the new player: it takes up far more real estate on my screen than necessary.
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Looks as if Cumulus has ditched their old player and in-house audio servers and replaced them with one that's served by News Inc., if I'm reading the URL correctly. The positive: No more "missed-yer-opportunity" and Honda of El Cerrito. The negative: longer national ads before the stream launches, and one more thing that Rupert Murdoch has his fingers in.
User experience fail.
One more gripe about the new player: it takes up far more real estate on my screen than necessary.
that's my biggest gripe about players -- if I can't shink it down to a small box it pisses me off. Of course more "real estate" means more ad space.
weird fact of the week: Renee is on vacay this week, making for a pleasant morning show -- turns out she's attending "auctioneering school". Er... WHAT??
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Looks as if Cumulus has ditched their old player and in-house audio servers and replaced them with one that's served by News Inc., if I'm reading the URL correctly. The positive: No more "missed-yer-opportunity" and Honda of El Cerrito. The negative: longer national ads before the stream launches, and one more thing that Rupert Murdoch has his fingers in.
User experience fail.
One more gripe about the new player: it takes up far more real estate on my screen than necessary.
that's my biggest gripe about players -- if I can't shink it down to a small box it pisses me off. Of course more "real estate" means more ad space.
weird fact of the week: Renee is on vacay this week, making for a pleasant morning show -- turns out she's attending "auctioneering school". Er... WHAT??
this still works for me:
http://player.cumulusstreaming.com/stations/KFOG-FM/PubPoint.asx
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From the KFOG FB page:
"Wednesday is Groundhog Day and we plan on celebrating by playing the song that you’d like to wake up to…just like Bill Murray waking up to Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe” in the movie! Simply tell us what time you wake up and what song you’d like to hear playing on your alarm clock radio and we’ll do our best to get it on.
Should be ...fun!"
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From the KFOG FB page:
"Wednesday is Groundhog Day and we plan on celebrating by playing the song that you’d like to wake up to…just like Bill Murray waking up to Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe” in the movie! Simply tell us what time you wake up and what song you’d like to hear playing on your alarm clock radio and we’ll do our best to get it on.
Should be ...fun!"
"Can you stream NPR at about 6:50? that's what I hear when I wake up."
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From the KFOG FB page:
"Wednesday is Groundhog Day and we plan on celebrating by playing the song that you’d like to wake up to…just like Bill Murray waking up to Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe” in the movie! Simply tell us what time you wake up and what song you’d like to hear playing on your alarm clock radio and we’ll do our best to get it on.
Should be ...fun!"
"Can you stream NPR at about 6:50? that's what I hear when I wake up."
Ha! I'm tempted to post "please play some Natalie Merchant for Big Rick Stuart"
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From TripleARadio.com...
The good news is, KFOG finally hired a PD:
"KFOG San Francisco-San Jose has named veteran Triple A PD Dennis Constantine Program Director. The Cumulus station had been operating without a PD since the departure of Dave Benson for KMTT Seattle in the summer of 2009. Dennis joins KFOG following a career programming some of the top Triple A stations in the west. He recently concluded a thirteen year run as PD of KINK Portland. A pioneer in the format, Dennis was the original PD at KBCO Boulder in 1977"
The bad news is they lost Kelly Ransford, who got tired of working in a directionless environment:
"Longtime KFOG APD/MD Kelly Ransford left KFOG last week to join her old boss Dave Benson up at KMTT Seattle as morning show co-host and Producer. KFOG afternoon/evening host "Big Rick" Stuart exited the station last month after over a decade."
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From TripleARadio.com...
The good news is, KFOG finally hired a PD:
"KFOG San Francisco-San Jose has named veteran Triple A PD Dennis Constantine Program Director. The Cumulus station had been operating without a PD since the departure of Dave Benson for KMTT Seattle in the summer of 2009. Dennis joins KFOG following a career programming some of the top Triple A stations in the west. He recently concluded a thirteen year run as PD of KINK Portland. A pioneer in the format, Dennis was the original PD at KBCO Boulder in 1977"
The bad news is they lost Kelly Ransforsd, who got tired of working in a directionless environment:
"Longtime KFOG APD/MD Kelly Ransford left KFOG last week to join her old boss Dave Benson up at KMTT Seattle as morning show co-host and Producer. KFOG afternoon/evening host "Big Rick" Stuart exited the station last month after over a decade."
Great news about finally getting a PD! KINK-fm usually has a good playlist & they have among the best Live CDs each year. I hope he can whack KFOG into shape, although it is much better than it was a year or two ago.
Too bad about Kelly Ransford. Though to be frank, I'm not really sure what the hell the point of her being at KFOG was anyway. I hope the new music nights can continue. (Did anyone notice a few weeks ago when they tried to name the new-music-at-nights "The Sonic Salon"? That lasted like...2 days. Lol.)
In other news...guess what our friend Scott F. posted on AL's fb page ( ::) ): "I just wanna lick a you ice cream..." (I know it's from the Shawn Mullins song, but still...)
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From TripleARadio.com...
The good news is, KFOG finally hired a PD:
"KFOG San Francisco-San Jose has named veteran Triple A PD Dennis Constantine Program Director. The Cumulus station had been operating without a PD since the departure of Dave Benson for KMTT Seattle in the summer of 2009. Dennis joins KFOG following a career programming some of the top Triple A stations in the west. He recently concluded a thirteen year run as PD of KINK Portland. A pioneer in the format, Dennis was the original PD at KBCO Boulder in 1977"
The bad news is they lost Kelly Ransforsd, who got tired of working in a directionless environment:
"Longtime KFOG APD/MD Kelly Ransford left KFOG last week to join her old boss Dave Benson up at KMTT Seattle as morning show co-host and Producer. KFOG afternoon/evening host "Big Rick" Stuart exited the station last month after over a decade."
Great news about finally getting a PD! KINK-fm usually has a good playlist & they have among the best Live CDs each year. I hope he can whack KFOG into shape, although it is much better than it was a year or two ago.
Too bad about Kelly Ransford. Though to be frank, I'm not really sure what the hell the point of her being at KFOG was anyway. I hope the new music nights can continue. (Did anyone notice a few weeks ago when they tried to name the new-music-at-nights "The Sonic Salon"? That lasted like...2 days. Lol.)
In other news...guess what our friend Scott F. posted on AL's fb page ( ::) ): "I just wanna lick a you ice cream..." (I know it's from the Shawn Mullins song, but still...)
Not sure how thrilled I am about this new hire, as I never thought KINK was all that great in the couple of years I've lived in the Portland area. Pretty wimpy, actually. Although change is generally a good thing, so if he can get a feel for the vibe of the bay area audience, it could be a plus. I'll be anxious to hear what you all have to say about their sound in the coming weeks.
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Not sure how thrilled I am about this new hire, as I never thought KINK was all that great in the couple of years I've lived in the Portland area. Pretty wimpy, actually. Although change is generally a good thing, so if he can get a feel for the vibe of the bay area audience, it could be a plus. I'll be anxious to hear what you all have to say about their sound in the coming weeks.
My feeling is, KFOG is already pretty wimpy, what with all the Feistalikes and Soccer-Mom faves like DMB, Cold PlayTrol and Jack Johnson. So he's probably a good fit. The question is, with THREE Classic Rockers on all sides, does KFOG continue to be Classics-heavy or does it try to "go younger". And remember, Constantine is the guy who discontinued 10@10 at KINK...
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Not sure how thrilled I am about this new hire, as I never thought KINK was all that great in the couple of years I've lived in the Portland area. Pretty wimpy, actually. Although change is generally a good thing, so if he can get a feel for the vibe of the bay area audience, it could be a plus. I'll be anxious to hear what you all have to say about their sound in the coming weeks.
My feeling is, KFOG is already pretty wimpy, what with all the Feistalikes and Soccer-Mom faves like DMB, Cold PlayTrol and Jack Johnson. So he's probably a good fit. The question is, with THREE Classic Rockers on all sides, does KFOG continue to be Classics-heavy or does it try to "go younger". And remember, Constantine is the guy who discontinued 10@10 at KINK...
Re 10@10, he'd be a fool to do that in SF. It's still KFOG's marquee franchise (know many people who are passionate about Live from the Archives?), whereas in Portland I think it was tried for a while and bagged when the locals didn't get on board.
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this has me thinking about making a pre-emptive strike & letting Constantine know just how important 10@10 is to the Bay Area audience. Social Media anyone?
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this has me thinking about making a pre-emptive strike & letting Constantine know just how important 10@10 is to the Bay Area audience. Social Media anyone?
KFOG gets a significant ratings "spike" in the 10:00 hour, so I'm sure he's aware. I don't think he'd get rid of it, but if they decide to change their demographic focus, we could get less '60s/more '90s.
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do they play "Sledgehammer" every morning?
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do they play "Sledgehammer" every morning?
right between "Rocket Man" and "Under Pressure" ;)
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Programming looked pretty "regular" tonight. :( I wonder if their new/experimental nights are gone, though it was nice while it lasted.
Yesterday they were kicking some serious @$$ with the not-so-new songs tho, during the first hour they played Snow Patrol "Run" and Tears for Fears "Pale Shelter."
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Programming looked pretty "regular" tonight. :( I wonder if their new/experimental nights are gone, though it was nice while it lasted.
Yesterday they were kicking some serious @$$ with the not-so-new songs tho, during the first hour they played Snow Patrol "Run" and Tears for Fears "Pale Shelter."
I've always wondered why the only Smashing Pumpkins song KFOG ever played for the past 10 years was "1979" and was rather gobsmacked yesterday when I heard "Today" in the 1:00 hour. Have to ask Darryl to check that out.
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Programming looked pretty "regular" tonight. :( I wonder if their new/experimental nights are gone, though it was nice while it lasted.
I turned them on around 9:30 and heard Marvin Gaye, so I assume the "new music" block is dead. OTOH, They were still calling the Sunday nite 9-11 slot "The KFOG Sideshow" despite Kelly R being gone.
Meanwhile I had The Band on in the car for about 20 minutes and got to hear both "Margatritaville" AND "Killer Queen" !
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The Morning show will be doing a movie-themed "Request-O-Rama-O-Rama" tomorrow (Fri) as an Oscar thing. I'm guessing AL will do a 10@10 Oscar set too. (Bob's even doing one on the Drive!)
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As of yesterday the 10@10 Channel on HD2 has disappeared. Hope it's not permanent though I fear it is. Too bad--just got around to getting an HD2 radio two weeks ago and was digging hearing the old Dave replays.
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As of yesterday the 10@10 Channel on HD2 has disappeared. Hope it's not permanent though I fear it is. Too bad--just got around to getting an HD2 radio two weeks ago and was digging hearing the old Dave replays.
I'm surprised it lasted this long, considering it will be 2 years in June since the last Dave 10@10 aired on the main feed.
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hearing David Gray makes me feel like I'm wearing Mom Jeans.
Thanks, I feel much better now.
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hearing David Gray makes me feel like I'm wearing Mom Jeans.
Thanks, I feel much better now.
Just heard Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand, so your jeans should feel all skinny now. 8)
On a programming note, AL mentioned that a new show called Lost and Found, "featuring the best music you've never heard" is on Sundays from 8-11pm taking over the former Sideshow spot. Here's a playlist:
http://www.lostandfoundradio.com/
Some of the songs like The Farm's All Together Now would be cool to hear on the radio...but U2's One? Don't we hear that on KFOG already, like 4 times daily? Same goes for Kandi by One Eskimo.
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hearing David Gray makes me feel like I'm wearing Mom Jeans.
Thanks, I feel much better now.
Just heard Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand, so your jeans should feel all skinny now. 8)
On a programming note, AL mentioned that a new show called Lost and Found, "featuring the best music you've never heard" is on Sundays from 8-11pm taking over the former Sideshow spot. Here's a playlist:
http://www.lostandfoundradio.com/
Some of the songs like The Farm's All Together Now would be cool to hear on the radio...but U2's One? Don't we hear that on KFOG already, like 4 times daily? Same goes for Kandi by One Eskimo.
had probs with that website , it kept going blank on me -- but I'm guessing these are "unique" versions of songs? Live ones? Like maybe that version of "One" is the one with Mary J Blige?
Also -- no more Sunday replay of "Live from the Archives?
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hearing David Gray makes me feel like I'm wearing Mom Jeans.
Thanks, I feel much better now.
Just heard Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand, so your jeans should feel all skinny now. 8)
On a programming note, AL mentioned that a new show called Lost and Found, "featuring the best music you've never heard" is on Sundays from 8-11pm taking over the former Sideshow spot. Here's a playlist:
http://www.lostandfoundradio.com/
Some of the songs like The Farm's All Together Now would be cool to hear on the radio...but U2's One? Don't we hear that on KFOG already, like 4 times daily? Same goes for Kandi by One Eskimo.
And I noted a couple of others that aren't "lost" or even "temporarily misplaced." Specifically the Elvis Costello and Smiths tunes. Love both those artists and both those songs, but both of those are amongh their more popular tracks, imo. Quite a few of the others smack of the early-90s AAA format. Guess the new PD is itching to make his mark.
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They've been playing a lot of South Side lately. And, other tracks by Matchbox Twenty besides "Bent" and "Bright Lights."
At least they've added a bunch of currents. It seems like for the past few years, they've added like what...one or two every month? (Until they added the new music nights, which was pretty cool.) Neon Trees, Amos Lee, Jack Johnson, M. Franti, Keane, & The Arcade Fire seem to have been officially added in the past week -- nothing too exciting, but at least they're trying.
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They've been playing a lot of South Side lately. And, other tracks by Matchbox Twenty besides "Bent" and "Bright Lights."
At least they've added a bunch of currents. It seems like for the past few years, they've added like what...one or two every month? (Until they added the new music nights, which was pretty cool.) Neon Trees, Amos Lee, Jack Johnson, M. Franti, Keane, & The Arcade Fire seem to have been officially added in the past week -- nothing too exciting, but at least they're trying.
The Franti & Jack Johnson are things they'd've played no matter who was in charge; Arcade Fire are getting a bump from the Grammys. All are on the Triple-A airplay chart, so... yeah, hardly adventurous.
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They've been playing a lot of South Side lately. And, other tracks by Matchbox Twenty besides "Bent" and "Bright Lights."
At least they've added a bunch of currents. It seems like for the past few years, they've added like what...one or two every month? (Until they added the new music nights, which was pretty cool.) Neon Trees, Amos Lee, Jack Johnson, M. Franti, Keane, & The Arcade Fire seem to have been officially added in the past week -- nothing too exciting, but at least they're trying.
The Franti & Jack Johnson are things they'd've played no matter who was in charge; Arcade Fire are getting a bump from the Grammys. All are on the Triple-A airplay chart, so... yeah, hardly adventurous.
I'd generally agree about Frant/JJ being things they'd normally play, but lately it seems they've even been ignoring many songs by "core" artists (the latest by Sheryl Crow and KT Turnstile come to mind.) Also, the Franti song is on its way out so I doubt they'd have added it if Constantine (or a PD, in general) hadn't taken over. I guess there aren't too many slots open when KFOG only adds a song and a half per month ::) In the past two years, for the vast majority of the songs they did add, they didn't add them until they were already Top 5 or 10, there were a handful of exceptions they added earlier but those were songs by artists that were bound to become hits anyway (i.e. David Gray). As far as I can recall, from that time period they played a grand total of one song that didn't do too well on the charts - "Last Summer" by Pete Yorn.
Speaking of, who was in charge of adding new music before this anyway, considering there was no PD? Kelly Ransford? The bigwigs at Cumulus?
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They've been playing a lot of South Side lately.
I noticed that, too. 2 days in a row at almost the same time! Maybe they're on autopilot. ;)
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I'd generally agree about Frant/JJ being things they'd normally play, but lately it seems they've even been ignoring many songs by "core" artists (the latest by Sheryl Crow and KT Turnstile come to mind.) Also, the Franti song is on its way out so I doubt they'd have added it if Constantine (or a PD, in general) hadn't taken over. I guess there aren't too many slots open when KFOG only adds a song and a half per month ::) In the past two years, for the vast majority of the songs they did add, they didn't add them until they were already Top 5 or 10, there were a handful of exceptions they added earlier but those were songs by artists that were bound to become hits anyway (i.e. David Gray). As far as I can recall, from that time period they played a grand total of one song that didn't do too well on the charts - "Last Summer" by Pete Yorn.
Speaking of, who was in charge of adding new music before this anyway, considering there was no PD? Kelly Ransford? The bigwigs at Cumulus?
Yeah, Ransford was nominally in charge. And getting no direction from Cumulus (or any hint of whether she might move up and become PD), which is supposedly why she bolted for Seattle. KFOG has long been slow on the uptake with new stuff -- I remember Alice playing New Radicals' "You get what you give" for months before KFOG finally added it (and then they played it to death for a year). I heard "Kandi" on The Peak quite a while before KFOG added it. And so on.
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woke up this morning to Dylan's "Positively 4th St" which I'm sure has not been in KFOG rotation for, like, ever. So the new PD is def trying to "tweak" things.
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woke up this morning to Dylan's "Positively 4th St" which I'm sure has not been in KFOG rotation for, like, ever. So the new PD is def trying to "tweak" things.
Wow! What time was that? We usually listen from about 6:00-6:45, then I'm done KFOGgin' for the day, unless I catch the replay at night.
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woke up this morning to Dylan's "Positively 4th St" which I'm sure has not been in KFOG rotation for, like, ever. So the new PD is def trying to "tweak" things.
Wow! What time was that? We usually listen from about 6:00-6:45, then I'm done KFOGgin' for the day, unless I catch the replay at night.
around 5:40a.
meanwhile just heard the most horrid segue ever: from Sublime's "Santeria" (which KFOG is playing again after laying off it for awhile) into "My Sweet Lord". Yeesh.
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Listening to KFOG now and I could've sworn the DJ said he was the new PD. He definitely said he was from KINK in Portland. In the next set, he played the
Band wannabes Avett Brothers, Weezer, Prince (!), Crowded House, R.E.M.,mom jeans David Gray and Depeche Mode. Nice variety (for KFOG), no?
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Listening to KFOG now and I could've sworn the DJ said he was the new PD. He definitely said he was from KINK in Portland. In the next set, he played the Band wannabes Avett Brothers, Weezer, Prince (!), Crowded House, R.E.M.,mom jeans David Gray and Depeche Mode. Nice variety (for KFOG), no?
I swear I was just about to say "don't worry, they'll be back to Kings of Leon and Coldplay any minute"... and sure enuf...
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BF-T checks in with a bit of news about the new KFOG PD (including a rather pixilated head shot) and some dish on the Cumulus-Citadel merger:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/04/PKGT1HSG04.DTL
I didn't realize Renee and Peter were starting at 5am now. Oy vey.
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Rosalie just played CJ & the Fish's "Janis" which I haven't heard since I-can't-remember-when.
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Rosalie just played CJ & the Fish's "Janis" which I haven't heard since I-can't-remember-when.
I was already at rehearsal, and missed it! Damn! Beautiful song.
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Just flipped on KFOG in time to hear the British guy on that "Lost & Found" show playing... Gwynneth Paltrow & Tim McGraw. Not sure how I feel about that...
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Just flipped on KFOG in time to hear the British guy on that "Lost & Found" show playing... Gwynneth Paltrow & Tim McGraw. Not sure how I feel about that...
I listened to his show for a bit last night too. I found his choice of songs tasteful (for the most part) and he has a great on air presence. Maybe I just have a thing for British accents.
Just read his bio - impressive credentials!
Luke Crampton enjoyed a London-based career in the music business before co-founding the Media Research & Information Bureau (MRIB) in 1981. During the 1980's, MRIB became the largest chart-compiling and entertainment research agency in Europe, numbering among its clients some of the most prestigious names in the UK and US media. During this period, Luke also created several radio and television series including ‘The Network Chart Show’ and ‘The Alphabet Show’, was the host of his own radio series on Crown FM and the official adjudicator for the World Music Awards and the Ivor Novello Awards.
Following the sale of MRIB in 1991, Luke emigrated to the United States, and established the Original Media company group. Original Media is a broad entertainment-based concept company which primarily creates and produces television programming, including CNN’s ‘World Beat’ – the first global, weekly music television series - and its successor, ‘The Music Room’ also for CNN. Original Media subsidiaries include Songfinder, an established music supervision and licensing service, and the Music Information Database: the world’s most comprehensive source for popular music history data.
Luke is also an acclaimed best-selling author of some thirty books including ‘Rock and Roll: Year By Year’ (Dorling Kindersley) published in association with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - for which he is also a voting judge. Luke also serves as a voting member for the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Radio Hall of Fame and the Grammy Awards.
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I didn't realize Renee and Peter were starting at 5am now. Oy vey.
That's been true for Peter for years, although I can't be sure that Renee wasn't always starting that early.
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I didn't realize Renee and Peter were starting at 5am now. Oy vey.
That's been true for Peter for years, although I can't be sure that Renee wasn't always starting that early.
I knew Renee was doing the early shift, but not Peter.
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so, is KFOG giving any play to that new Beady Eye (ex-Oasis types) song? I like it; it would seem ideal for them and certainly better than another Jack Johnson snoozefest or the umpteenth Feist-alike.
Of course I've said that about numerous songs in the past that KFOG ignored...
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They've been playing a lot of South Side lately.
I noticed that, too. 2 days in a row at almost the same time! Maybe they're on autopilot. ;)
No, seriously. What's the deal with all this Southside (Moby) playing lately? It seems like I hear it everyday now. Kinda odd, no?
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They've been playing a lot of South Side lately.
I noticed that, too. 2 days in a row at almost the same time! Maybe they're on autopilot. ;)
No, seriously. What's the deal with all this Southside (Moby) playing lately? It seems like I hear it everyday now. Kinda odd, no?
It's like a gateway drug ... from there to a full-scale Gwen Stefani infestation. We'll be hearing "Hollaback Girl" by summer.
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They've been playing a lot of South Side lately.
I noticed that, too. 2 days in a row at almost the same time! Maybe they're on autopilot. ;)
No, seriously. What's the deal with all this Southside (Moby) playing lately? It seems like I hear it everyday now. Kinda odd, no?
It must've tested well in their latest focus group.
And it's not odd for them to play the same songs at nearly the same time of day repeatedly. About 18 months ago it seemed like they'd spin the same song right after 10@10 at least 2 or 3 mornings a week. Thankfully I've blocked out who it was. Counting Crows maybe? Anyone else recall?
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They've been playing a lot of South Side lately.
I noticed that, too. 2 days in a row at almost the same time! Maybe they're on autopilot. ;)
No, seriously. What's the deal with all this Southside (Moby) playing lately? It seems like I hear it everyday now. Kinda odd, no?
It must've tested well in their latest focus group.
And it's not odd for them to play the same songs at nearly the same time of day repeatedly. About 18 months ago it seemed like they'd spin the same song right after 10@10 at least 2 or 3 mornings a week. Thankfully I've blocked out who it was. Counting Crows maybe? Anyone else recall?
GreenDay, "21 Guns"
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replay order isn't matching what AL posted on the KFOG web site:
"As promised here's how the 10@10 replay will roll for the Saturday Morning Marathon:
We'll start with the Fat Tuesday set and then have a nice early morning playback of the sweet trip to 69, followed by 1992, 1985 & 1977."
they did Mardi Gras first, but they're playing 92 now... so I guess we'll get some 69 later.
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replay order isn't matching what AL posted on the KFOG web site"
"As promised here's how the 10@10 replay will roll for the Saturday Morning Marathon:
We'll start with the Fat Tuesday set and then have a nice early morning playback of the sweet trip to 69, followed by 1992, 1985 & 1977."
they did Mardi Gras first, but they're playing 92 now... so I guess we'll get some 69 later.
I prefer to be fully awake for 69. Woke up at 8:50 and there was the 5th Dimension. Glad I missed '92.
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Posted by Tim Goodman on FB:
"Apologies to those who don't live in the Bay Area. But hey KFOG fans, I should let you know that the new program director isn't a big TV fan, so after 10 years of being on the air every Monday, he'd prefer a 'when TV news is relevant' kind of deal, where I appear randomly. Not sure that's a deal I'm eager to take, but I have enjoyed my time there for a decade (!) and will miss Webster, Peter, Renee and Greg."
Tim's post was followed by some GREAT anti-KFOG comments. Here are a couple:
"I quit KFOG a while ago due to the horrible music recycling program they have going on, but I've ALWAYS tuned in during the morning show to catch you - and sometimes just to see if anything had changed for the better (sadly never the case, last week they were actually spelling words - spelling, on the radio. I guess nothing else was going on in the world...) Though I knew everything would go to shit as soon as Dave left, I had a small amount of hope that I was wrong. I was not. Bay area radio is dead."
"What an idiotic decsion. Other than 10@10. Not much reason to listen to KFOG these days. What, do they need more time to play 'Little Lion Man' one more time?"
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Posted by Tim Goodman on FB:
"Apologies to those who don't live in the Bay Area. But hey KFOG fans, I should let you know that the new program director isn't a big TV fan, so after 10 years of being on the air every Monday, he'd prefer a 'when TV news is relevant' kind of deal, where I appear randomly. Not sure that's a deal I'm eager to take, but I have enjoyed my time there for a decade (!) and will miss Webster, Peter, Renee and Greg."
Tim's post was followed by some GREAT anti-KFOG comments. Here are a couple:
"I quit KFOG a while ago due to the horrible music recycling program they have going on, but I've ALWAYS tuned in during the morning show to catch you - and sometimes just to see if anything had changed for the better (sadly never the case, last week they were actually spelling words - spelling, on the radio. I guess nothing else was going on in the world...) Though I knew everything would go to shit as soon as Dave left, I had a small amount of hope that I was wrong. I was not. Bay area radio is dead."
"What an idiotic decsion. Other than 10@10. Not much reason to listen to KFOG these days. What, do they need more time to play 'Little Lion Man' one more time?"
Peter Hartlaub, who is on KFOG occasionally, commented, too:
Peter Hartlaub:
Does this program director know how many World Class Rock Blocks from Genesis I endured to listen to you over the past decade? Kidding. Dumb move on their part. I'll continue to enjoy Webster, Renee, Peter and Greg but miss the Monday ritual.... Expect a phone call from me every Mon. at 8:30 a.m. asking you if "Charmed" is coming back, just so you won't miss the routine too much."
I like Tim, but I hardly paid attn to his Monday's on KFOG, b/c I don't have cable or a DVR. If I did, I'd never leave home. I did notice when he talked up big series, like The Wire or Rome, etc, and I would eventually get around to watching them on DVD, but most of the TV shows he (or other people) like are just not on my radar.
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Posted by Tim Goodman on FB:
"Apologies to those who don't live in the Bay Area. But hey KFOG fans, I should let you know that the new program director isn't a big TV fan, so after 10 years of being on the air every Monday, he'd prefer a 'when TV news is relevant' kind of deal, where I appear randomly. Not sure that's a deal I'm eager to take, but I have enjoyed my time there for a decade (!) and will miss Webster, Peter, Renee and Greg."
Tim's post was followed by some GREAT anti-KFOG comments. Here are a couple:
"I quit KFOG a while ago due to the horrible music recycling program they have going on, but I've ALWAYS tuned in during the morning show to catch you - and sometimes just to see if anything had changed for the better (sadly never the case, last week they were actually spelling words - spelling, on the radio. I guess nothing else was going on in the world...) Though I knew everything would go to shit as soon as Dave left, I had a small amount of hope that I was wrong. I was not. Bay area radio is dead."
"What an idiotic decsion. Other than 10@10. Not much reason to listen to KFOG these days. What, do they need more time to play 'Little Lion Man' one more time?"
Peter Hartlaub, who is on KFOG occasionally, commented, too:
Peter Hartlaub:
Does this program director know how many World Class Rock Blocks from Genesis I endured to listen to you over the past decade? Kidding. Dumb move on their part. I'll continue to enjoy Webster, Renee, Peter and Greg but miss the Monday ritual.... Expect a phone call from me every Mon. at 8:30 a.m. asking you if "Charmed" is coming back, just so you won't miss the routine too much."
I like Tim, but I hardly paid attn to his Monday's on KFOG, b/c I don't have cable or a DVR. If I did, I'd never leave home. I did notice when he talked up big series, like The Wire or Rome, etc, and I would eventually get around to watching them on DVD, but most of the TV shows he (or other people) like are just not on my radar.
Ha -- I read that comment without realizing it was Mr Poop himself. Funny, I like Goodman's writing, even tho' most of the shows he's creamed his jeans over in the past 10-15 years (Mad Men excepted) have been disappointments to me (Desperate Housewives... Entourage..., the list goes on and on). His stuff about the business of TV, however, is spot-on. I'm not usually tuned to KFOG in the 8:00 hour, so I've hardly ever heard him in recent years. Still, it seems like more dumbing down of a once-smart Morning Show.
I'm sure the new PD has reams of focus-group data telling him Fogheads want more music/less talk, or that they think Tim uses too many big words, or something. And if Mr PD's not a TV fan, then I trust we'll be spared endless chatter about Idol and Dancing With the Stars from now on. ;)
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I know most of us are FB-friends with "KFOG Radio", but they posted their "explanation" of the Tim Goodman thing:
"To clear the air, we didn't dump Tim Goodman, we just thought it would be better to have him on for topical updates, not just as a matter of course. We look forward to hearing from Tim again soon."
which was followed by a thread of comments, all of which pretty much say "sorry KFOG, that's a load of horeshit"
ETA: now Irish Greg has chimed in with a separate post to try to stanch the bleeding. I'm kinda digging this.
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I know most of us are FB-friends with "KFOG Radio", but they posted their "explanation" of the Tim Goodman thing:
"To clear the air, we didn't dump Tim Goodman, we just thought it would be better to have him on for topical updates, not just as a matter of course. We look forward to hearing from Tim again soon."
which was followed by a thread of comments, all of which pretty much say "sorry KFOG, that's a load of horeshit"
ETA: now Irish Greg has chimed in with a separate post to try to stanch the bleeding. I'm kinda digging this.
Tim's on right now -- on the phone, not in the studio -- talking about the coverage of Japan.
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Rosalie's in the Chron today:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F03%2F16%2FDDPA1I6GLV.DTL
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Rosalie's in the Chron today:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F03%2F16%2FDDPA1I6GLV.DTL
And Dave Morey's in SF, apparently. KFOG posted on FB that he was "in the house". Dunno if they had him on the air or not.
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They've been playing a lot of South Side lately.
I noticed that, too. 2 days in a row at almost the same time! Maybe they're on autopilot. ;)
No, seriously. What's the deal with all this Southside (Moby) playing lately? It seems like I hear it everyday now. Kinda odd, no?
I've also noticed a lot of:
Amy Winehouse "You Know I'm Good"
Sarah McLesbian "Sweet Surrender"
Various John Mayers & Matchbox 20s that they didn't play as often before (Clarity, Gravity, How Far We've Come, etc)
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They've been playing a lot of South Side lately.
I noticed that, too. 2 days in a row at almost the same time! Maybe they're on autopilot. ;)
No, seriously. What's the deal with all this Southside (Moby) playing lately? It seems like I hear it everyday now. Kinda odd, no?
I've also noticed a lot of:
Amy Winehouse "You Know I'm Good"
Sarah McLesbian "Sweet Surrender"
Various John Mayers & Matchbox 20s that they didn't play as often before (Clarity, Gravity, How Far We've Come, etc)
And again, this morning, "Positively 4th St." A welcome treat, even if it seems unnaturally often in the rotation!
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This morning they did a Request-O-Rama, "What is the Most Overrated Movie of All Time?" according to a poll. And what was the source of this poll? Why, uber-right-wing website BigHollywood.com, run by ultra-right-wing shithead Andrew Breitbart! So (unsurprisingly) the "most overrated" movie for right-wingers was The Graduate. Sheesh.
I emailed KFOG (No doubt Irish Greg has no clue who Breitbart is) and await their reply.
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This morning they did a Request-O-Rama, "What is the Most Overrated Movie of All Time?" according to a poll. And what was the source of this poll? Why, uber-right-wing website BigHollywood.com, run by ultra-right-wing shithead Andrew Breitbart! So (unsurprisingly) the "most overrated" movie for right-wingers was The Graduate. Sheesh.
I emailed KFOG (No doubt Irish Greg has no clue who Breitbart is) and await their reply.
They read my email this morning -- Greg copped to the fact that it was his fault.
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I'm also hearing
"Brooklyn Brooklyn Take Me In" "I & Love & You" a lot. Another of those records that only got played on the Sideshow for a long time (even though other Triple-A stations around the country were all over it) and then finally crossed over into the regular playlist... then faded... and now has popped back up.
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This morning they did a Request-O-Rama, "What is the Most Overrated Movie of All Time?" according to a poll. And what was the source of this poll? Why, uber-right-wing website BigHollywood.com, run by ultra-right-wing shithead Andrew Breitbart! So (unsurprisingly) the "most overrated" movie for right-wingers was The Graduate. Sheesh.
I emailed KFOG (No doubt Irish Greg has no clue who Breitbart is) and await their reply.
They read my email this morning -- Greg copped to the fact that it was his fault.
thank you Mike!
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I'm also hearing "Brooklyn Brooklyn Take Me In" "I & Love & You" a lot. Another of those records that only got played on the Sideshow for a long time (even though other Triple-A stations around the country were all over it) and then finally crossed over into the regular playlist... then faded... and now has popped back up.
add to the list: Coldplay's "Yellow" and Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out", which I've heard 3 times this week -- did they play it when it was new?
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Just flipped on KFOG in time to hear the British guy on that "Lost & Found" show playing... Gwynneth Paltrow & Tim McGraw. Not sure how I feel about that...
Just heard a post-10@10 promo for "Lost & Found" that touted a "rare Colbie Caillat" track. WTF?!?! Dude, if you want to have any credibility at all with regard to obscure music, the name "Colbie Caillat" should not even be in your vocabulary.
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WTF-of-the-Day: Just happened to flip on KFOG as I was looking to tune the radio to KFRC's AT40 simulcast. KFOG was playing... "Danny's Song" by L&M! Struck me as VERY out-of-character -- don't think they've ever played that outside 10@10, and it's not either of their birthdays. And they followed it with "Mrs Robinson". Seemed quite odd to me.
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WTF-of-the-Day: Just happened to flip on KFOG as I was looking to tune the radio to KFRC's AT40 simulcast. KFOG was playing... "Danny's Song" by L&M! Struck me as VERY out-of-character -- don't think they've ever played that outside 10@10, and it's not either of their birthdays. And they followed it with "Mrs Robinson". Seemed quite odd to me.
Rogue programming?
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WTF-of-the-Day: Just happened to flip on KFOG as I was looking to tune the radio to KFRC's AT40 simulcast. KFOG was playing... "Danny's Song" by L&M! Struck me as VERY out-of-character -- don't think they've ever played that outside 10@10, and it's not either of their birthdays. And they followed it with "Mrs Robinson". Seemed quite odd to me.
Rogue programming?
they were back to the Goo Goo Dolls soon after. But the "Just Played" list shows they played Patti (Mrs Springsteen) Scialfa's "3rd St Lullabye" this hour -- I don't recall them ever playing her before.
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WTF-of-the-Day: Just happened to flip on KFOG as I was looking to tune the radio to KFRC's AT40 simulcast. KFOG was playing... "Danny's Song" by L&M! Struck me as VERY out-of-character -- don't think they've ever played that outside 10@10, and it's not either of their birthdays. And they followed it with "Mrs Robinson". Seemed quite odd to me.
Rogue programming?
they were back to the Goo Goo Dolls soon after. But the "Just Played" list shows they played Patti (Mrs Springsteen) Scialfa's "3rd St Lullabye" this hour -- I don't recall them ever playing her before.
The hand of Constantine at work again?
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WTF-of-the-Day: Just happened to flip on KFOG as I was looking to tune the radio to KFRC's AT40 simulcast. KFOG was playing... "Danny's Song" by L&M! Struck me as VERY out-of-character -- don't think they've ever played that outside 10@10, and it's not either of their birthdays. And they followed it with "Mrs Robinson". Seemed quite odd to me.
Rogue programming?
they were back to the Goo Goo Dolls soon after. But the "Just Played" list shows they played Patti (Mrs Springsteen) Scialfa's "3rd St Lullabye" this hour -- I don't recall them ever playing her before.
The hand of Constantine at work again?
I swear my first thought was that Loggins had died!
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I'm taking a Foghead survey and question #7 asks (agree or disagree):
a. I can't listen to KFOG during the day because of work
b. KFOG plays 10 at 10 too often for me (!)
c. KFOG repeats songs too often for me
d. I often forget or get too busy to listen to KFOG during the day
e. I regularly listen to the KFOG stream
f. I prefer to listen to my own music collection than to music on the radio
g. I listen to KFOG more on the weekend than Monday to Friday
Question #10 asks:
Anything you'd like to tell the KFOG Program Director?
Don't be messin' with our 10@10! Annalisa has been doing a fabulous job taking over for Dave Morey (no easy feat). Her Facebook page is one of the reasons I even bother logging on to Facebook everyday. I love the rare stuff she pulls out for 10@10. The songs that make you go "OMG...I thought I was the only one who bought that record!" The Facebook 10@10 request page is quite fun and highly addictive. Ask anybody!
Shame about Big Rick leaving. He was the only reason I'd tune in the late afternoon and evenings.
Noticed that KFOG has been mixing it up a bit - love the Franz Ferdinand, but enough with MOBY'S Southside already! I'd be nice if you played some Cure, Smiths (I know, fat chance) and some more classic Modern Rock mixed into the old Classic Rock. Even The BAND plays Cuts You Up by Peter Murphy from time to time...
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d. I often forget or get too busy to listen to KFOG during the day
I often forget or get too busy to turn the KFOG stream off after 10@10.
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I'm taking a Foghead survey and question #7 asks (agree or disagree):
a. I can't listen to KFOG during the day because of work
b. KFOG plays 10 at 10 too often for me (!)
c. KFOG repeats songs too often for me
d. I often forget or get too busy to listen to KFOG during the day
e. I regularly listen to the KFOG stream
f. I prefer to listen to my own music collection than to music on the radio
g. I listen to KFOG more on the weekend than Monday to Friday
Question #10 asks:
Anything you'd like to tell the KFOG Program Director?
Don't be messin' with our 10@10! Annalisa has been doing a fabulous job taking over for Dave Morey (no easy feat). Her Facebook page is one of the reasons I even bother logging on to Facebook everyday. I love the rare stuff she pulls out for 10@10. The songs that make you go "OMG...I thought I was the only one who bought that record!" The Facebook 10@10 request page is quite fun and highly addictive. Ask anybody!
Shame about Big Rick leaving. He was the only reason I'd tune in the late afternoon and evenings.
Noticed that KFOG has been mixing it up a bit - love the Franz Ferdinand, but enough with MOBY'S Southside already! I'd be nice if you played some Cure, Smiths (I know, fat chance) and some more classic Modern Rock mixed into the old Classic Rock. Even The BAND plays Cuts You Up by Peter Murphy from time to time...
Bwahahaha -- ya beat me to it; I just took the survey and was gonna post that segment above. And I also said "please let AL continue to do 10@10 her way" or words to that effect.
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I'm taking a Foghead survey and question #7 asks (agree or disagree):
a. I can't listen to KFOG during the day because of work
b. KFOG plays 10 at 10 too often for me (!)
c. KFOG repeats songs too often for me
d. I often forget or get too busy to listen to KFOG during the day
e. I regularly listen to the KFOG stream
f. I prefer to listen to my own music collection than to music on the radio
g. I listen to KFOG more on the weekend than Monday to Friday
Question #10 asks:
Anything you'd like to tell the KFOG Program Director?
Don't be messin' with our 10@10! Annalisa has been doing a fabulous job taking over for Dave Morey (no easy feat). Her Facebook page is one of the reasons I even bother logging on to Facebook everyday. I love the rare stuff she pulls out for 10@10. The songs that make you go "OMG...I thought I was the only one who bought that record!" The Facebook 10@10 request page is quite fun and highly addictive. Ask anybody!
Shame about Big Rick leaving. He was the only reason I'd tune in the late afternoon and evenings.
Noticed that KFOG has been mixing it up a bit - love the Franz Ferdinand, but enough with MOBY'S Southside already! I'd be nice if you played some Cure, Smiths (I know, fat chance) and some more classic Modern Rock mixed into the old Classic Rock. Even The BAND plays Cuts You Up by Peter Murphy from time to time...
Bwahahaha -- ya beat me to it; I just took the survey and was gonna post that segment above. And I also said "please let AL continue to do 10@10 her way" or words to that effect.
good one, RegularSundayGalMikeGuy...! I saw that survey link somewhere, too. If I take it I'll be sure to mention how the free-form 10at10's are always more rewarding and keep me tuned in. I notice there's no option for:
h. KFOG programming often sucks
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I'm taking a Foghead survey and question #7 asks (agree or disagree):
a. I can't listen to KFOG during the day because of work
b. KFOG plays 10 at 10 too often for me (!)
c. KFOG repeats songs too often for me
d. I often forget or get too busy to listen to KFOG during the day
e. I regularly listen to the KFOG stream
f. I prefer to listen to my own music collection than to music on the radio
g. I listen to KFOG more on the weekend than Monday to Friday
Question #10 asks:
Anything you'd like to tell the KFOG Program Director?
Don't be messin' with our 10@10! Annalisa has been doing a fabulous job taking over for Dave Morey (no easy feat). Her Facebook page is one of the reasons I even bother logging on to Facebook everyday. I love the rare stuff she pulls out for 10@10. The songs that make you go "OMG...I thought I was the only one who bought that record!" The Facebook 10@10 request page is quite fun and highly addictive. Ask anybody!
Shame about Big Rick leaving. He was the only reason I'd tune in the late afternoon and evenings.
Noticed that KFOG has been mixing it up a bit - love the Franz Ferdinand, but enough with MOBY'S Southside already! I'd be nice if you played some Cure, Smiths (I know, fat chance) and some more classic Modern Rock mixed into the old Classic Rock. Even The BAND plays Cuts You Up by Peter Murphy from time to time...
Bwahahaha -- ya beat me to it; I just took the survey and was gonna post that segment above. And I also said "please let AL continue to do 10@10 her way" or words to that effect.
Good on you guys for tellin' 'em how it is.
Not sure I like the subtext behind option B though. Sounds as if someone might not be a big fan of 10@10.
Anyone have access to the daypart Arbitron data that might tell us how the ratings are for 10@10 since AL took over? I'm pretty sure that when Dave was doing it, it was one of the (if not THE) strongest part of their daytime schedule.
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Today was another "Request-O-Rama-O-Rama", with a baseball trivia theme. A winner in the 6:00 hour wanted "a fishing song" so Irish Greg played "Belly of the Whale".
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Today was another "Request-O-Rama-O-Rama", with a baseball trivia theme. A winner in the 6:00 hour wanted "a fishing song" so Irish Greg played "Belly of the Whale".
I get it: a whale ain't a fish!
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That Sun nite "Lost & Found" guy just played Nina Simone's cover of Randy Newman's "Baltimore". And went up a notch in my esteem.
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Went to the panel last night - made sure to represent 10@10! ;D DC was in charge & I got the impression he wasn't going to mess with it; in fact, he said he loves specialty programming & plans to return A-Z to us, among other things. He also talked about making the 10@10 Channel (which is back on HD-2; must have just gone out for awhile) availble online. Though in our group there weren't as many people clamoring to tell him how much they loved 10@10 as I'd have hoped for, but there was HUGE support for Acoustic Sunrise & Lost & Found is getting good first reviews.
He also says he's doing something about the KFOG not adding new music or adding new music months after it's no longer "new" problem. I brought up the example of KFOG adding "1901" by Phoenix like a year after it came out...and most of the peeps groaned in agreement. LOL! He also said he's planning on laying off some of the overplayed songs & throwing new old songs into the mix (this could be why we've heard "Positively 4th St" more than once.) I know in the past KINK has had a philosophy of using the same forumla as most radio stations...but finding the right songs for the formula. Hopefully he'll pick the right "right songs." They gave us a tour of the studios & we met Rockwell (who, due to popular belief, is NOT Dennis Constantine) & sent us on our way with a bunch of CDs, including the latest LFTA (it's a good thing then that it was bad enough to make me not want to buy it) & Local Scene, a few KFOG samplers from many years ago, & a few others.
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Went to the panel last night - made sure to represent 10@10! ;D DC was in charge & I got the impression he wasn't going to mess with it; in fact, he said he loves specialty programming & plans to return A-Z to us, among other things. He also talked about making the 10@10 Channel (which is back on HD-2; must have just gone out for awhile) availble online. Though in our group there weren't as many people clamoring to tell him how much they loved 10@10 as I'd have hoped for, but there was HUGE support for Acoustic Sunrise & Lost & Found is getting good first reviews.
He also says he's doing something about the KFOG not adding new music or adding new music months after it's no longer "new" problem. I brought up the example of KFOG adding "1901" by Phoenix like a year after it came out...and most of the peeps groaned in agreement. LOL! He also said he's planning on laying off some of the overplayed songs & throwing new old songs into the mix (this could be why we've heard "Positively 4th St" more than once.) I know in the past KINK has had a philosophy of using the same forumla as most radio stations...but finding the right songs for the formula. Hopefully he'll pick the right "right songs." They gave us a tour of the studios & we met Rockwell (who, due to popular belief, is NOT Dennis Constantine) & sent us on our way with a bunch of CDs, including the latest LFTA (it's a good thing then that it was bad enough to make me not want to buy it) & Local Scene, a few KFOG samplers from many years ago, & a few others.
Just curious, how many people took part? And were you selected or was it open to anyone who wanted to show up?
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Just curious, how many people took part? And were you selected or was it open to anyone who wanted to show up?
There were about 20, but I think they also might have had panels at other nights/times (mine was Wednesday). I was selected.
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Just curious, how many people took part? And were you selected or was it open to anyone who wanted to show up?
There were about 20, but I think they also might have had panels at other nights/times (mine was Wednesday). I was selected.
Did you get any sort of "honorarium" or just the CDs and the tour? Every radio focus group I've ever taken part in never reveals who's sponsoring the study, so it's interesting that they held it at KFOG's offices.
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Just curious, how many people took part? And were you selected or was it open to anyone who wanted to show up?
There were about 20, but I think they also might have had panels at other nights/times (mine was Wednesday). I was selected.
Did you get any sort of "honorarium" or just the CDs and the tour? Every radio focus group I've ever taken part in never reveals who's sponsoring the study, so it's interesting that they held it at KFOG's offices.
No honorarium, just the CDs/tour/dinner. As far as I know here it was just D. Constantine & a few of the KFOG staffers. (I do know that sometimes stations bring in outside companies to run these, though.)
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Oh, Florence, can the "Dog days" please be over already? (Sorry, I don't get the love for that band. At. All.)
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Went to the panel last night - made sure to represent 10@10! ;D DC was in charge & I got the impression he wasn't going to mess with it; in fact, he said he loves specialty programming & plans to return A-Z to us, among other things. He also talked about making the 10@10 Channel (which is back on HD-2; must have just gone out for awhile) availble online.
I loved A-Z! Hope they bring it back this year. I'm not getting the 10@10 HD channel on my phone for some reason. I had it at one point, and now I'm getting the same KFOG channel in both spots. :(
Thanks for representin', Rad! :)
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Went to the panel last night - made sure to represent 10@10! ;D DC was in charge & I got the impression he wasn't going to mess with it; in fact, he said he loves specialty programming & plans to return A-Z to us, among other things. He also talked about making the 10@10 Channel (which is back on HD-2; must have just gone out for awhile) availble online.
I loved A-Z! Hope they bring it back this year. I'm not getting the 10@10 HD channel on my phone for some reason. I had it at one point, and now I'm getting the same KFOG channel in both spots. :(
Thanks for representin', Rad! :)
I'm all in favor of a GOOD lengthy A-Z -- not the abbreviated (less than 7 days) versions they sometimes did.
BTW, this was my first post via my new netbook -- got it just in time to take it on the upcoming NY trip.
Having the "10@10 Channel" on-line wouid be nice. I was under the impression (I could be wrong) that they pulled it down because they couldn't use Dave's shows and didn't yet have enuf AL "classics" to program it 24/7.
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Went to the panel last night - made sure to represent 10@10! ;D DC was in charge & I got the impression he wasn't going to mess with it; in fact, he said he loves specialty programming & plans to return A-Z to us, among other things. He also talked about making the 10@10 Channel (which is back on HD-2; must have just gone out for awhile) availble online.
I loved A-Z! Hope they bring it back this year. I'm not getting the 10@10 HD channel on my phone for some reason. I had it at one point, and now I'm getting the same KFOG channel in both spots. :(
Thanks for representin', Rad! :)
NP...Anything for 10@10 and Annalisa! ;D
I hope they do too. I agree with RGMike that a good lengthy A-Z would be awesome. (a la 2008...otoh 2009's was pretty bad.)
Hmm, maybe the channel just sputtered out for awhile. I tried it now and the 10@10 Channel is back on HD-2. (Regular KFOG programming on HD-1).
Having the "10@10 Channel" on-line wouid be nice. I was under the impression (I could be wrong) that they pulled it down because they couldn't use Dave's shows and didn't yet have enuf AL "classics" to program it 24/7.
I was too (which I thought was why it went out for awhile), but I guess it's back.
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Just as I was leaving home this morning, they did a SF twin-spin: Scott McKenzie followed by tenderloin/tender-coin.
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8:58 AM today
KFOG Come Together by Beatles
KUFX Come Together by Aerosmith
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8:58 AM today
KFOG Come Together by Beatles
KUFX Come Together by Aerosmith
It might've started raining frogs is KITS played Come Together by Primal Scream at 8:58 AM. Maybe in 1991 (when the station was worth listening to).
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almost forgot to mention this...a few days back Joel Selvin was on the morning show pimping some event he was doing that evening at which Webster was going to be moderator. For some reason the conversation swung around to the group Journey, and Irish Greg brought up the point that "Dave Morey used to often refer to 'Journey when they were good'" and asked Selvin to explain.
I was rather shocked, this was the first time I can recall anyone on the Morning Show saying Dave's name on air (other than the first couple days immediately following his departure). In fact a week or so before that they were talking about songs that had such emotional significance that they always reminded one of a certain time & place, etc...so, for the first time in months I called in & said, "not to put too fine a point on it, but any Fogheads who've been listening to 10at10 over the years know that Dave Morey's term for these is Sledgehammers, and I believe he used the term on the Morning Show, too." I got the brush off & they didn't replay my comment.
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almost forgot to mention this...a few days back Joel Selvin was on the morning show pimping some event he was doing that evening at which Webster was going to be moderator. For some reason the conversation swung around to the group Journey, and Irish Greg brought up the point that "Dave Morey used to often refer to 'Journey when they were good'" and asked Selvin to explain.
I was rather shocked, this was the first time I can recall anyone on the Morning Show saying Dave's name on air (other than the first couple days immediately following his departure). In fact a week or so before that they were talking about songs that had such emotional significance that they always reminded one of a certain time & place, etc...so, for the first time in months I called in & said, "not to put too fine a point on it, but any Fogheads who've been listening to 10at10 over the years know that Dave Morey's term for these is Sledgehammers, and I believe he used the term on the Morning Show, too." I got the brush off & they didn't replay my comment.
Actually I've heard them mention Dave on more than a few occasions -- "Dave used to say ____", "that was a favorite of Dave's" etc. I've never felt like it's forbidden or anything. And when he was in town last month they posted about it on Facebook. But the Sledghammer thing is weird, given that he did 3 or 4 "10@10"s revolving around it.
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"Southside" by Moby reared its bald ugly head this morning. And DAMN have they been playing "1979" by the Pumpkins a LOT.
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"Southside" by Moby reared its bald ugly head this morning. And DAMN have they been playing "1979" by the Pumpkins a LOT.
So, was it a bald ugly head twin-spin then? ;)
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"Southside" by Moby reared its bald ugly head this morning. And DAMN have they been playing "1979" by the Pumpkins a LOT.
So, was it a bald ugly head twin-spin then? ;)
Moby and Corgan are the same person, I swear.
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KFOG wants yer vote in the San Francisco Magazine "Best of the Bay" thingy.
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"Southside" by Moby reared its bald ugly head this morning. And DAMN have they been playing "1979" by the Pumpkins a LOT.
So, was it a bald ugly head twin-spin then? ;)
Moby and Corgan are the same person, I swear.
how does James Carville fit into all this?
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"Southside" by Moby reared its bald ugly head this morning. And DAMN have they been playing "1979" by the Pumpkins a LOT.
So, was it a bald ugly head twin-spin then? ;)
Moby and Corgan are the same person, I swear.
how does James Carville fit into all this?
I was gonna mention Michael Stipe -- Carville's even more hideous than Stipe. And his *don't* smell like honey.
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In the final stages of a Dish Network installation here at home today. Got a brand new TV this week, which has a direct internet connection, so in addition to the Vudu & Netflix capabilities I can listen to streaming radio through the TV (which is great because the radio reception at my house is very sketchy). But stangely KFOG is not on the local radio list, although just about everything else is. Any ideas? I can always stream to a laptop & connect that to the TV, but that seems awfully klugy.
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There's been a recent onslaught of Sara Paralysis. AAAARGH! >:( DC seems to have added "King of Anything" as a recurrent...along with a host of other songs from the past year that never (outside of the new music hrs and the occasional weekend spin) got touched due to the unwritten rule of not being able to add more than one song per month. Neon Trees, Muse x2 (nice to hear "Undisclosed Desires"...otoh I could do without "Uprising") Oh well, at least it's nice that he's trying to shake things up a bit.
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There's been a recent onslaught of Sara Paralysis. AAAARGH! >:(
no Feist-alike is a good Feist-alike, and she's one of my least favorite of that bunch.
generally speaking, at least in morning drive, I feel like I'm hearing even fewer current songs than before.
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There's been a recent onslaught of Sara Paralysis. AAAARGH! >:(
no Feist-alike is a good Feist-alike, and she's one of my least favorite of that bunch.
generally speaking, at least in morning drive, I feel like I'm hearing even fewer current songs than before.
are you talking about Sarah McLaughlin?
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There's been a recent onslaught of Sara Paralysis. AAAARGH! >:(
no Feist-alike is a good Feist-alike, and she's one of my least favorite of that bunch.
generally speaking, at least in morning drive, I feel like I'm hearing even fewer current songs than before.
are you talking about Sarah McLaughlin?
Sara Barielles (or however she spells it)
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There's been a recent onslaught of Sara Paralysis. AAAARGH! >:(
no Feist-alike is a good Feist-alike, and she's one of my least favorite of that bunch.
generally speaking, at least in morning drive, I feel like I'm hearing even fewer current songs than before.
are you talking about Sarah McLaughlin?
Sara Barielles (or however she spells it)
just looked her up. yes, annoying!
Can we add that Decemberists song to this list? Down-By-The-Old-97s-Springsteen-REM-Water?
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There's been a recent onslaught of Sara Paralysis. AAAARGH! >:(
no Feist-alike is a good Feist-alike, and she's one of my least favorite of that bunch.
generally speaking, at least in morning drive, I feel like I'm hearing even fewer current songs than before.
are you talking about Sarah McLaughlin?
Sara Barielles (or however she spells it)
just looked her up. yes, annoying!
Can we add that Decemberists song to this list? Down-By-The-Old-97s-Springsteen-REM-Water?
I actually LIKE that Decemberists song; it's a welcome relief (to my ears) from the usual Feistalikes and Snow Patrol clones. Certainly rather hear it than Kings of Peons.
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There's been a recent onslaught of Sara Paralysis. AAAARGH! >:(
no Feist-alike is a good Feist-alike, and she's one of my least favorite of that bunch.
generally speaking, at least in morning drive, I feel like I'm hearing even fewer current songs than before.
are you talking about Sarah McLaughlin?
Sara Barielles (or however she spells it)
Listening to her song on KFOG now. Yuuuuuuuuuuuck. Atrocious Taylor Swiftian lyrics.
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Purple berries for breakfast! Rosalie played the Airplane's version of "Wooden Ships" this morning.
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Purple berries for breakfast! Rosalie played the Airplane's version of "Wooden Ships" this morning.
I once saw the Starship do this in LA (Shrine), before Balin joined the band, and Freiberg sang the line this way: You must try some of my purple tablets.
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There's been a recent onslaught of Sara Paralysis. AAAARGH! >:(
no Feist-alike is a good Feist-alike, and she's one of my least favorite of that bunch.
generally speaking, at least in morning drive, I feel like I'm hearing even fewer current songs than before.
are you talking about Sarah McLaughlin?
Sara Barielles (or however she spells it)
Listening to her song on KFOG now. Yuuuuuuuuuuuck. Atrocious Taylor Swiftian lyrics.
I don't think the lyrics are similar at all, but Ms. Paralysis is much worse than Miss Swift, in my opinion. Taylor Swift sings generic love songs love songs for 13 year olds. Sara Paralysis on the other hand sings about her serious anger management issues.
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Biggest surprise yet: sortly before 6, they played Jackson Browne's version of "take it Easy"... and lo, they actually let it track into "Our Lady of the Well". Gobsmacked is hardly the word. Irish Greg got to play the role of outsider and say "I'd never heard that song before".
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Biggest surprise yet: sortly before 6, they played Jackson Browne's version of "take it Easy"... and lo, they actually let it track into "Our Lady of the Well". Gobsmacked is hardly the word. Irish Greg got to play the role of outsider and say "I'd never heard that song before".
unfuckingbelievable! Really? Played the whole track? One of the most beautiful song pairings on any album.
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Holy crap! Tom Waits, "Fumbling with the Blues" -- I don't think I've ever heard that on the radio! Impressive, ahtellyouwhat.
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anyone else heard the new PD's promos talking about the improvements he's making? "Hand-picked music is better than computer-generated playlists" etc. Given the "oh wow" songs we've discussed above, and the fact that he seems willing to take a hands-off approach to AL's 10@10, I'm actually kind of impressed at this point, his little kerfuffle with Tim Goodman (and love of Sara Paralysis) notwithstanding.
one thing I'm noticing is the addition of more pop-leaning "classics", like the aforementioned "Dannys Song", "Rock On" and -- currently playing -- "Ride Captain Ride". These are songs K-Fox and The Bone would never touch because they're not rocking enuf, but they're in the same demographic wheelhouse as tired warhorses like "Sweet Home AlaBummer" and "Rocket man". A clever gambit, sez me... as long as these songs don't become equally overplayed.
Too bad Webster screwed up the backannounce on "Ride Captain Ride" by saying it was from " '66 or '67..." Er, try 1970, dude.
And am I the only one who thinks that whoever wrote Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" musta listened to "Black Horse & the Cherry Tree" a few dozen times?
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Yeah, but they just played Nickelback (which is the equivalent of cancelling out 3 good tunes). ::)
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Yeah, but they just played Nickelback (which is the equivalent of cancelling out 3 good tunes). ::)
eeek. They must've invited a younger demo to their recent focus group.
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KaBoom boom boom is dead dead dead. Per the KFOG FB page:
"We searched high, we searched low, but unfortunately we couldn't find the right home for KFOG KaBoom and have had to cancel the event. Thanks for your support of KaBoom these many years, and we look forward to creating new memories with some exciting things we're planning in the months and years ahead..."
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OK, there is now for some reason a group on FB called "The Foghead Club 38". It has all of 29 members so far including many of the Annalisa page regulars (but no Scott Fisher... yet).
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OK, there is now for some reason a group on FB called "The Foghead Club 38". It has all of 29 members so far including many of the Annalisa page regulars (but no Scott Fisher... yet).
We still have our FB group with 81 members but we don't really use it. We could have migrated there when this went down.
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OK, there is now for some reason a group on FB called "The Foghead Club 38". It has all of 29 members so far including many of the Annalisa page regulars (but no Scott Fisher... yet).
We still have our FB group with 81 members but we don't really use it. We could have migrated there when this went down.
we did, a little, but not much. You can create a private group on fb. I have one for my family. Two of my kids don't want to be regular 'friends' on fb, but are in this group. Any family stuff can be discussed, and cannot be seen or searched by rest of world. If you guys like, I could build one.
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OK, there is now for some reason a group on FB called "The Foghead Club 38". It has all of 29 members so far including many of the Annalisa page regulars (but no Scott Fisher... yet).
We still have our FB group with 81 members but we don't really use it. We could have migrated there when this went down.
we did, a little, but not much. You can create a private group on fb. I have one for my family. Two of my kids don't want to be regular 'friends' on fb, but are in this group. Any family stuff can be discussed, and cannot be seen or searched by rest of world. If you guys like, I could build one.
Yes...like! :)
ETA: yay! ;D 8)
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For all the welcome "wow" tunes that pop up, there are still some played-too-often songs. Renee seems to play OMD's "If You Leave" 2 or 3 times a week in the 5:50 am post-news slot; gawd knows how often it gets played the rest of the day.
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For all the welcome "wow" tunes that pop up, there are still some played-too-often songs. Renee seems to play OMD's "If You Leave" 2 or 3 times a week in the 5:50 am post-news slot; gawd knows how often it gets played the rest of the day.
It's been on KFOG a lot more since DC took over, but that's one song I don't mind hearing multiple times a week (along w/ "South Side.")
Thurs. afternoon I heard Mott the Hopple followed by "The Dead Heart" from Midnight Oil. Wow.
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Thurs. afternoon I heard Mott the Hopple
please tell me it was something other than "All the Young Dudes"...
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Thurs. afternoon I heard Mott the Hopple
please tell me it was something other than "All the Young Dudes"...
Sorry, that was it...
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Thurs. afternoon I heard Mott the Hopple
please tell me it was something other than "All the Young Dudes"...
Sorry, that was it...
there was a time 3 or 4 years ago when that was as ubiquitous as "Killer Queen", "Rocket man" and "Under Pressure" COMBINED. They gave it a rest for a while... guess it's making a comeback.
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Nice to hear Waterloo Sunset not during a 10@10. OTOH, what's KFOG's obsession with Matt Nathanson's crappy songs? His latest one, "Faster" has some seriously cringeworthy lyrics. You've been warned!
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Thurs. afternoon I heard Mott the Hopple
please tell me it was something other than "All the Young Dudes"...
Sorry, that was it...
there was a time 3 or 4 years ago when that was as ubiquitous as "Killer Queen", "Rocket man" and "Under Pressure" COMBINED. They gave it a rest for a while... guess it's making a comeback.
TANC: someone just requested it for tomorrow's '72 10@10...
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Thurs. afternoon I heard Mott the Hopple
please tell me it was something other than "All the Young Dudes"...
Sorry, that was it...
there was a time 3 or 4 years ago when that was as ubiquitous as "Killer Queen", "Rocket man" and "Under Pressure" COMBINED. They gave it a rest for a while... guess it's making a comeback.
TANC: someone just requested it for tomorrow's '72 10@10...
Which is why it used to be in pretty regular rotation. People still like hearing it, even if they've heard it five times in the last two weeks. (Present company excluded, of course.)
If DC was smart, he'd be monitoring the 10@10 requests to pick songs to throw into KFOG's regular rotation.
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If DC was smart, he'd be monitoring the 10@10 requests to pick songs to throw into KFOG's regular rotation.
indeed -- I used to notice in the latter part of the Morey era that songs that won BOS would show up a day or 2 later at, like, 6am.
and to illustrate your folks-love-overplayed-songs point: someone requested "Brandy" for today's '72 set. Er... just turn on Oldies 103.7!
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They just played that Moodswings/Chrissie Hynde song! :o & this is exactly the type of song that hearing it on the radio, esp. while driving (which I was), makes me want to cream, so...good job Dennis.
Speaking of songs circa 1992 that do fairly well on 10@10...I wonder if I ask nicely if he'll throw that Thomas Dolby song into semi-rotation.
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They just played that Moodswings/Chrissie Hynde song! :o & this is exactly the type of song that hearing it on the radio, esp. while driving (which I was), makes me want to cream, so...good job Dennis.
Speaking of songs circa 1992 that do fairly well on 10@10...I wonder if I ask nicely if he'll throw that Thomas Dolby song into semi-rotation.
damn! missed it! I rarely listen at that time anymore, especially if the Giants are on the radio!
(http://gdforum.com/store/music/images/moodfood.jpg)
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Another blast from the past this afternoon...Shivaree's "Goodnight Moon." This was a pretty common song among the AAA live samplers around its time. And of course, just like everytime I've heard the song on any station, the DJ (in this case Annalisa) made sure to announce that the title of their CD is "I Ought to Give You a Shot in the Head for Making Me Live in this Dump." When I used to listen to KPRI/San Diego, they added a new song by them ("I Close My Eyes") but the DJ still informed us everytime that the had a previous CD called "I Ought to Give You a Shot in the Head for Making Me Live in this Dump." Heh.
Not too sure about the new Scars on 54 song. While it ain't bad it doesn't sound *quite* right on KFOG, imo. It's totally a KINK song...DC at work. I am annoyed by the band name though and the story (via Rockwell) about the lead singer being an ex-soccer player with the "scars" to prove it is less than thrilling.
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Tuned in this Saturday morning for the replay and instead got Acoustic Sunrise. :-\
Heard DC play Here Comes Your Man by The Pixies yesterday afternoon. He played Hey Soul Sister not too long afterwards. Talk about BiPolar programming.
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Tuned in this Saturday morning for the replay and instead got Acoustic Sunrise. :-\
WTF?? no explanation? I'm sure they were still running promos for the marathon earlier this week.
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Tuned in this Saturday morning for the replay and instead got Acoustic Sunrise. :-\
WTF?? no explanation? I'm sure they were still running promos for the marathon earlier this week.
The folks were kvetching on AL's FB page about it. There was a "glitch" says AL and the replay commenced an hour or so late this morning. Weird.
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Tuned in this Saturday morning for the replay and instead got Acoustic Sunrise. :-\
WTF?? no explanation? I'm sure they were still running promos for the marathon earlier this week.
The folks were kvetching on AL's FB page about it. There was a "glitch" says AL and the replay commenced an hour or so late this morning. Weird.
Evidence that Acoustic Sunrise is voicetracked.
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we were driving home from grocery shopping around 8:25, and they ran their little promo about 'hand picked music.' Then...played Van's "Madame George" from Astral Weeks, knocked my figurative socks off!
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About 20 minutes after today 's set ended, AL played Foreigner's Double Vision. Def not something I'm used to hearing on KFOG -- and I wish it had stayed that way. Not what I'd call a golden oldie. DC strikes again.
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Gotta say that listening to NYC radio has made me appreciate KFOG more, flawed tho' it is. Damn it sucks in the Apple, radio-wise.
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so...good job Dennis.
One of the first songs coming out of the replay marathon this morning was Loggins & Messina's "Angry Eyes", all 7:40 of it, and on the back announce Rosalie said it was one of those less-heard deep-tracks that "you asked for, so I hope you liked it." I rang her up a bit later to rave about that, and although I've not been in the forum as much the last couple weeks, seems like y'all have noticed much the same. Rosalie asked that if I didn't mind, would I be willing to send an email to dennis@kfog.com to reiterate my comment, because, "he's collecting emails from Fogheads to show our corporate parents that you like what we're doing."
Considering what any alternative might sound like, can I beg the rest of you lot to send a quick missive to Mr. Constantine, and ask your friends to do the same? I've aleady sone so.
peace, out.
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so...good job Dennis.
One of the first songs coming out of the replay marathon this morning was Loggins & Messina's "Angry Eyes", all 7:40 of it, and on the back announce Rosalie said it was one of those less-heard deep-tracks that "you asked for, so I hope you liked it." I rang her up a bit later to rave about that, and although I've not been in the forum as much the last couple weeks, seems like y'all have noticed much the same. Rosalie asked that if I didn't mind, would I be willing to send an email to dennis@kfog.com to reiterate my comment, because, "he's collecting emails from Fogheads to show our corporate parents that you like what we're doing."
Considering what any alternative might sound like, can I beg the rest of you lot to send a quick missive to Mr. Constantine, and ask your friends to do the same? I've aleady sone so.
peace, out.
Just heard Joe's Garage by Zappa. A girl can get used to this!
I'll send DC a nice note. Well done. :)
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The first three songs of the 11:00 hour:
Cracker "Low" - major kudos
Death Cab's latest
Hot Tuna "Hesitation Blues" - ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!? Outside of perhaps the late-lamented KPIG, when/where has anyone heard that in regular airplay? I'm getting gobsmacked on a daily basis lately.
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The first three songs of the 11:00 hour:
Cracker "Low" - major kudos
Death Cab's latest
Hot Tuna "Hesitation Blues" - ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!? Outside of perhaps the late-lamented KPIG, when/where has anyone heard that in regular airplay? I'm getting gobsmacked on a daily basis lately.
impressive, tho' they still need to dial back on Train and the like. Speaking of, as I walked into CitiField last week for Mets/Giants... they were playing "Hey 'Ho Blister". No place is safe!
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The first three songs of the 11:00 hour:
Cracker "Low" - major kudos
Death Cab's latest
Hot Tuna "Hesitation Blues" - ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!? Outside of perhaps the late-lamented KPIG, when/where has anyone heard that in regular airplay? I'm getting gobsmacked on a daily basis lately.
impressive, tho' they still need to dial back on Train and the like. Speaking of, as I walked into CitiField last week for Mets/Giants... they were playing "Hey 'Ho Blister". No place is safe!
I think I'm detecting a deliberate No Cal bias (Hot Tuna & Train are SF, Cracker is Santa Cruz, even Sara B. is Mendo County) in their new programming, so maybe we're stuck with Train (unless/until they make a big deal out of moving to somewhere else!).
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I think I'm detecting a deliberate No Cal bias (Hot Tuna & Train are SF, Cracker is Santa Cruz, even Sara B. is Mendo County) in their new programming, so maybe we're stuck with Train (unless/until they make a big deal out of moving to somewhere else!).
You may be onto something -- just looked at the "just played" list and in the past hour they actually played "Genesis" by Jorma Kaukonen! which is even more gobsmacking than "Hesitation Blues" (and both on the same day!)
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Gobsmack trump card (for me, anwyay): it's 1:46 AM and they're playing a remix of Garbage - "Special" that would not sound out of place on a smooth jazz station. My mind is completely blown.
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Death Cab's latest
damn, they sure are playing that one a LOT.
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I heard something that seemed new to me the other day: Lee Michael's "Do You Know What I Mean?"
My database says that *wow*, it hasn't been dug out in over 4 years (!):
http://www.rudebadmood.com/foglist/index.php?qnewartist=&qnewsong=do+you+know+what+i+mean&qnewstart=&qnewstop=©=checkbox&qoldartist=&qoldsong=do+you+know+what+i+mean&qoldalbum=&qoldstart=&qoldstop=&iscopy=checkbox&Submit=Submit
Please feel free to hammer on the database, let me know if you find any bugs (there is definitely bad data in there, because KFOG's computers apparently sometime reuses song IDs, and you see completely misidentified songs show up.)
And if anybody out there knows SQL, I'd love to see a query that would try to ferret out "new" tracks as they show up.
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Also, that Hot Tuna track is also definitely new to KFOG: http://www.rudebadmood.com/foglist/hack.php?qnewartist=&qnewsong=Hesitation+Blues&qnewstart=&qnewstop=©=checkbox&qoldartist=&qoldsong=Hesitation+Blues&qoldalbum=&qoldstart=&qoldstop=&iscopy=checkbox&Submit=Submit
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I heard something that seemed new to me the other day: Lee Michael's "Do You Know What I Mean?"
"new" in terms of regular KFOG playlist, probably, tho' it's a serious Katrina, 10@10-wise. It makes sense, I guess, as it's a pop-leaning '70s hit (like the previously discussed "Danny's Song" and "Rock On") that The Bone or K-Fox would never play, but for me it's a song I never have to hear again as long as I live.
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I heard something that seemed new to me the other day: Lee Michael's "Do You Know What I Mean?"
"new" in terms of regular KFOG playlist, probably, tho' it's a serious Katrina, 10@10-wise. It makes sense, I guess, as it's a pop-leaning '70s hit (like the previously discussed "Danny's Song" and "Rock On") that The Bone or K-Fox would never play, but for me it's a song I never have to hear again as long as I live.
I almost agree with Mike on this. It's very familiar to me, being a '71 hit, and it reminds me of way too many San Jose parties back then, blasting through loud Pioneer stereo speakers.
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yet another gobsmacker: this morning around 6:30 they played "Peace Like a River" from the first Paul Simon LP. Everyone in the studio claimed they'd never heard it before; hard to tell if they're serious when they say stuff like that (Greg & Renee, maybe, but Peter & Webster are both 50+).
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And if anybody out there knows SQL, I'd love to see a query that would try to ferret out "new" tracks as they show up.
I don't know your tables at all, but something like this would give you songs played once, and the date they were played:
* snippet
select
song_name, played
from
(select song_name, count(*) times_played, max(date_played) played
from SONGS
group by song_name) S
where
times_played = 1
*end snippet
ETA: Again, it's hard to say when I don't know what your tables look like or how you are inserting the data. But if you add a new_flag column to your SONG (or whatever it's called) table and you insert a row at a time, you could always check the dataset in your insert procedure and set the flag if not:
insert into SONGS
song name,
...,
...,
new_flag
select
@song_name,
...,
...,
case when (select count(*) from SONGS s2 where @song_name = s2.song_name) = 0 then 1 else 0 end
Or something like that...
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And they just now did the Jackson Browne tracking-"Take it Easy"-into-"Our Lady of the Well" thing again. Always brings back a memory of laying in bed at 6am on a December morning in '73 -- the day of the famous ice storm that was featured in the novel & movie The Ice Storm -- and waking up to that very segue.
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Biggest surprise yet: sortly before 6, they played Jackson Browne's version of "take it Easy"... and lo, they actually let it track into "Our Lady of the Well". Gobsmacked is hardly the word. Irish Greg got to play the role of outsider and say "I'd never heard that song before".
They just did that again before 10at10 today. In fact, check out the whole list that preceeded today's set:
Song: DRIVER 8 Artist: REM
Song: TAKE IT EASY/OUR LADY OF Artist: JACKSON BROWNE
Song: JUST SAY YES Artist: SNOW PATROL
Song: IS IT LIKE TODAY? Artist: WORLD PARTY
Song: COLD SWEAT Artist: JAMES BROWN
Song: HEY HEY HEY Artist: MICHAEL FRANTI
Song: I MELT WITH YOU Artist: MODERN ENGLISH
Song: ISLAND IN THE SUN Artist: WEEZER
Song: ONE LOVE/ PEOPLE GET READY Artist: BOB MARLEY
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Biggest surprise yet: sortly before 6, they played Jackson Browne's version of "take it Easy"... and lo, they actually let it track into "Our Lady of the Well". Gobsmacked is hardly the word. Irish Greg got to play the role of outsider and say "I'd never heard that song before".
They just did that again before 10at10 today. In fact, check out the whole list that preceeded today's set:
Song: DRIVER 8 Artist: REM
Song: TAKE IT EASY/OUR LADY OF Artist: JACKSON BROWNE
Song: JUST SAY YES Artist: SNOW PATROL
Song: IS IT LIKE TODAY? Artist: WORLD PARTY
Song: COLD SWEAT Artist: JAMES BROWN
Song: HEY HEY HEY Artist: MICHAEL FRANTI
Song: I MELT WITH YOU Artist: MODERN ENGLISH
Song: ISLAND IN THE SUN Artist: WEEZER
Song: ONE LOVE/ PEOPLE GET READY Artist: BOB MARLEY
and here's Mr Franti again, post-10@10. a moratorium, please.
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Lifehouse "You & Me" into Journey "Don't Stop Believin'" = trending a bit too Hot AC for comfort. (It doesn't help that that was followed by Pearl Jam "Just Breathe," either.)
I guess as long as they play everything, I can't complain too much...but they have to actually keep on playing everything.
...and that was followed by Peter Murphy "Cuts You Up." 8) (breathes sigh of relief)
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5:55am: Beck's "New Pollution" is the new "Under Pressure".
6:15am: Moby's annoying "Southside" makes another appearance. Come back, "Rocket Man" and "Sweet Home Alabama"! All is forgiven!
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And if anybody out there knows SQL, I'd love to see a query that would try to ferret out "new" tracks as they show up.
I don't know your tables at all, but something like this would give you songs played once, and the date they were played:
Hey Rod -- thanks! Here's the schema. I have two databases. The "new" one captures what shows up in the "Just Played" box on the home page, and doesn't include Album info. The "old" looks at the "Just Played page" and does have Album info.
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-- Table structure for table `newfog`
--
CREATE TABLE `newfog` (
`datetime` datetime NOT NULL,
`artist` varchar(80) NOT NULL,
`song` varchar(80) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`datetime`),
FULLTEXT KEY `artist` (`artist`),
FULLTEXT KEY `song` (`song`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
--
-- Table structure for table `oldfog`
--
CREATE TABLE `oldfog` (
`datetime` datetime NOT NULL,
`artist` varchar(40) NOT NULL,
`song` varchar(40) NOT NULL,
`album` varchar(40) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`datetime`),
FULLTEXT KEY `artist` (`artist`),
FULLTEXT KEY `song` (`song`),
FULLTEXT KEY `album` (`album`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
If you're interested, I'd be happy to give you read-access to poke around as you like.
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Ugh, KFOG's Internet connection is down, so I have no data for the past 11 hours. Hrm, looks like I'll be able to fill in some of the blanks here from data: http://www.yes.com/#KFOG
Oh *man*, I can't believe the guy who got today's "My 3 Songs" to win tickets to Saturday's Oysterfest where Rodrigo y Gabriela and Guster will be playing.
Song #1: Dave Matthews Band - Satellite
Can you guess songs #2 and #3? Ok, if you were awake, you'd guess #3 would be Guster's Satellite. But #2?
Unbelievably, somebody called in and guessed Lou Reed's Satellite of Love before it was played. First off, WHAT? AFAIK That song has never been played on KFOG during regular hours. Has it shown up on 10@10? Secondly, what a great fricking song.
My thinking is that The Morning Show was just being very lenient, probably accepting any song/artist with Satellite in the name. As Renee said, "How did you know we wouldn't play something by the Georgia Satellites?" ;-}
But mainly I'm surprised they even had that in their collection. I bet they had to play it off of the CD instead of calling it up on the computer.
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Oh *man*, I can't believe the guy who got today's "My 3 Songs" to win tickets to Saturday's Oysterfest where Rodrigo y Gabriela and Guster will be playing.
Song #1: Dave Matthews Band - Satellite
Can you guess songs #2 and #3? Ok, if you were awake, you'd guess #3 would be Guster's Satellite. But #2?
Unbelievably, somebody called in and guessed Lou Reed's Satellite of Love before it was played. First off, WHAT? AFAIK That song has never been played on KFOG during regular hours. Has it shown up on 10@10? Secondly, what a great fricking song.
My thinking is that The Morning Show was just being very lenient, probably accepting any song/artist with Satellite in the name. As Renee said, "How did you know we wouldn't play something by the Georgia Satellites?" ;-}
But mainly I'm surprised they even had that in their collection. I bet they had to play it off of the CD instead of calling it up on the computer.
Yes, "Satellite of Love" has made a 10@10 appearance or 2. and Yes, it's become obvious (to me, anyway) that "My 3 Songs" often works on the principle that, if they're in a hurry to move on, and the connection is, say, "songs with the word ____ in the title" they just go with the flow and accept any answer that happens to be in the library.
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Looks like Dennis has revived another rarely played track: Fine Young Cannibals' "Good Thing"
Dig it, but much like "Do You Know What I Mean" it's probably not a 10@10 rarity. But hearing DYKWIM it outside of 10@10 was odd to me. Alas, the only music I really recall actually listening to during 70s (I was born in 70) were Captain and Tenille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" and Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street". Ah, there were probably others, but my parents didn't listen to a lot of music. I heard a *lot* of KCBS growing up. And KSFO (go A's).
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Looks like Dennis has revived another rarely played track: Fine Young Cannibals' "Good Thing"
Dig it, but much like "Do You Know What I Mean" it's probably not a 10@10 rarity.
indeed, "Good Thing" is one of the biggest Katrinas in the history of the shraytabase. And again, it's one K-FOX would never play in a million years, so it works for the "It's Different Here" meme KFOG is promoting.
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Yes, "Satellite of Love" has made a 10@10 appearance or 2. and Yes, it's become obvious (to me, anyway) that "My 3 Songs" often works on the principle that, if they're in a hurry to move on, and the connection is, say, "songs with the word ____ in the title" they just go with the flow and accept any answer that happens to be in the library.
Actually I find it rare for somebody to call in *before* song #2 and have them give it to them.
God, I remember back in the days when Dave used to regularly do My 3 Songs (I can't remember if it was before or after 10@10), he would sometimes stretch it out agonizingly long, not accepting various attempts. That was the only way I won, once. ;-}
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Yes, "Satellite of Love" has made a 10@10 appearance or 2. and Yes, it's become obvious (to me, anyway) that "My 3 Songs" often works on the principle that, if they're in a hurry to move on, and the connection is, say, "songs with the word ____ in the title" they just go with the flow and accept any answer that happens to be in the library.
Actually I find it rare for somebody to call in *before* song #2 and have them give it to them.
God, I remember back in the days when Dave used to regularly do My 3 Songs (I can't remember if it was before or after 10@10), he would sometimes stretch it out agonizingly long, not accepting various attempts. That was the only way I won, once. ;-}
Dave was old-school (thank gawd) but consultants have decided that contests cannot be "too hard" because it alienates the, er, stupid people in the audience (who are the majority, sadly). That's why "My 3 Songs" (which was every day at 9am for years) disappeared for a while, it was considered too obscure.
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Ah that's right, 9AM. I remember calling in from the parking lot at work. Here were the songs from March 30, 1998:
Staring At The Sun - U2
Dancing In The Street - Bowie/Jagger version, perhaps
Putting Out Fire With Gasoline - Cat People (but haha, all these years I thought it was Midnight Oil)
Can ya guess the connection? Get this -- the prize was a 3Com 56K modem. Ooooh, ahhh. (I went on to work for 3Com/Palm in 2000.)
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You know what contests I *hate* and find insanely hard most of the time? Train Wreck Tuesdays. God I hate hearing songs overlaid like that. Maybe if I was wearing headphones I'd do better. Or if I loaded up a list of the band/artists' greatest hits and just figured it out. But those ones are often really painful for me.
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Ah that's right, 9AM. I remember calling in from the parking lot at work. Here were the songs from March 30, 1998:
Staring At The Sun - U2
Dancing In The Street - Bowie/Jagger version, perhaps
Putting Out Fire With Gasoline - Cat People (but haha, all these years I thought it was Midnight Oil)
Can ya guess the connection? Get this -- the prize was a 3Com 56K modem. Ooooh, ahhh. (I went on to work for 3Com/Palm in 2000.)
things that you shouldn't really try at home?
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Ah that's right, 9AM. I remember calling in from the parking lot at work. Here were the songs from March 30, 1998:
Staring At The Sun - U2
Dancing In The Street - Bowie/Jagger version, perhaps
Putting Out Fire With Gasoline - Cat People (but haha, all these years I thought it was Midnight Oil)
Can ya guess the connection? Get this -- the prize was a 3Com 56K modem. Ooooh, ahhh. (I went on to work for 3Com/Palm in 2000.)
things that you shouldn't really try at home?
now, if it had been "Staring at the Sun", "Poke Out My Eyes" and "Pictures of Lily" it woulda been "things that can make you blind" ;)
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Ah that's right, 9AM. I remember calling in from the parking lot at work. Here were the songs from March 30, 1998:
Staring At The Sun - U2
Dancing In The Street - Bowie/Jagger version, perhaps
Putting Out Fire With Gasoline - Cat People (but haha, all these years I thought it was Midnight Oil)
Can ya guess the connection? Get this -- the prize was a 3Com 56K modem. Ooooh, ahhh. (I went on to work for 3Com/Palm in 2000.)
things that you shouldn't really try at home?
*applause*
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If you're interested, I'd be happy to give you read-access to poke around as you like.
That might be fun for a bit. I don't spend a lot of time on the computer away from the office, but I could kill an hour or two playing with some queries. Contact me at flem59 (at) yahoo daht com and we can set some stuff up offline.
I see that it's a MySQL db, which I already thought likely. That is fine, but any queries I suggest without trying them myself will possibly not function correctly without some tweaking. I work in Microsoft SQL Server, and there are minor syntax differences (for instance, your table create scripts have ticks (') around the object and column names -- MS SQL would not). I don't know what they are, but google can fix anything.
I was thinking about this last night while trying to get to sleep (damned insomnia). If I were you I would probably create the VIEW like this.
CREATE VIEW song_list
as
SELECT
song, artist, min(datetime) AS first_played, max(datetime) AS most_recent, count(*) total_plays
FROM
newfog
LEFT OUTER JOIN otherdb..oldfog on oldfog.song = newfog.song and oldfog.album = newfog.album
-- would need to verify this join to oldfog bit -- might not be able to do it, but just remove if not
GROUP BY
song, artist
GO
This gives you a distinct list of your songs (including covers -- by grouping by song and artist, you get rows for every cover), plus the date they were "new" to the db, and the last time they were played. Then you might do something like:
SELECT
song, artist, first_played
FROM
song_list
WHERE
YEAR(first_played) = YEAR(getdate())
This will give you a reasonable shot at getting all the songs that are "new" to the playlist this year.
Okay, this is arguably work related, but I better get back at it.
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Ah that's right, 9AM. I remember calling in from the parking lot at work. Here were the songs from March 30, 1998:
Staring At The Sun - U2
Dancing In The Street - Bowie/Jagger version, perhaps
Putting Out Fire With Gasoline - Cat People (but haha, all these years I thought it was Midnight Oil)
Can ya guess the connection? Get this -- the prize was a 3Com 56K modem. Ooooh, ahhh. (I went on to work for 3Com/Palm in 2000.)
things that you shouldn't really try at home?
*applause*
Nice work all. Today's callers were amazingly lame, and FWIW, the Morning Show did not let them off easy. Prize: Sheryl Crow tickets.
#1 Here Comes the Sun
First caller guesses #2: Katrina and the Waves, "Walking on Sunshine"? Noooo!
#2 Blister in the Sun
Once #2 starts playing, a caller calls in, says it's "Raisin in the Sun". Really? Rejected.
Then the next caller dials in, properly IDs #1 and #2, and then says it'll be Sheryl Crow's song... "Sunshine"? Really? Bzzt.
Actually, heck, #3 may have already been playing when he says this. Geez.
#3 Soak Up The Sun
So the song finally starts up, and somebody calls in and properly IDs all three tunes. The connection... "Uh, sunshine"? Ok, they gave it to him, even though they were looking for the word SUN. Sakes alive.
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#2 Blister in the Sun
Once #2 starts playing, a caller calls in, says it's "Raisin in the Sun". Really? Rejected.\
But inspired! LOL! Big hands, you're a dream deferred ...
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Some Feats here in the pre-10@10 slot. "Hate to Lose Your Lovin'"
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Ooops: KFOG just posted this on FB
"If you're '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' later this afternoon (5-6pm) you just might fish out $1000 and a trip to South Africa"
... except that's TOMORROW'S "song of the day". Today's is "Trouble Me" by 10K Maniacs.
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Ok, so yeah, they maybe totally overplaying the crap out of that new Paul Simon song, but this is really kind of sweet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXBlY5CImUU
[Posted on the KFOG Facebook] After a fan yells out that she learned to play guitar on Duncan (which I don't know), he brings her up on stage to play. The whole dang song. With the band backing her. While Paul just kind of kicks back, encouraging her, directing the band a bit.
On the other hand, man, he must be getting old, having to bring up random audience members just so he can take a breather. ;-}
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I have no idea why this was a related video, but holy crap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi4g_U0hoOg&NR=1 [Miniature Cannon]
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Ok, so yeah, they maybe totally overplaying the crap out of that new Paul Simon song...
I haven't heard them play it yet. is it really in heavy rotation?
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Ok, so yeah, they maybe totally overplaying the crap out of that new Paul Simon song...
I haven't heard them play it yet. is it really in heavy rotation?
the one about a "rewrite?" he did that on SNL a couple weeks back.
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It's "The Afterlife" -- the hook is "You got to fill out a form first, and then you wait in the line."
Well, it's getting played 3-4 times a day, which for KFOG is pretty heavy:
http://rudebadmood.com/foglist/index.php?qnewartist=&qnewsong=afterlife&qnewstart=&qnewstop=©=checkbox&qoldartist=&qoldsong=afterlife&qoldalbum=&qoldstart=&qoldstop=&iscopy=checkbox&Submit=Submit
Also getting tons of play is Fitz & The Tantrum's "Moneygrabber", which I actually liked, the first 100 times I heard it, but now, not so much:
http://rudebadmood.com/foglist/index.php?qnewartist=&qnewsong=moneygrabber&qnewstart=&qnewstop=©=checkbox&qoldartist=&qoldsong=moneygrabber&qoldalbum=&qoldstart=&qoldstop=&iscopy=checkbox&Submit=Submit
Man, would love some SQL to help generate charts (Rod :-). But for now, this will have to do:
http://kfog.rew.fm/
The site design is horrible, but the data behind it is a goldmine.
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Also getting tons of play is Fitz & The Tantrum's "Moneygrabber", which I actually liked, the first 100 times I heard it, but now, not so much:
yeah it's ABC meets Spandau Ballet with a dash of INXS.
They're also playing a lot of Scars on 45 -- worst band name ever.
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Don't often listen to KFOG between 7 and 10 but figured I'd see what Armageddon ditties they play today.
"Dust in the Wind" -- oh Fogheads, so literal.
"I Saw the Light" -- not clear if that's part of the theme but always nice to hear.
The 9:00 Quiz involved a mini-"My 15 songs" with clips from songs that fit the theme (REM, Prince, Doors, U2 etc etc) and you were supposed to call in and correctly name as many of those songs as possible in 10 seconds. The winner (!) named exactly 3. Fogheads *deserve* armageddon.
"Spirit in the Sky" -- overexposed but appropriate.
Renee gives away Prince tix while spinning "1999".
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Also getting tons of play is Fitz & The Tantrum's "Moneygrabber", which I actually liked, the first 100 times I heard it, but now, not so much:
yeah it's ABC meets Spandau Ballet with a dash of INXS.
They're also playing a lot of Scars on 45 -- worst band name ever.
Yeah, worst band name, and pretty damned boring song. As I wrote to dennis@kfog.com:
I liked them better when they were called Snow Patrol. Or Coldplay. Or something else that makes me yawn. :}
Yesterday he played Bittersweet Symphony, and introduced or backsold the song with a mention that it samples an obscure Rolling Stones song. I wrote him again:
Subject: Bittersweet Symphony - The Stones
The trivia re: Bittersweet Symphony was a nice touch, but more interesting to me is that they didn't just sample. They got busted for sampling, then got sued, then had to gave up all royalties to the Mick and Keef.
Also, it would've been interesting to hear "The Last Time" to see if we could hear any of the sample (since the Verve actually sampled from an orchestral recording of the tune.)
I know "The Last Time" isn't a super-deep track, but I don't think it's one KFOG plays.
I wonder if he's getting sick of my comments yet.
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The 9:00 Quiz involved a mini-"My 15 songs" with clips from songs that fit the theme (REM, Prince, Doors, U2 etc etc) and you were supposed to call in and correctly name as many of those songs as possible in 10 seconds. The winner (!) named exactly 3. Fogheads *deserve* armageddon.
I missed this (we overslept -- gaak!), but to be fair, I find those "Name x in 10 seconds" contests *hard*. It's easy to get flummoxed under the pressure of being on the radio, trying to win a contest, etc.
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Oh so yesterday evening around 5:30PM or so Dennis Constantine starts talking about how The Doors were scheduled to play with Otis Redding at Winterland in December 1967, but 2 weeks before Otis was killed in a plane crash. Says that The Doors "Running Blue" was recorded as a tribute, with Robby Krieger on vocals, a rare thing. So yeah, the song was great, NTM. And then, in something I always wish KFOG did more (and which Dave Morey frequently made a point to do), he segued into a Otis's "Love Man". Also NTM.
I wrote him and thanked him for the history lesson. Sincerely.
Love to hear stuff like this.
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KFOG (on FB) are characterizing their interview with Tracy Morgan this morning as "bizarre". Anyone hear it?
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Bad enuf I had to suffer John Hiatt in this week's episode of Treme --now here he is on KFOG, bangin' like-a Charlie Watts.
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KFOG (on FB) are characterizing their interview with Tracy Morgan this morning as "bizarre". Anyone hear it?
http://www.kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/kfogmorningshow.aspx#2761
He sounds a little sleepy. They of course start out by asking him about 30 Rock, which is probably what Morgan is best known for, and immediately Morgan says he usually doesn't like to answer questions about 30 Rock when it's pertaining to his standup. "It throws people off, because they're expecting to see Tracy Jordan (his character on the show)." Peter pressed him -- "But don't you expect that?" And Morgan replied, "No I don't, and it really helps when 30 Rock is not mentioned. It does help. I'm one of the smartest people you'll meet."
That's what they replayed today.
But huh, that was about it. People were writing in that Morgan was too rough re: 30 Rock, or alternately that Peter pushed too hard on the 30 Rock issue. But the interview went on for another 5-6 minutes and honestly I think that Morgan is just not the typical kind of celeb call-in interviewee.
He was eating something as he talked (I thought he said "Chubbies", but when Webster asked what other candies he liked, Morgan took offense and said, "It's not candy, it's a fruit", and I realized then it was "Cherries"). He wants his comedy to be taken "seriously", and I think he *is* trying to distance himself from the happy-go-lucky clown character of Jordan.
Meanwhile, The Morning Show threw their typical softball questions (funniest bit on SNL? previous jobs?) and Morgan jumped on them, misunderstood, and otherwise ignored their questions and just said what he wanted to say. He sounded like he was just riffing on talking to three white boys.
So yeah, bizarre for a typical KFOG guest, but not awful. Actually pretty funny radio, if taken in the right context.
Terry Gross interviewed Morgan and also ended up with a pretty unexpected results:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114009203
ACTUALLY, I'm relistening to Terry's interview now. If Greg had done his research he would've listened to this interview first. He again starts out distinguishing himself from Tracy Jordan the character. And speaks very seriously about his time at SNL, and life in general. I think The Morning Show approached him with their typical kid gloves, and Morgan took basically had his way with them.
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they're giving away Outside Lands tix this week, whenever you hear Muse, Phish or Aracde Fire you're supposed to call in. Which is interesting, as none of those 3 are exactly heavy-duty KFOG playlist regulars.
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Yeesh, they're playing a new GooGoo Dolls tune that's from the Transformers 3 sndtk. Way to be whores, dudes.
BTW I've noticed that the evening guy, Rockwell, now sticks around AFTER the 10@10 replay -- I think he's there until midnight. No more "Big Rick left early and the automation screwed things up" messes, plus it fits their new mantra of music picked "by hand" and not by computer.
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Yeesh, they're playing a new GooGoo Dolls tune that's from the Transformers 3 sndtk. Way to be whores, dudes.
Double yeesh: they're playing TWO songs from that sndtk, and the other is by... Linkin Park. Say it ain't so, Mr Constantine.
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per the "just played" list, KFOG played Stan Getz/Astrid Gilberto "Girl From Ipenema" this morning around 8:30 -- WTF?? anybody know what that was about?
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per the "just played" list, KFOG played Stan Getz/Astrid Gilberto "Girl From Ipenema" this morning around 8:30 -- WTF?? anybody know what that was about?
No idea, but did you know that "The Girl From Ipanema" is a real living person? And that I've met her and chatted for several minutes?
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I see KFOG is playing one of the Jack White/Norah Jones things from that DangerMouse CD. Concept album? Rock opera? Whatevs.
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per the "just played" list, KFOG played Stan Getz/Astrid Gilberto "Girl From Ipenema" this morning around 8:30 -- WTF?? anybody know what that was about?
No idea, but did you know that "The Girl From Ipanema" is a real living person? And that I've met her and chatted for several minutes?
wow, I'm surprised she stopped long enough to chat .. b/c she's always going walking. tee hee!
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Just heard:
Nick Lowe - So It Goes > Big Audio Dynamite > Medicine Show
KFOG is awesome.
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Trying to win tickets to Amos Lee/an Adele CD to qualify for the London trip to see Adele. Apparently they forgot to tell the new overnight guy that he'd have to field calls from people trying to win. He didn't announce a winner after the Big Ben sounder played.
After a long rambling thing about how Fitz and the Tantrums sounds like a liontamer act and maybe it's because he's associating it with Fritz the Cat (?!), he IDed himself as Dred Scott.
LinkedIn says he's still at 100.3 The Sound in L.A., but laradio.com says he left in early 2010 after the overnight live shift was eliminated. Apparently he also worked at KFOG a *looong* time ago (I think I vaguely recall him, his but his LinkedIn says he DJed there back in the 1900s, haha.) http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dred-scott/22/a9b/98
Anybody else remember this guy, or heard him?
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Trying to win tickets to Amos Lee/an Adele CD to qualify for the London trip to see Adele. Apparently they forgot to tell the new overnight guy that he'd have to field calls from people trying to win. He didn't announce a winner after the Big Ben sounder played.
After a long rambling thing about how Fitz and the Tantrums sounds like a liontamer act and maybe it's because he's associating it with Fritz the Cat (?!), he IDed himself as Dred Scott.
LinkedIn says he's still at 100.3 The Sound in L.A., but laradio.com says he left in early 2010 after the overnight live shift was eliminated. Apparently he also worked at KFOG a *looong* time ago (I think I vaguely recall him, his but his LinkedIn says he DJed there back in the 1900s, haha.) http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dred-scott/22/a9b/98
Anybody else remember this guy, or heard him?
wow, KFOG has a *LIVE* overnite guy?? They've been voice-tracked after midnite for, like, more than a decade. (or is it possible he IS voicetracked and the automation played the "Big Ben" thing by mistake? the contest is only supposed to be running during the day, afaik). There are all these idiots on the radio-info.com SF board predicting that KFOG will become a KGO FM simulcast after the Cumulus/Citadel merger is complete -- but why would they be spending so much money to revitalize KFOG if that were in the offing?
And BTW the morning show is once again doing what 10@10 should've done: celebrating the solstice with "summery songs"
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And BTW the morning show is once again doing what 10@10 should've done: celebrating the solstice with "summery songs"
I was totally aghast yesterday when they had a call in winner who said the solstice was the day the sun was closest to the earth. I tried to call in and I emailed, but to no avail. The sun is closest to the earth in January!
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Trying to win tickets to Amos Lee/an Adele CD to qualify for the London trip to see Adele. Apparently they forgot to tell the new overnight guy that he'd have to field calls from people trying to win. He didn't announce a winner after the Big Ben sounder played.
After a long rambling thing about how Fitz and the Tantrums sounds like a liontamer act and maybe it's because he's associating it with Fritz the Cat (?!), he IDed himself as Dred Scott.
LinkedIn says he's still at 100.3 The Sound in L.A., but laradio.com says he left in early 2010 after the overnight live shift was eliminated. Apparently he also worked at KFOG a *looong* time ago (I think I vaguely recall him, his but his LinkedIn says he DJed there back in the 1900s, haha.) http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dred-scott/22/a9b/98
Anybody else remember this guy, or heard him?
wow, KFOG has a *LIVE* overnite guy?? They've been voice-tracked after midnite for, like, more than a decade. (or is it possible he IS voicetracked and the automation played the "Big Ben" thing by mistake? the contest is only supposed to be running during the day, afaik).
I heard Dred Scott last nite around 9:45 (I'm guessing Darryl said "Overnite" when he meant to say "evening") Found him sorta borderline irritating, but then we all felt that way about Webster in the beginning. Did they get rid of Rockwell, or did Constantine just get tired of doing an air shift?
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wow, how long has it been? Jason Mraz rears his hatted head on KFOG today as part of the 9 o'clock "My 3 Songs" pop quiz:
what's the connection?
Duffy (some song, doesn't matter)
KT Tunstall (Suddenly I see)
Jzn Mrz (I'm Yours)
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wow, how long has it been? Jason Mraz rears his hatted head on KFOG today as part of the 9 o'clock "My 3 Songs" pop quiz:
what's the connection?
Duffy (some song, doesn't matter)
KT Tunstall (Suddenly I see)
Jzn Mrz (I'm Yours)
"hatted head": a blowjob while wearing a fedora?
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wow, how long has it been? Jason Mraz rears his hatted head on KFOG today as part of the 9 o'clock "My 3 Songs" pop quiz:
what's the connection?
Duffy (some song, doesn't matter)
KT Tunstall (Suddenly I see)
Jzn Mrz (I'm Yours)
"hatted head": a blowjob while wearing a fedora?
heheh... the connection is: today is their birthday. And Jazn is playing at that upcoming festival.
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Trying to win tickets to Amos Lee/an Adele CD to qualify for the London trip to see Adele. Apparently they forgot to tell the new overnight guy that he'd have to field calls from people trying to win. He didn't announce a winner after the Big Ben sounder played.
After a long rambling thing about how Fitz and the Tantrums sounds like a liontamer act and maybe it's because he's associating it with Fritz the Cat (?!), he IDed himself as Dred Scott.
LinkedIn says he's still at 100.3 The Sound in L.A., but laradio.com says he left in early 2010 after the overnight live shift was eliminated. Apparently he also worked at KFOG a *looong* time ago (I think I vaguely recall him, his but his LinkedIn says he DJed there back in the 1900s, haha.) http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dred-scott/22/a9b/98
Anybody else remember this guy, or heard him?
wow, KFOG has a *LIVE* overnite guy?? They've been voice-tracked after midnite for, like, more than a decade. (or is it possible he IS voicetracked and the automation played the "Big Ben" thing by mistake? the contest is only supposed to be running during the day, afaik).
I heard Dred Scott last nite around 9:45 (I'm guessing Darryl said "Overnite" when he meant to say "evening") Found him sorta borderline irritating, but then we all felt that way about Webster in the beginning. Did they get rid of Rockwell, or did Constantine just get tired of doing an air shift?
DC is still on air at his normal shift, 4-7. I think Rockwell is gone because Dred promo'd the upcoming LFTA show which had previously been done by Rockwell (and before that, of course, Annalisa.). Too bad; I actually liked Rockwell. I agree that this Dred person is borderline irritating. (As far as the morning show goes, I don't mind Webster at all but I still find the other three extremely irritating.)
Edit: Rockwell is now listed as weekends: http://www.kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/Airstaff/SteveRockwell/tabid/1549/Default.aspx
And here's Dred: http://www.kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/Airstaff/DredScott/tabid/1657/Default.aspx
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And here's Dred: http://www.kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/Airstaff/DredScott/tabid/1657/Default.aspx
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Dred just posted on FB (via the KFOG page) that he's on the air right now "wrapping up his first week back at KFOG" and happy to be back.
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hey, I think one of us (shray?) just won big on KFOG... like a trip to London?
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hey, I think one of us (shray?) just won big on KFOG... like a trip to London?
Is this our Shray?! If so, nice going!!!
From the KFOG website: http://www.kfog.com/Default.aspx
"Last Chance: London World Class Adventure
Congratulations to Mark Shrader of Hayward, winner of the latest World Class Adventure to London! Just one trip remains, and this is your last week to get on the standby list. Keep listening for Big Ben through Friday for your chance to join Renee in London to see Adele & Amos Lee at the Hammersmith Apollo September 19!"
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hey, I think one of us (shray?) just won big on KFOG... like a trip to London?
Is this our Shray?!!
From the KFOG website: http://www.kfog.com/Default.aspx
"Last Chance: London World Class Adventure
Congratulations to Mark Shrader of Hayward, winner of the latest World Class Adventure to London! Just one trip remains, and this is your last week to get on the standby list. Keep listening for Big Ben through Friday for your chance to join Renee in London to see Adele & Amos Lee at the Hammersmith Apollo September 19!"
surely he would've posted something here if so? He spells it "Schroeder", BTW so if it's him then KFOG misspelled their own winner's name!
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hey, I think one of us (shray?) just won big on KFOG... like a trip to London?
Is this our Shray?!!
From the KFOG website: http://www.kfog.com/Default.aspx
"Last Chance: London World Class Adventure
Congratulations to Mark Shrader of Hayward, winner of the latest World Class Adventure to London! Just one trip remains, and this is your last week to get on the standby list. Keep listening for Big Ben through Friday for your chance to join Renee in London to see Adele & Amos Lee at the Hammersmith Apollo September 19!"
surely he would've posted something here if so? He spells it "Schroeder", BTW so if it's him then KFOG misspelled their own winner's name!
Also, Mark hasn't lived in Hayward for a number of years--he's a Dublin kid now. Come to think of it, I think it was Castro Valley, not Hayward. So probably not him. Darn.
ETA: Here's something I'm curious about. Given that we're radio geeks, I imagine we've all won a prize or two on the radio. What's the best thing you ever won on a radio contest? I know what mine is, but I want to hear what you all have won first.
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hey, I think one of us (shray?) just won big on KFOG... like a trip to London?
Is this our Shray?!!
From the KFOG website: http://www.kfog.com/Default.aspx
"Last Chance: London World Class Adventure
Congratulations to Mark Shrader of Hayward, winner of the latest World Class Adventure to London! Just one trip remains, and this is your last week to get on the standby list. Keep listening for Big Ben through Friday for your chance to join Renee in London to see Adele & Amos Lee at the Hammersmith Apollo September 19!"
surely he would've posted something here if so? He spells it "Schroeder", BTW so if it's him then KFOG misspelled their own winner's name!
Also, Mark hasn't lived in Hayward for a number of years--he's a Dublin kid now. Come to think of it, I think it was Castro Valley, not Hayward. So probably not him. Darn.
ETA: Here's something I'm curious about. Given that we're radio geeks, I imagine we've all won a prize or two on the radio. What's the best thing you ever won on a radio contest? I know what mine is, but I want to hear what you all have won first.
In 1990, I won a pair of Eurythmics tickets from Live 105. The British DJ (I forget his name) asked , "What's the name of the show Jools Holland hosts in the UK?" A: Juke Box Jury I only knew this because I was an avid Q/NME/Melody Maker reader at the time.
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In 1990, I won a pair of Eurythmics tickets from Live 105. The British DJ (I forget his name) asked , "What's the name of the show Jools Holland hosts in the UK?" A: Juke Box Jury I only knew this because I was an avid Q/NME/Melody Maker reader at the time.
that DJ was Richard Blade, I'm guessing.
When I was 14 I won one of the legen (wait for it) dary "Good Guy Sweatshirts" from NYC's WMCA
(http://www.nyradioarchive.com/images/radioscans/WMCA_ggss.jpg)
A year or 2 later I won a pair of tix to see Grand Funk at Madison Square Garden from WNEW-FM (that was a mail-in-a-postcard thing and didn't involve having to call the station). It's been slim pickings since then.
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hey, I think one of us (shray?) just won big on KFOG... like a trip to London?
ETA: Here's something I'm curious about. Given that we're radio geeks, I imagine we've all won a prize or two on the radio. What's the best thing you ever won on a radio contest? I know what mine is, but I want to hear what you all have won first.
Since early 70s I've won numerous albums and concert tix (though nothing the last few years, too busy with work), but one cool thing I won, which I still have, was in Dec 1980 (from WPLJ NYC via postcard entry), an autographed photo of Springsteen and Bob Seger, signed by both, onstage together at opening show of Bruce's "The River Tour" Oct 1980 in Ann Arbor, MI.
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What's the best thing you ever won on a radio contest? I know what mine is, but I want to hear what you all have won first.
When I first started dating my fiancee, she lamented that her mother *really* wanted to go see Sting and Annie Lennox at the Concord Pavilion. The GF did NOT want to take her Mom, the tix were expensive, it's Sting and Annie Lennox, but it's what Mom really wanted for her birthday.
I told her, "don't worry, babe. It'll work out." And it did, big time. I managed to call in to the KFOG Morning Show and win second row tix to the Sting concert! Holee crap!!!
I think I answered some easy trivia questions. When Renee asked me my name and contact info, I gave her my girlfriend's name and address (her name can be a guy's name, too). She showed up, picked up the tix, and treated Mom to Sting and Annie from the second row. I impressed the hell out of her mother even before we had met ... very smooth, eh?
So the best thing I ever won from a radio station was something I didn't use myself. In fact, if I DID have to use it, it would not be the best thing I ever won... :)
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What's the best thing you ever won on a radio contest? I know what mine is, but I want to hear what you all have won first.
I've won some generic CD's a couple of times. I won tickets to Jersey Boys, but couldn't go. I won a request-o-rama, and they wouldn't play my request!
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ETA: Here's something I'm curious about. Given that we're radio geeks, I imagine we've all won a prize or two on the radio. What's the best thing you ever won on a radio contest? I know what mine is, but I want to hear what you all have won first.
Last year I won a trip for 2 to LA to the Sunset Strip Music Festival (http://www.sunsetstripmusicfestival.com/2010/) from Live 105, including VIP tickets, airfare, and accomodations at the Andaz Hyatt. And as usual, since I can never find people to go to these things with me...I ended up taking one of my friend's mom! LOL!
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hey, I think one of us (shray?) just won big on KFOG... like a trip to London?
Is this our Shray?!!
From the KFOG website: http://www.kfog.com/Default.aspx
"Last Chance: London World Class Adventure
Congratulations to Mark Shrader of Hayward, winner of the latest World Class Adventure to London! Just one trip remains, and this is your last week to get on the standby list. Keep listening for Big Ben through Friday for your chance to join Renee in London to see Adele & Amos Lee at the Hammersmith Apollo September 19!"
surely he would've posted something here if so? He spells it "Schroeder", BTW so if it's him then KFOG misspelled their own winner's name!
Also, Mark hasn't lived in Hayward for a number of years--he's a Dublin kid now. Come to think of it, I think it was Castro Valley, not Hayward. So probably not him. Darn.
ETA: Here's something I'm curious about. Given that we're radio geeks, I imagine we've all won a prize or two on the radio. What's the best thing you ever won on a radio contest? I know what mine is, but I want to hear what you all have won first.
I have won quite a bit. Last year, thanks to The Band, I won a trip to Vegas to see Santana in April. Flight on Southwest and a night at the Hard Rock. I went to pick up my tickets the day Renel went back to KISS. It was the same studio. I'm sure I could go back to March or so when I won and see my post here. They let me in the Kiss studio to see Tony Sandoval doing his lunchtime show. What made it very cool was while we were in the Vegas bar, pre-show, my husband and I connected with a nice man who had two extra seats and traded his REALLY GOOD seats for our seats which while good were not center front. He then met two people passing thru town and gave them our seats. So, we got GREAT seats and two people got free tickets.
Many years ago I was caller #whatever and won $1000 on a classical station. Other memorable win was from the Bone. Backstage passes to a meet and greet with the Scorpions at Shoreline. That was a good time.
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hey, I think one of us (shray?) just won big on KFOG... like a trip to London?
Is this our Shray?!!
From the KFOG website: http://www.kfog.com/Default.aspx
"Last Chance: London World Class Adventure
Congratulations to Mark Shrader of Hayward, winner of the latest World Class Adventure to London! Just one trip remains, and this is your last week to get on the standby list. Keep listening for Big Ben through Friday for your chance to join Renee in London to see Adele & Amos Lee at the Hammersmith Apollo September 19!"
surely he would've posted something here if so? He spells it "Schroeder", BTW so if it's him then KFOG misspelled their own winner's name!
Also, Mark hasn't lived in Hayward for a number of years--he's a Dublin kid now. Come to think of it, I think it was Castro Valley, not Hayward. So probably not him. Darn.
ETA: Here's something I'm curious about. Given that we're radio geeks, I imagine we've all won a prize or two on the radio. What's the best thing you ever won on a radio contest? I know what mine is, but I want to hear what you all have won first.
I have won quite a bit. Last year, thanks to The Band, I won a trip to Vegas to see Santana in April. Flight on Southwest and a night at the Hard Rock. I went to pick up my tickets the day Renel went back to KISS. It was the same studio. I'm sure I could go back to March or so when I won and see my post here. They let me in the Kiss studio to see Tony Sandoval doing his lunchtime show. What made it very cool was while we were in the Vegas bar, pre-show, my husband and I connected with a nice man who had two extra seats and traded his REALLY GOOD seats for our seats which while good were not center front. He then met two people passing thru town and gave them our seats. So, we got GREAT seats and two people got free tickets.
Many years ago I was caller #whatever and won $1000 on a classical station. Other memorable win was from the Bone. Backstage passes to a meet and greet with the Scorpions at Shoreline. That was a good time.
Ali for the win! What kind of super duper speedy deluxe phone do you use anyway? Good stories all around. Viva la radio geeks! :)
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Trying to win tickets to Amos Lee/an Adele CD to qualify for the London trip to see Adele. Apparently they forgot to tell the new overnight guy that he'd have to field calls from people trying to win. He didn't announce a winner after the Big Ben sounder played.
After a long rambling thing about how Fitz and the Tantrums sounds like a liontamer act and maybe it's because he's associating it with Fritz the Cat (?!), he IDed himself as Dred Scott.
LinkedIn says he's still at 100.3 The Sound in L.A., but laradio.com says he left in early 2010 after the overnight live shift was eliminated. Apparently he also worked at KFOG a *looong* time ago (I think I vaguely recall him, his but his LinkedIn says he DJed there back in the 1900s, haha.) http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dred-scott/22/a9b/98
Anybody else remember this guy, or heard him?
wow, KFOG has a *LIVE* overnite guy?? They've been voice-tracked after midnite for, like, more than a decade. (or is it possible he IS voicetracked and the automation played the "Big Ben" thing by mistake? the contest is only supposed to be running during the day, afaik).
I heard Dred Scott last nite around 9:45 (I'm guessing Darryl said "Overnite" when he meant to say "evening") Found him sorta borderline irritating, but then we all felt that way about Webster in the beginning. Did they get rid of Rockwell, or did Constantine just get tired of doing an air shift?
Oops, yeah, I meant Evening. A few nights later, we heard him totally screw up cueing up the right commercials, and then dead air for about 15 seconds. It was awesome. He later posted about wrapping up his first week on KFOG and Mike Owyang commented on the "interesting segues" and I commented that he finally figured out the phone contest thing. No response. :-}
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ETA: Here's something I'm curious about. Given that we're radio geeks, I imagine we've all won a prize or two on the radio. What's the best thing you ever won on a radio contest? I know what mine is, but I want to hear what you all have won first.
Hrm, let me dig up the file...
Well, there was the time in 2009 when KFOG was heavily advertising for the SF Opera, and my wife really wanted to go but I was kind of meh. When they announced they'd be giving away tickets all week on the Morning Show, and when the first couple of days it seemed really easy (not much demand?), I called in for an operatic spelling bee, and won! (Ok, maybe with a *little* help from Google.)
Alas, babysitting drop off in Alameda took a while, so we got there late and had to stand in the back for the first half, but during intermission we met up with Webster, his wife and the other winners, and enjoyed the rest of the performance from pretty good seats. Pretty sweet.
Back when the Kaboom was still called that, won tickets on Kaboom cruises two years in a row, and then the Deck. That was pretty nice. Rodrigo y Gabriela private concert was sweet.
Oh, and last year, Glady really wanted to see Corinne Bailey Rae at the Greek, but headliner Norah Jones, not so much. Ok, let's win tickets then. Done - Row 3.
Sometimes it's too easy, especially if it's not a typical KFOG artist. Also won Imogen Heap from Kelly Ransford's Side Show, and we've won stuff from Rosalie on Acoustic Sunrise too. Low demand hours, so better chances.
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Oh, and I think we won Swell Season tickets from Rosalie. Unfortunately it was their show at the Mountain Winery where a guy jumped from the roof to the stage, killing himself in front of the band and audience. Awful.
Glady can't bear to see a show there again. :-{
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In '96, my first year in SF, I won tickets to the New Year's Eve ball (sponsored by Pac Bell, I believe) at the Embarcadero. Chris Isaak was the headliner; I forget who else was there, but some singers were re-enacting "Rocky Horror" songs at one point. I'd won the tix from Live 105 on this My Three Songs question:
1. Bush, "Glycerine"
2. Oasis, "Supersonic"
3. David Bowie, "Young Americans" (NB: I'm not positive this was the third song, but it fits the bill at any rate.)
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Good gawd, those ads for "Sun-Gevity" solar panels, with the obnoxious guy who hates the environment -- I mean, WTFF?? Not funny and completely alienating to anyone who might be inclined to buy the product. Like fingernails on a blackboard.
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Good gawd, those ads for "Sun-Gevity" solar panels, with the obnoxious guy who hates the environment -- I mean, WTFF?? Not funny and completely alienating to anyone who might be inclined to buy the product. Like fingernails on a blackboard.
I just heard the ad you're referring to. I'm almost positive it's the same guy who played McGruff the Crime Dog in a similarly noxious series of PSAs a year or two ago.
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Good gawd, those ads for "Sun-Gevity" solar panels, with the obnoxious guy who hates the environment -- I mean, WTFF?? Not funny and completely alienating to anyone who might be inclined to buy the product. Like fingernails on a blackboard.
I just heard the ad you're referring to. I'm almost positive it's the same guy who played McGruff the Crime Dog in a similarly noxious series of PSAs a year or two ago.
damn, I think you may be right. def vocal similarity there. Those "McGruff" PSAs ("take a BITE outta crime!") have been running for over 20 years, actually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGruff_the_Crime_Dog
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Hey, did you guys notice KFOG has a new "Now Playing" thingy? It actually works reasonably well, and doesn't rely on Flash, but it also has too many Javascripty things and images. Feh. Usually I just want to Google a band/artist or see how often KFOG has played them lately. So I hacked it up a bit:
http://darryl.com/kfognew/
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Hey, did you guys notice KFOG has a new "Now Playing" thingy? It actually works reasonably well, and doesn't rely on Flash, but it also has too many Javascripty things and images. Feh. Usually I just want to Google a band/artist or see how often KFOG has played them lately. So I hacked it up a bit:
http://darryl.com/kfognew/
Yeah, they're using the same "TuneGenie" system that a lot of stations use (the Peak uses it too).
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Heard "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5 on KFOG last nite... :-\
I can't imagine too many KFOG listeners want to hear about a "beauty queen of only 18," I could be wrong though...
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Heard "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5 on KFOG last nite... :-\
I can't imagine too many KFOG listeners want to hear about a "beauty queen of only 18," I could be wrong though...
Oh, about as much as hearing "Eighteen" by Alice Cooper, Stevie Nicks "Edge of 17," The Stray Cats "Sexy and 17," or the Beatles sing "she was just 17, you know what I mean..." ;)
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Heard "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5 on KFOG last nite... :-\
I can't imagine too many KFOG listeners want to hear about a "beauty queen of only 18," I could be wrong though...
Oh, about as much as hearing "Eighteen" by Alice Cooper, Stevie Nicks "Edge of 17," The Stray Cats "Sexy and 17," or the Beatles sing "she was just 17, you know what I mean..." ;)
Or Hall and Oates' Sara Smile
"Baby hair with a woman's eyes."
WTF?
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Heard "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5 on KFOG last nite... :-\
I can't imagine too many KFOG listeners want to hear about a "beauty queen of only 18," I could be wrong though...
Oh, about as much as hearing "Eighteen" by Alice Cooper, Stevie Nicks "Edge of 17," The Stray Cats "Sexy and 17," or the Beatles sing "she was just 17, you know what I mean..." ;)
Or Hall and Oates' Sara Smile
"Baby hair with a woman's eyes."
WTF?
"Hey little girl, is your daddy home? Did he go and leave you all alone?"
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Heard "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5 on KFOG last nite... :-\
I can't imagine too many KFOG listeners want to hear about a "beauty queen of only 18," I could be wrong though...
Oh, about as much as hearing "Eighteen" by Alice Cooper, Stevie Nicks "Edge of 17," The Stray Cats "Sexy and 17," or the Beatles sing "she was just 17, you know what I mean..." ;)
Or Hall and Oates' Sara Smile
"Baby hair with a woman's eyes."
WTF?
Or Ringo's version of "You're 16" or Dr Hook's version of "Only 16." Eeek!
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Heard "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5 on KFOG last nite... :-\
I can't imagine too many KFOG listeners want to hear about a "beauty queen of only 18," I could be wrong though...
Oh, about as much as hearing "Eighteen" by Alice Cooper, Stevie Nicks "Edge of 17," The Stray Cats "Sexy and 17," or the Beatles sing "she was just 17, you know what I mean..." ;)
Or Hall and Oates' Sara Smile
"Baby hair with a woman's eyes."
WTF?
Or Ringo's version of "You're 16" or Dr Hook's version of "Only 16." Eeek!
Christine 16 by KISS is another, except KFOG would never play that.
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Heard "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5 on KFOG last nite... :-\
I can't imagine too many KFOG listeners want to hear about a "beauty queen of only 18," I could be wrong though...
Oh, about as much as hearing "Eighteen" by Alice Cooper, Stevie Nicks "Edge of 17," The Stray Cats "Sexy and 17," or the Beatles sing "she was just 17, you know what I mean..." ;)
Or Hall and Oates' Sara Smile
"Baby hair with a woman's eyes."
WTF?
Or Ringo's version of "You're 16" or Dr Hook's version of "Only 16." Eeek!
Or "Don't stand so close to me"
See also: hilariously inappropriate wedding reception songs.
Oh, but I really came here to repost what I just put on KFOG's FB wall:
My wife pointed out to me (I always miss these things) that KFOG plays the "non-rap" version of the Gorillaz' "Feel Good". Or as I called it, "the old white guy version to keep Fogheads from complaining." :-( (and c'mon guys, the "rap" in that song is ridiculously short.)
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On a similar note...listening to KFOG now and they are playing the version of "Little Lion Man" that says "messed" instead of the normal version that has an intentionally badly edited "f--ked."
I don't mind though in this case the f-bomb sounds soooooo out of place. Then again, "messed" sounds kind of out of place too...
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On a similar note...listening to KFOG now and they are playing the version of "Little Lion Man" that says "messed" instead of the normal version that has an intentionally badly edited "f--ked."
I don't mind though in this case the f-bomb sounds soooooo out of place. Then again, "messed" sounds kind of out of place too...
wow,I didn't know there *was* a "messed" version. Kinda like the 3 diff versions of the Cee-Lo song.
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On a similar note...listening to KFOG now and they are playing the version of "Little Lion Man" that says "messed" instead of the normal version that has an intentionally badly edited "f--ked."
I don't mind though in this case the f-bomb sounds soooooo out of place. Then again, "messed" sounds kind of out of place too...
wow,I didn't know there *was* a "messed" version. Kinda like the 3 diff versions of the Cee-Lo song.
There's a third version? Do tell...
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On a similar note...listening to KFOG now and they are playing the version of "Little Lion Man" that says "messed" instead of the normal version that has an intentionally badly edited "f--ked."
I don't mind though in this case the f-bomb sounds soooooo out of place. Then again, "messed" sounds kind of out of place too...
wow,I didn't know there *was* a "messed" version. Kinda like the 3 diff versions of the Cee-Lo song.
There's a third version? Do tell...
There's the uncensored "Fuck You" version... there's the "Eff You" version that some stations play and then the completely wimpy "Forget You" version.
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On a similar note...listening to KFOG now and they are playing the version of "Little Lion Man" that says "messed" instead of the normal version that has an intentionally badly edited "f--ked."
I don't mind though in this case the f-bomb sounds soooooo out of place. Then again, "messed" sounds kind of out of place too...
wow,I didn't know there *was* a "messed" version. Kinda like the 3 diff versions of the Cee-Lo song.
There's a third version? Do tell...
There's the uncensored "Fuck You" version... there's the "Eff You" version that some stations play and then the completely wimpy "Forget You" version.
There's actually a fourth version (that Channel played before switching to "Eff You") that says nothing in place of the f-bomb. It's just an empty space with no words (the instrumentals are still there, tho)...not even a bleep (and I think that some stations can place whatever bleep they want on top of this.) So it sounds like "I'm like you and her too"...confusing and annoying.
Alice, Mix, and Star (all the Hot AC stations) played the "messed" version of M&S.
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Oh, the "blank" version sounds like something the Internets could have fun with. :-)
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Oh, the "blank" version sounds like something the Internets could have fun with. :-)
Indeed. Live 105 used this version but stuck in amusing sound effects.
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I've been listening to KFOG all day today...and def. noticed WAY more of a newer skew. It's not just 10@10. I got up @ 9:20 to a new song by the Airborne Toxic Event. Up til 10@10 (and including, I guess) everything was from the 90s & 00s except for "Love My Way" from the Pysch. Furs. Also been noticing a lot of recurrents lately that KFOG never officially added (in addition to a few Muse tracks, they've also been regularly playing "The Ghost Inside" by Broken Bells & "Home" by E. Sharpe/00s.) The pattern repeated for the next few hours...mostly 90s and 00s with a few 80s new wave tracks here & there. Now it's 3 and they're playing something from Jimi Hendrix, the first old song I've heard all day. And immediately afterwards comes the White Stripes - Seven Nation Army :o I don't recall this getting much love from KFOG ever, at least not in recent years.
I miss the deeper tracks from Midnight Oil, Roxy Music, Moodswings/Chrissie Hynde that we got a few months ago...haven't noticed as many of those lately and perhaps DC's scrapbook of "it's different here" emails that he was supposedly putting together didn't gel with the bigwigs @ Cumulus...but aside from that, I must say that for me KFOG is as listenable as it's ever been.
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I've been listening to KFOG all day today...and def. noticed WAY more of a newer skew. It's not just 10@10. I got up @ 9:20 to a new song by the Airborne Toxic Event. Up til 10@10 (and including, I guess) everything was from the 90s & 00s except for "Love My Way" from the Pysch. Furs. Also been noticing a lot of recurrents lately that KFOG never officially added (in addition to a few Muse tracks, they've also been regularly playing "The Ghost Inside" by Broken Bells & "Home" by E. Sharpe/00s.) The pattern repeated for the next few hours...mostly 90s and 00s with a few 80s new wave tracks here & there. Now it's 3 and they're playing something from Jimi Hendrix, the first old song I've heard all day. And immediately afterwards comes the White Stripes - Seven Nation Army :o I don't recall this getting much love from KFOG ever, at least not in recent years.
I miss the deeper tracks from Midnight Oil, Roxy Music, Moodswings/Chrissie Hynde that we got a few months ago...haven't noticed as many of those lately and perhaps DC's scrapbook of "it's different here" emails that he was supposedly putting together didn't gel with the bigwigs @ Cumulus...but aside from that, I must say that for me KFOG is as listenable as it's ever been.
I heard "7 Nation Army" this morning in the 6:00 hour; you're right that it never got much KFOG love; they ignored the White Stripes until they showed up in the Foghead Favorites poll at the end of that year, then they suddenly started playing them sparingly for a couple months and then they disappeared again. But I also heard Jorma Kaukonen's "Genesis" around 6:20am which was one of DC's "it's different" tracks.
None of the above surprises me based on the 10@10 situation (it makes no sense to play forgotten '70s-FM tracks all day and then make 10@10 an obscurity-free zone) so I officially declare this the end of KFOG as we all knew it.
ETA: I loooked at "Just Played" going all the way back to 6am and counted THREE '70s tracks and ONE '60s (the Hendrix), and that Jorma K song didn't show up on the list. everythhing else was as rad-347 described. End of an era, folks.
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I've been listening to KFOG all day today...and def. noticed WAY more of a newer skew. It's not just 10@10. I got up @ 9:20 to a new song by the Airborne Toxic Event. Up til 10@10 (and including, I guess) everything was from the 90s & 00s except for "Love My Way" from the Pysch. Furs. Also been noticing a lot of recurrents lately that KFOG never officially added (in addition to a few Muse tracks, they've also been regularly playing "The Ghost Inside" by Broken Bells & "Home" by E. Sharpe/00s.) The pattern repeated for the next few hours...mostly 90s and 00s with a few 80s new wave tracks here & there. Now it's 3 and they're playing something from Jimi Hendrix, the first old song I've heard all day. And immediately afterwards comes the White Stripes - Seven Nation Army :o I don't recall this getting much love from KFOG ever, at least not in recent years.
I miss the deeper tracks from Midnight Oil, Roxy Music, Moodswings/Chrissie Hynde that we got a few months ago...haven't noticed as many of those lately and perhaps DC's scrapbook of "it's different here" emails that he was supposedly putting together didn't gel with the bigwigs @ Cumulus...but aside from that, I must say that for me KFOG is as listenable as it's ever been.
I heard "7 Nation Army" this morning in the 6:00 hour; you're right that it never got much KFOG love; they ignored the White Stripes until they showed up in the Foghead Favorites poll at the end of that year, then they suddenly started playing them sparingly for a couple months and then they disappeared again. But I also heard Jorma Kaukonen's "Genesis" around 6:20am which was one of DC's "it's different" tracks.
None of the above surprises me based on the 10@10 situation (it makes no sense to play forgotten '70s-FM tracks all day and then make 10@10 an obscurity-free zone) so I officially declare this the end of KFOG as we all knew it.
ETA: I loooked at "Just Played" going all the way back to 6am and counted THREE '70s tracks and ONE '60s (the Hendrix), and that Jorma K song didn't show up on the list. everythhing else was as rad-347 described. End of an era, folks.
yeah, dang... seems like the station focus is shifting. Really, the only time I found myself seeking out KFOG was for 10 at 10. I like the oldies music on 103.7 and the rock on the Bone better. I truly do miss KUSF, though. That was my go-to station for music most of the time. That and KPOO.
At least this newer musical re-focus of KFOG is fairly unique to the Bay Area radio landscape, isn't it? perhaps Alice covers some of that ground, and maybe there are some south bay stations I can't pull in that cover it, but it seems like a decent business decision on KFOG's part. The hippies are getting older and will stop listening some day... :)
someone should ping Ben F-T about this.
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I've been listening to KFOG all day today...and def. noticed WAY more of a newer skew. It's not just 10@10. I got up @ 9:20 to a new song by the Airborne Toxic Event. Up til 10@10 (and including, I guess) everything was from the 90s & 00s except for "Love My Way" from the Pysch. Furs. Also been noticing a lot of recurrents lately that KFOG never officially added (in addition to a few Muse tracks, they've also been regularly playing "The Ghost Inside" by Broken Bells & "Home" by E. Sharpe/00s.) The pattern repeated for the next few hours...mostly 90s and 00s with a few 80s new wave tracks here & there. Now it's 3 and they're playing something from Jimi Hendrix, the first old song I've heard all day. And immediately afterwards comes the White Stripes - Seven Nation Army :o I don't recall this getting much love from KFOG ever, at least not in recent years.
I miss the deeper tracks from Midnight Oil, Roxy Music, Moodswings/Chrissie Hynde that we got a few months ago...haven't noticed as many of those lately and perhaps DC's scrapbook of "it's different here" emails that he was supposedly putting together didn't gel with the bigwigs @ Cumulus...but aside from that, I must say that for me KFOG is as listenable as it's ever been.
I heard "7 Nation Army" this morning in the 6:00 hour; you're right that it never got much KFOG love; they ignored the White Stripes until they showed up in the Foghead Favorites poll at the end of that year, then they suddenly started playing them sparingly for a couple months and then they disappeared again. But I also heard Jorma Kaukonen's "Genesis" around 6:20am which was one of DC's "it's different" tracks.
None of the above surprises me based on the 10@10 situation (it makes no sense to play forgotten '70s-FM tracks all day and then make 10@10 an obscurity-free zone) so I officially declare this the end of KFOG as we all knew it.
ETA: I loooked at "Just Played" going all the way back to 6am and counted THREE '70s tracks and ONE '60s (the Hendrix), and that Jorma K song didn't show up on the list. everythhing else was as rad-347 described. End of an era, folks.
Unless of course KFOG tanks in the next round of Arbitrons. If that happens you can bet there'll be some backpedalling going on.
So does this mean the end of the long-standing "World Class Rock" tagline? I guess it doesn't necessarily have to, but if they're completely rejiggering their focus it might make sense.
Just occurred to me that KUFX's move into SF may be at least partially to blame for this focus shift. KFOG is trying to distinguish itself from the rest of the field.
As for the almost total exile of pre-80s music, I'd be curious to see what Darryl's data has to say, and if there's a specific date that can be pinpointed as to when the change occurred.
ETA: Just saw on AL's FB page that we're getting 1967 tomorrow. You can thank Rob Grill and Sherwood Schwartz for kicking the bucket within days of each other.
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So does this mean the end of the long-standing "World Class Rock" tagline? I guess it doesn't necessarily have to, but if they're completely rejiggering their focus it might make sense.
I don't think they'll drop that tagline, but "handpicked by Humans" seems ridiculous now -- looking at that 6a-3p playlist from today it is as corporate-generated as they come, no different than any other Triple-A station in the country. No way is DC programming this from his gut; Cumulus/Citadel probably saw the plays for "Our Lady of the Well" and "Genesis" and said WTFF?
And it *does* make sense, business-wise; ya can't play "Rocket Man" 27 times a week forever. Surely there are 20-somethings and 30-somethings who find Alice uninteresting and Live 105 too juvenile.
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yeah, dang... seems like the station focus is shifting. Really, the only time I found myself seeking out KFOG was for 10 at 10. I like the oldies music on 103.7 and the rock on the Bone better. I truly do miss KUSF, though. That was my go-to station for music most of the time. That and KPOO.
At least this newer musical re-focus of KFOG is fairly unique to the Bay Area radio landscape, isn't it? perhaps Alice covers some of that ground, and maybe there are some south bay stations I can't pull in that cover it, but it seems like a decent business decision on KFOG's part. The hippies are getting older and will stop listening some day... :)
someone should ping Ben F-T about this.
Exactly...there's KKSF, KUFX, & KSAN for classic rock...and for new-ish inane songs, there's KLLC, KIOI, and, in the south bay, KEZR. There wasn't too much right in the middle of that...except for what was already on KFOG & now there's more.
Nothing else like this in the South Bay, either...the closest was Channel 104.9/92.3 before they tweaked in mid-2010 to become a Live 105 clone. And of course they're gone now too.
So does this mean the end of the long-standing "World Class Rock" tagline? I guess it doesn't necessarily have to, but if they're completely rejiggering their focus it might make sense.
I don't think they'll drop that tagline, but "handpicked by Humans" seems ridiculous now -- looking at that 6a-3p playlist from today it is as corporate-generated as they come, no different than any other Triple-A station in the country. No way is DC programming this from his gut; Cumulus/Citadel probably saw the plays for "Our Lady of the Well" and "Genesis" and said WTFF?
And it *does* make sense, business-wise; ya can't play "Rocket Man" 27 times a week forever. Surely there are 20-somethings and 30-somethings who find Alice uninteresting and Live 105 too juvenile.
Raises hand ;D
World Class Rock is gone (or at least not as ubiquitous as it used to be); now they are "the world-famous KFOG."
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Thurs nite, 9:50: Oasis, "Wonderwall". The sort of '90s even *I* can get behind.
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Apparently we are not the only ones who have noticed the changes afoot at KFOG. Big Rick posted the following FB status earlier today:
If the station you listen(ed) to suddenly STOPPED playing The Rolling Stones, The Who, Eric Clapton, Aerosmith, Santana, Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, The Beatles and more don't worry. Just a few clicks away at 98.5 or 102.1 we've got you covered. I'll ROCK OUT and have fun from 3 to 7 today as usual!
Oh, SNAP! The battle has been joined!
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Apparently we are not the only ones who have noticed the changes afoot at KFOG. Big Rick posted the following FB status earlier today:
If the station you listen(ed) to suddenly STOPPED playing The Rolling Stones, The Who, Eric Clapton, Aerosmith, Santana, Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, The Beatles and more don't worry. Just a few clicks away at 98.5 or 102.1 we've got you covered. I'll ROCK OUT and have fun from 3 to 7 today as usual!
Oh, SNAP! The battle has been joined!
That's pretty funny.
This morning KFOG is doing another Request-O-Rama-O-Rama; the first winner asked for and got Leon Russell's "Tightrope"... but surely R-O-R can't continue if people keep requesting "old" songs?
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Ridiculously easy 9'oclock quiz winner (c'mon, really, who doesn't know Paul Masson "will sell no wine, before its time", and that it was Orson Welles? Oh, maybe 20-yos) picked David Lindley's "Mercury Blues" as his Request-O-Rama pick, after which The Morning Show couldn't get over how much it rocked (duh).
(Tickets won: Los Lonely Boys + Los Lobos @ Mountain Winery. Only gotten some airplay in the last month, probably in promotion of this show.)
Personally, I'm torn. I really do like Adele. But they've been playing her 4-5 times a day. That's nuts. And I think she'd be the first person to tell you she's not "World Class Rock." But heck, Beyonce (whose "4" I happen to be listening to right now on Spotify(!)) played Glastonbury and proclaimed "I want you to know right now you are witnessing my dream... I always wanted to be a rock star and tonight we are all rock stars." (And now I'm listening/watching to her cover Sex on Fire... mmm)
I still need to hack together some SQL that'll show me what's been getting the most spins on a weekly basis. (Would still love some help on this, Rod, if you have the time.)
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In other news, Dred Scott has been interesting to listen to. It almost sounds like he's trying to hard to always have something to funny or offbeat to say in between songs, but I guess that's just how he is. I suppose it beats the completely bland Rockwell.
An interesting thing I heard is that either he (or management) have decided to start a little "KFOG through the years" project, and he's soliciting user-recorded tapes/digital recordings of KFOG from the last 20 years. I think he said he'd be playing the best stuff during his show.
I really only have 10@10 recordings, and of course like the last week of Dave Morey.
Contact info: http://www.kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/Airstaff/DredScott/tabid/1657/Default.aspx
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Apparently we are not the only ones who have noticed the changes afoot at KFOG. Big Rick posted the following FB status earlier today:
If the station you listen(ed) to suddenly STOPPED playing The Rolling Stones, The Who, Eric Clapton, Aerosmith, Santana, Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, The Beatles and more don't worry. Just a few clicks away at 98.5 or 102.1 we've got you covered. I'll ROCK OUT and have fun from 3 to 7 today as usual!
Oh, SNAP! The battle has been joined!
That's pretty funny.
And yeah, I saw that on Big Rick's FB and chuckled too. OTOH, if KFOG's going to start playing more White Stripes (how do I keep missing it?), I can get behind that.
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Heard Sublime's "Summertime" or "Doin' Time" or whatever it's called -- A song I absolutely hate -- TWICE on KFOG in the past 2 days.
OTOH, they're still playing the Toyes' "Smoke 2 Joints" at 5pm on Friday, so some things never change, I guess.
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OTOH, if KFOG's going to start playing more White Stripes (how do I keep missing it?), I can get behind that.
Ya just missed "7 Nation Army" at 5:17pm. they must be playing it several times a day at least.
And agreed on Adele, mainly because (as previously noted) I'm subjected to 92.7 The Rev at my gym and they play "Rolling in the Deep" TWICE AN HOUR. At least KFOG has started mixing it up by spinning "Rumor Has It" too. Personally I prefer my neo-soul performed by actual, y'know, black people. Wish KFOG gave Sharon Jones more love and they REALLY need to play Raphael Saddiq. A number of Triple-A stations do.
The website still says "World Class Rock" all over, as well as "hand-picked by humans" which is pretty hilarious now, IMHO.
I also did a comparison between KFOG and the Peak -- 2 similar Triple-A formats, both stations do 10@10 -- and looked at their playlists today, 6am - 5pm. VERY similar currents (Adele, Jack Johnson, yadda yadda) and interestingly, in that 11-hour stretch, both stations playeds exactly TWO '60s tracks. And in the '70s category, KFOG played 8 tracks, The Peak played 17.
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I agree about Dred Scott sounding like he's trying too hard to say something worthwhile. I much prefer the "completely bland Rockwell". (tho I still prefer them both to BRS :-\ - but LOL @ his FB comment.) I also agree KFOG needs to lay off the Sublime.
Has anyone noticed the corny sound effects the DJs have been playing while talking lately? I wonder if mgmt is trying to put some "oomph" into things. Dred Scott just played David & David and then played a bunch of banjo strings in between trying to make up names for what David & David could have called themselves. It's not just DS though, AL's been throwing some in too.
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Heard Sublime's "Summertime" or "Doin' Time" or whatever it's called -- A song I absolutely hate -- TWICE on KFOG in the past 2 days.
OTOH, they're still playing the Toyes' "Smoke 2 Joints" at 5pm on Friday, so some things never change, I guess.
I should hope not! That's sacrosanct!
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I have not kept up w/regional 10@10's. Did KBCO and Ginger give up on 10@10? Saw on his bio page that DC spent time to BCO.
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I have not kept up w/regional 10@10's. Did KBCO and Ginger give up on 10@10? Saw on his bio page that DC spent time to BCO.
yeah, 'BCO gave up a couple years ago -- dunno if DC was there at the time. Ginger just stopped doing 10@10 one day in the middle of the week, supposedly it was a test to see if anyone would notice; apparently nobody did.
But DC was also at KINK in Portland; they had a 10@10 that was (surprise!) heavy on '80s & '90s and was the only 10@10 we've heard to have '00s years in the rotation. and then one day... they stopped doing 10@10 altogether.
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I have not kept up w/regional 10@10's. Did KBCO and Ginger give up on 10@10? Saw on his bio page that DC spent time to BCO.
yeah, 'BCO gave up a couple years ago -- dunno if DC was there at the time. Ginger just stopped doing 10@10 one day in the middle of the week, supposedly it was a test to see if anyone would notice; apparently nobody did.
But DC was also at KINK in Portland; they had a 10@10 that was (surprise!) heavy on '80s & '90s and was the only 10@10 we've heard to have '00s years in the rotation. and then one day... they stopped doing 10@10 altogether.
I think Oldies 103.7 could do a successful version of 10@10; they play 60s 70s and 80s, pretty much the traditional breadbasket of 10@10s many here enjoy. I think they should also pick up AT40, but I assume 1550 AM has options on that.
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I think Oldies 103.7 could do a successful version of 10@10; they play 60s 70s and 80s, pretty much the traditional breadbasket of 10@10s many here enjoy. I think they should also pick up AT40, but I assume 1550 AM has options on that.
Agreed on both counts. It's Oldies 103.7's "Ten O'Clock Time Warp"! (Patent pending)
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I have not kept up w/regional 10@10's. Did KBCO and Ginger give up on 10@10? Saw on his bio page that DC spent time to BCO.
yeah, 'BCO gave up a couple years ago -- dunno if DC was there at the time. Ginger just stopped doing 10@10 one day in the middle of the week, supposedly it was a test to see if anyone would notice; apparently nobody did.
But DC was also at KINK in Portland; they had a 10@10 that was (surprise!) heavy on '80s & '90s and was the only 10@10 we've heard to have '00s years in the rotation. and then one day... they stopped doing 10@10 altogether.
It was long gone before I moved to the Portland area, but on the few occasions I listened to the KINK version of 10@10 I found it pretty bland and boring, with too many songs I'd already heard too often as it is. Not surprisingly, that's how I find KINK now that I live here. I rarely listen to it, and when I do I usually find myself turning away within 10 minutes or so. Too bad, as I think their call letters are priceless.
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I have not kept up w/regional 10@10's. Did KBCO and Ginger give up on 10@10? Saw on his bio page that DC spent time to BCO.
yeah, 'BCO gave up a couple years ago -- dunno if DC was there at the time. Ginger just stopped doing 10@10 one day in the middle of the week, supposedly it was a test to see if anyone would notice; apparently nobody did.
But DC was also at KINK in Portland; they had a 10@10 that was (surprise!) heavy on '80s & '90s and was the only 10@10 we've heard to have '00s years in the rotation. and then one day... they stopped doing 10@10 altogether.
I doubt DC had anything to do with the beginning or end of 10@10 @ KBCO - he hasn't been there since 1993. http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennisconstantine
As far as I know DC was at KINK when their 10@10 started too, so instead of being a case of ruining something good, it was more of a case (and I think someone mentioned this earlier) of trying something new that never really caught on with the audience up there. 80s, 90s, and 00s sets will not ruin 10@10; consistently bad sets (regardless of year) will.
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I really do like Adele. But they've been playing her 4-5 times a day. That's nuts. And I think she'd be the first person to tell you she's not "World Class Rock."
There is no format "Rolling in the Deep" hasn't conquered. It's even charting on Latin Songs! (!)
But yes, there are several other songs on that album to move on to now.
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Personally I prefer my neo-soul performed by actual, y'know, black people.
You hear Adele as neo-soul? I hear her as carrying the torch that Dusty Springfield had passed to Alison Moyet, with some KT Tunstall in some of the arrangements.
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Personally I prefer my neo-soul performed by actual, y'know, black people.
You hear Adele as neo-soul? I hear her as carrying the torch that Dusty Springfield had passed to Alison Moyet, with some KT Tunstall in some of the arrangements.
Sorry, I didn't know "neo-soul" had a narrow definition. She's young and sings soulfully, therefore...
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in other news, KFOG just announced on their FB page that Rosalie made the cut for the Bay Area Radio HOF. Congrats!
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in other news, KFOG just announced on their FB page that Rosalie made the cut for the Bay Area Radio HOF. Congrats!
Congrats, Miss Rosalie!
KFOG just played "I'm Free" by The Soup Dragons. I likey this.
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in other news, KFOG just announced on their FB page that Rosalie made the cut for the Bay Area Radio HOF. Congrats!
Good for her! Although I voted for Scott Beach, who should have been in years ago.
And Kim Wonderley made it, too! A little gobsmacked by that one, I am.
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in other news, KFOG just announced on their FB page that Rosalie made the cut for the Bay Area Radio HOF. Congrats!
Good for her! Although I voted for Scott Beach, who should have been in years ago.
And Kim Wonderley made it, too! A little gobsmacked by that one, I am.
it was her commercials for that painting company that put her over the top, obviously.
So, I'm wondering if KFOG is getting feedback from the older demos or if anyone has even noticed the big playlist tweak. It's especially apparent in the morning, and the Morning Show has traditionally skewed the oldest, with a lot more "classics" in the mix than, say, in the evenings. I don't think I heard anything older than T.Heads' "Wild Wild Life" in my hour of listening this AM. So, when will corporate decide that Webster and Peter are "too old" to be relating to the thirtysomethings?
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Holy crap I'm old/vanilla. 9-10AM I sat in a boring Saratoga coffee shop and listened to Sirirus XM's "Coffee House" and liked it:
Shawn Colvin - Pride In The Name of Love
Eddie Vedder - Longing To Belong
Alanis Morissette - Ironic
Brett Dennen - By & By
Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
Eric Bibb - New Automobile
Sarah McLachlan - Ice Cream
SJ - I Like You
Sting - Fields Of Gold
Michelle Shocked - Anchorage
Jeffrey Gaines - In Your Eyes
David Gray - When I Was In Your Heart
Rod Stewart - You're In My Heart (The Final Acclai
Del Amitri - Tell Her This
Natalie Merchant - Just Can't Last
Jack Johnson - From The Clouds
Neil Young - My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
Dido - Thank You
Damien Rice -Cannonball
Lyle Lovett - Straighten Up And Fly Right
Adele - Someone Like You
No wonder I don't mind the new KFOG. Embarrassed sob. I guess this commenter on Rick Stuart's slam of the new KFOG was right:
The local staion I used to listen to USED to have really good DJ's and USED to play good classic rock. Now they cater to a bunch of women and metrosexuals who all sound depressed.
#nohomo ;-}
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So, I'm wondering if KFOG is getting feedback from the older demos or if anyone has even noticed the big playlist tweak. It's especially apparent in the morning, and the Morning Show has traditionally skewed the oldest, with a lot more "classics" in the mix than, say, in the evenings. I don't think I heard anything older than T.Heads' "Wild Wild Life" in my hour of listening this AM. So, when will corporate decide that Webster and Peter are "too old" to be relating to the thirtysomethings?
This morning, after the embarrassing self-realization of the wussification of my listening tastes, I thought of a way to look for "the switch" -- I'm going to search my database for any of the artists Big Rick said KFOG stopped playing, and see when they were last played with any frequency. Results soon.
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So, I'm wondering if KFOG is getting feedback from the older demos or if anyone has even noticed the big playlist tweak. It's especially apparent in the morning, and the Morning Show has traditionally skewed the oldest, with a lot more "classics" in the mix than, say, in the evenings. I don't think I heard anything older than T.Heads' "Wild Wild Life" in my hour of listening this AM. So, when will corporate decide that Webster and Peter are "too old" to be relating to the thirtysomethings?
This morning, after the embarrassing self-realization of the wussification of my listening tastes, I thought of a way to look for "the switch" -- I'm going to search my database for any of the artists Big Rick said KFOG stopped playing, and see when they were last played with any frequency. Results soon.
Ha! funny...
I like your methodology. Perhaps we can plot the old and new acts on some sort of 3d graph using multiple axes of Hippes, headbangers and soccer moms/metrosexuals/etc. :)
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Ugh, cumulative results are a pain to go through. Let's just look at it by artist:
The Rolling Stones: 2011 to date = 701 spins, 2010 = 1550 spins, 2009 = 1423 spins
The Who: 306 / 737 / 679
Eric Clapton: 208 / 814 / 757
Aerosmith: 60 / 190 / 120
Santana: 329 / 838 / 696
Thin Lizzy: 4 / 2 / 3
Pink Floyd: 208 / 381 / 490
Beatles: 482 / 660 spins / 446 spins
Ok, so projecting current playrate through Dec 31 2011 [using the formula (plays to date * 365)/days in year thus far)] we'd get:
Stones: 1286 spins
Who: 564
Clapton: 383 (wow, big drop)
Aerosmith: 111
Santana: 606
Thin Lizzy: 7 (small data set = outlying results)
Pink Floyd: 383
Beatles: 889 (huge jump)
So, assuming my math is right (which is not assured -- please check my work!), Big Rick is right. Definitely less stereotypically "Classic Rock" (if we accept his definition by artist) is played per day, although they have been spinning more Beatles, which we may argue falls more into the Pop Rock category, especially in comparison to KFOX.
As always, if you want to poke around on your own, please feel free to go to http://www.rudebadmood.com/foglist/
After plugging in date ranges like 2010/01/01-2010/12/31, I'm plucking total # of spins from the (Displaying 0-100 of XXX records).
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I would guess that the Beatles are the "old" band that younger listeners consider to be the most "timeless", and it would seem that, of the very few '60s tracks being played now, the majority are probably Beatle tunes (with Jimi in 2nd place).
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Welp, since none of KFOG's "Now Playing Apps" (3 of them!) list release date, you're welcome to poke around for songs/artists that you think fit the "oldies" category, or post them here and I'll do some more lookups.
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Welp, since none of KFOG's "Now Playing Apps" (3 of them!) list release date, you're welcome to poke around for songs/artists that you think fit the "oldies" category, or post them here and I'll do some more lookups.
I'd consider anything pre-1980 to be "old" as far as KFOG (and DC) are concerned. I just looked at what's been played today since 6am and counted exactly 3 '70s tracks:
Blondie "One way or Another"
Bob Marley "Exodus"
F.Mac "Secondhand News"
I was also pleased to see that they played the Pet Shop Boys "Opportunities" in the 7:00 hour, but I've no way of knowing if that was programmed or if it was a Request-O-Rama prize.
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I shot an email to DC asking him about the new sound (didn't mention 10@10 tho) -- this just in:
"I agree with you that there's already plenty of classic rock on the radio and that's why you are now hearing more 90s and 00s music in the mix. This is our new direction. And, we'll keep the "different" songs coming, too."
Been hearing a lot more Killers, a few tracks from The Arcade Fire (besides "Modern Man") & Franz Ferdinand, "Seven Nation Army" as discussed and "There's No Other Way" by Blur a couple of times. Also they're really piling on the INXS.
They recently added Fleet Foxes, Noah & the Whale, Airborne Toxic Event & Trevor Hall - none of these are in the AAA Top 30 yet. This is a huge reversal of what seemed to be K. Ransford's policy when she was unofficially in charge of never adding anything that a) didn't hit the top 5 and b) wasn't already on its way out -- can't say I'm complaining. They're also playing My Morning Jacket, Head/Heart & Iron/Wine.
Looking at a lot of the currents listed above + Noah/Whale, Fleet Foxes, MMJ...they're playing a LOT of stuff that Live 105 should be playing, but isn't.
Remember when KFOG went all schizo on us and started playing some pretty far-out new music M-F evenings? I wonder if Cumulus was testing things out and seeing if there'd be a market for that. Then they decided there was and hired DC. If they decided there wasn't, they might have just pulled the plug altogether.
A look at the Bone, KFOG's sister station, shows a lot more alt. over there too, esp. since Madden took over (and apparently, many on their FB are furious and calling it "Live 107"). Nirvana, Offspring, Metallica, RHCP...a lot of the stuff that Live 105 shouldn't be playing over and over, but is.
Between KFOG and The Bone...Looks like Cumulus is trying to deliver the final death blow to Live 105. I say bring it. That station hasn't sounded good in many years, sadly, and they've had about 1000 chances & blown every one of them (not to mention their heritage reputation.) They sound worse than ever and their ratings are worse than ever (1.6, tied with KREV). Most of the problem is that CBS just doesn't care about alternative (they killed off another heritage station, WBCN/Boston but not before ruining it first like they did with Live.) With them & Channel both gone this would leave a gap in Bay Area radio, but I'm sure that another company would step up & flip to Alternative...and hopefully they'll do it better than Live circa 2010/11.
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Looking at a lot of the currents listed above + Noah/Whale, Fleet Foxes, MMJ...they're playing a LOT of stuff that Live 105 should be playing, but isn't.
I'm curious, what exactly DOES Live 105 play these days? And does Alice play any of the stuff you mentioned above? This has always been the CBS problem: Alice is the "girl" station and Live 105 is the "boy" station and there can be no overlap between the 2.
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Looking at a lot of the currents listed above + Noah/Whale, Fleet Foxes, MMJ...they're playing a LOT of stuff that Live 105 should be playing, but isn't.
I'm curious, what exactly DOES Live 105 play these days? And does Alice play any of the stuff you mentioned above? This has always been the CBS problem: Alice is the "girl" station and Live 105 is the "boy" station and there can be no overlap between the 2.
Alice plays none of the above except for the same overplayed Killers tracks that everyone else plays (Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me.) Alice is another station that needs to go straight into the trash can, though they too used to be very good before 2008. Now they play Pink, Bruno Mars, Onerepublic, Katy Perry, Train, Lady Gaga, Maroon 5 probably at least 100 times a day each (between all their respective songs, since they all have multiple singles that they like to overplay.) On the rare occasion that something does cross over from Live 105, they're the first to hop on it tho (i.e. Neon Trees, Shinedown, Florence+Machine) Which seems to be counterproductive since as you said, they are supposed to be the "girl" station...but I find them more "boy" than Mix or Star.
Live 105 plays mostly overplayed grunge that was popular in 1990-2000. Then they have some new songs by those same artists, but the new songs usually a) do not last for too long or b) become overplayed for the next ten years.
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For comparison, I just looked at K-Fox's "just Played" for today... talk about yeesh-worthy. They make the Drive and the Sound look like KPIG.
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I shot an email to DC asking him about the new sound (didn't mention 10@10 tho) -- this just in:
"I agree with you that there's already plenty of classic rock on the radio and that's why you are now hearing more 90s and 00s music in the mix. This is our new direction. And, we'll keep the "different" songs coming, too."
Been hearing a lot more Killers, a few tracks from The Arcade Fire (besides "Modern Man") & Franz Ferdinand, "Seven Nation Army" as discussed and "There's No Other Way" by Blur a couple of times. Also they're really piling on the INXS.
They recently added Fleet Foxes, Noah & the Whale, Airborne Toxic Event & Trevor Hall - none of these are in the AAA Top 30 yet. This is a huge reversal of what seemed to be K. Ransford's policy when she was unofficially in charge of never adding anything that a) didn't hit the top 5 and b) wasn't already on its way out -- can't say I'm complaining. They're also playing My Morning Jacket, Head/Heart & Iron/Wine.
Looking at a lot of the currents listed above + Noah/Whale, Fleet Foxes, MMJ...they're playing a LOT of stuff that Live 105 should be playing, but isn't.
Remember when KFOG went all schizo on us and started playing some pretty far-out new music M-F evenings? I wonder if Cumulus was testing things out and seeing if there'd be a market for that. Then they decided there was and hired DC. If they decided there wasn't, they might have just pulled the plug altogether.
That is really really good to hear.
I used to email Kelly Ransford regularly telling her how much we loved the stuff she played on New Music Thursdays and how I wished she'd play more of it during the day. From her e-mails back (and Twitter feed and her Twitter reports of SWSX, etc.) it was clear to me that she was a huge fan of newer music, but I always got the impression that higher-ups tied her hands from playing any of that stuff during the day. Re: KFOG schizoness, that's funny, I noticed it pretty quickly and e-mailed her. She confirmed in Oct 2010 that they were doing that 8-10PM and then after 10@10.
Back in February Ransford joined Dave Benson at Seattle's "The Mountain", but Benson apparently just got axed in June. I don't know how their playlist compares. Oh, hrm: http://kmtt.tunegenie.com/onair/. Hrm, looks pretty comparable to KFOG a few months back. Too bad.
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I used to email Kelly Ransford regularly telling her how much we loved the stuff she played on New Music Thursdays and how I wished she'd play more of it during the day. From her e-mails back (and Twitter feed and her Twitter reports of SWSX, etc.) it was clear to me that she was a huge fan of newer music, but I always got the impression that higher-ups tied her hands from playing any of that stuff during the day. Re: KFOG schizoness, that's funny, I noticed it pretty quickly and e-mailed her. She confirmed in Oct 2010 that they were doing that 8-10PM and then after 10@10.
Back in February Ransford joined Dave Benson at Seattle's "The Mountain", but Benson apparently just got axed in June. I don't know how their playlist compares. Oh, hrm: http://kmtt.tunegenie.com/onair/. Hrm, looks pretty comparable to KFOG a few months back. Too bad.
Sorry to hear about Benson; I didn't know that had happened. Supposedly Kelly R went up to Seattle because she was getting no direction from Cumulus about WTF they wanted here (KFOG was without a PD for nearly 2 years after Benson left). I went to the radio-info.com Seattle board and there was a thread about Benson; apparently in his 2 years at The Mountain their ratings did not improve. It's said that the People-Meter ratings system (PPM) has not been kind to Triple-A formats.
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You've probably noticed KFOG is intensifying their use of Facebook; The "KFOG Radio" posts now identify who is "speaking" (Rosalie, Webster, Irish Greg) and it's a lot of "so-and-so on the air and ready to rock you -- what's up?" (The Peak does the same thing; I swear both stations are being consulted by the same company.) Dred Scott posted tonite and some poor woman commented "Can you play CSN Southern Cross for me? I am in Emery Cove working on my boat listening to K-FOG." Guess she didn't get the memo about old people.
Actually "Southern Cross" is from 1982 so maybe he actually played it. ;)
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You've probably noticed KFOG is intensifying their use of Facebook; The "KFOG Radio" posts now identify who is "speaking" (Rosalie, Webster, Irish Greg) and it's a lot of "so-and-so on the air and ready to rock you -- what's up?" (The Peak does the same thing; I swear both stations are being consulted by the same company.) Dred Scott posted tonite and some poor woman commented "Can you play CSN Southern Cross for me? I am in Emery Cove working on my boat listening to K-FOG." Guess she didn't get the memo about old people.
Actually "Southern Cross" is from 1982 so maybe he actually played it. ;)
I confess, I stole your idea!
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You've probably noticed KFOG is intensifying their use of Facebook; The "KFOG Radio" posts now identify who is "speaking" (Rosalie, Webster, Irish Greg) and it's a lot of "so-and-so on the air and ready to rock you -- what's up?" (The Peak does the same thing; I swear both stations are being consulted by the same company.) Dred Scott posted tonite and some poor woman commented "Can you play CSN Southern Cross for me? I am in Emery Cove working on my boat listening to K-FOG." Guess she didn't get the memo about old people.
Actually "Southern Cross" is from 1982 so maybe he actually played it. ;)
I confess, I stole your idea!
LOL! I just saw your comment there. I was thisclose to saying something similar.
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You've probably noticed KFOG is intensifying their use of Facebook; The "KFOG Radio" posts now identify who is "speaking" (Rosalie, Webster, Irish Greg) and it's a lot of "so-and-so on the air and ready to rock you -- what's up?" (The Peak does the same thing; I swear both stations are being consulted by the same company.) Dred Scott posted tonite and some poor woman commented "Can you play CSN Southern Cross for me? I am in Emery Cove working on my boat listening to K-FOG." Guess she didn't get the memo about old people.
Actually "Southern Cross" is from 1982 so maybe he actually played it. ;)
I confess, I stole your idea!
All credit to you sir! I can delete mine, and let you deliver the line.
LOL! I just saw your comment there. I was thisclose to saying something similar.
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You've probably noticed KFOG is intensifying their use of Facebook; The "KFOG Radio" posts now identify who is "speaking" (Rosalie, Webster, Irish Greg) and it's a lot of "so-and-so on the air and ready to rock you -- what's up?" (The Peak does the same thing; I swear both stations are being consulted by the same company.) Dred Scott posted tonite and some poor woman commented "Can you play CSN Southern Cross for me? I am in Emery Cove working on my boat listening to K-FOG." Guess she didn't get the memo about old people.
Actually "Southern Cross" is from 1982 so maybe he actually played it. ;)
I confess, I stole your idea!
All credit to you sir! I can delete mine, and let you deliver the line.
LOL! I just saw your comment there. I was thisclose to saying something similar.
It's all yours! BTW, someone had deleted the post about disliking Dred and missig Big Rick
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I was also pleased to see that they played the Pet Shop Boys "Opportunities" in the 7:00 hour, but I've no way of knowing if that was programmed or if it was a Request-O-Rama prize.
They played it after interviewing the dude who caught Jeter's 3000th hit & gave it back.
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You've probably noticed KFOG is intensifying their use of Facebook; The "KFOG Radio" posts now identify who is "speaking" (Rosalie, Webster, Irish Greg) and it's a lot of "so-and-so on the air and ready to rock you -- what's up?" (The Peak does the same thing; I swear both stations are being consulted by the same company.) Dred Scott posted tonite and some poor woman commented "Can you play CSN Southern Cross for me? I am in Emery Cove working on my boat listening to K-FOG." Guess she didn't get the memo about old people.
Actually "Southern Cross" is from 1982 so maybe he actually played it. ;)
I confess, I stole your idea!
All credit to you sir! I can delete mine, and let you deliver the line.
LOL! I just saw your comment there. I was thisclose to saying something similar.
It's all yours! BTW, someone had deleted the post about disliking Dred and missig Big Rick
After BR went to KFOX, I posted something crass about G. Kihn on BRs KUFX FB page. It was deleted.
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Dred Scott just played the Alarm, "Rain in the Summertime"... which will pop up on the 10@10 replay again in about 40 minutes. Oops.
OTOH, his story about the guy who confused the Black Keys with the Black-Eyed Peas was funny.
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Dred Scott just played the Alarm, "Rain in the Summertime"... which will pop up on the 10@10 replay again in about 40 minutes. Oops.
OTOH, his story about the guy who confused the Black Keys with the Black-Eyed Peas was funny.
Yup. He's growing on me.
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Dred Scott just played the Alarm, "Rain in the Summertime"... which will pop up on the 10@10 replay again in about 40 minutes. Oops.
and this morning I woke up to Better Than Ezra's "Good", which AL played in Monday's '95 set.
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Dred Scott just played the Alarm, "Rain in the Summertime"... which will pop up on the 10@10 replay again in about 40 minutes. Oops.
and this morning I woke up to Better Than Ezra's "Good", which AL played in Monday's '95 set.
Perhaps they're trying to get 10@10 to deviate less from what we hear the other 22 hours of the day on the station?
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Dred Scott just played the Alarm, "Rain in the Summertime"... which will pop up on the 10@10 replay again in about 40 minutes. Oops.
and this morning I woke up to Better Than Ezra's "Good", which AL played in Monday's '95 set.
Perhaps they're trying to get 10@10 to deviate less from what we hear the other 22 hours of the day on the station?
sure seems that way.
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Huh, after the new Chili Peppers (yawn), Constantine played Johnny Cash's "Hurt". That's definitely new to KFOG's playlist -- first spin 2011-03-03, and getting spun maybe once or twice a week or so. (Hm, a bunch of times it was after midnight though, so the computer spun it.)
They've also spun "Personal Jesus" a couple of times (well, at 3:51AM, but also during The Morning Show). "Folsom Prison Blues" showed up a bunch of times in January, then a few times since.
Not a bad thing, IMHO. But what's next? "A Girl Named Sue?"
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Huh, after the new Chili Peppers (yawn), Constantine played Johnny Cash's "Hurt". That's definitely new to KFOG's playlist -- first spin 2011-03-03, and getting spun maybe once or twice a week or so. (Hm, a bunch of times it was after midnight though, so the computer spun it.)
They've also spun "Personal Jesus" a couple of times (well, at 3:51AM, but also during The Morning Show). "Folsom Prison Blues" showed up a bunch of times in January, then a few times since.
Not a bad thing, IMHO. But what's next? "A Girl Named Sue?"
That would not be a bad thing in my opinion either. Johnny Cash is country but he's pretty awesome and influential, esp. for songs like "A Boy Named Sue" & they would be served well by playing more by him in addition to the novelty remakes that have been shoved down our throats.
This afternoon they played Enigma's "Return to Innocence." (A frequent request of mine on 10@10, along with Sadeness, that AFAIK never got played. Nobody touched it after the real KKSF bit the dust so its return to the Bay Area airwaves is most welcome. As are the recent semi-frequent spins of "Running Up that Hill." This weekend I heard Portishead's "Sour Times" followed by Depeche Mode's "People is People." Live 105 (and all other stations), take note, this is what radio should sound like.
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Huh, after the new Chili Peppers (yawn), Constantine played Johnny Cash's "Hurt". That's definitely new to KFOG's playlist -- first spin 2011-03-03, and getting spun maybe once or twice a week or so. (Hm, a bunch of times it was after midnight though, so the computer spun it.)
They've also spun "Personal Jesus" a couple of times (well, at 3:51AM, but also during The Morning Show). "Folsom Prison Blues" showed up a bunch of times in January, then a few times since.
Not a bad thing, IMHO. But what's next? "A Girl Named Sue?"
That would not be a bad thing in my opinion either. Johnny Cash is country but he's pretty awesome and influential, esp. for songs like "A Boy Named Sue" & they would be served well by playing more by him in addition to the novelty remakes that have been shoved down our throats.
This afternoon they played Enigma's "Return to Innocence." (A frequent request of mine on 10@10, along with Sadeness, that AFAIK never got played. Nobody touched it after the real KKSF bit the dust so its return to the Bay Area airwaves is most welcome. As are the recent semi-frequent spins of "Running Up that Hill." This weekend I heard Portishead's "Sour Times" followed by Depeche Mode's "People is People." Live 105 (and all other stations), take note, this is what radio should sound like.
The discussion of the inclusion of some serious country artists reminded me of something: Is KFOG still including a token reggae track (no, not a reference to Smoke Two Joints) a couple of times per shift? That's been a hallmark of the KFOG sound pretty much since they flipped from "beautiful music" in '82. I just wonder if Constantine has given that the blade in addition to all the other changes he's enacted.
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The discussion of the inclusion of some serious country artists reminded me of something: Is KFOG still including a token reggae track (no, not a reference to Smoke Two Joints) a couple of times per shift? That's been a hallmark of the KFOG sound pretty much since they flipped from "beautiful music" in '82. I just wonder if Constantine has given that the blade in addition to all the other changes he's enacted.
I still hear Bob and/or Ziggy Marley, although not as often as "a couple of times per shift," more like, "on occasion."
Unless they want to count Sublime... ::)
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The discussion of the inclusion of some serious country artists reminded me of something: Is KFOG still including a token reggae track (no, not a reference to Smoke Two Joints) a couple of times per shift? That's been a hallmark of the KFOG sound pretty much since they flipped from "beautiful music" in '82. I just wonder if Constantine has given that the blade in addition to all the other changes he's enacted.
I still hear Bob and/or Ziggy Marley, although not as often as "a couple of times per shift," more like, "on occasion."
Unless they want to count Sublime... ::)
I heard 2 (count 'em!) '70s tracks in the 6:00 hour: Bowie's "Changes" and then, 10 minutes later the Request-O-rama winner asked for Steely Dan, "My Old School". Sorry, DC.
as to reggae, Marley's stuff counts as '70s too; but it seems more likely you'll hear Bob these days than CSNY or EJ.
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Heard today on KFOG, for the first time (aside from 10@10/specialty programming):
Moby - Natural Blues
Duran Duran - Ordinary World
Morphine - Buena
All of these were on the Renee show who was in for AL.
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Heard today on KFOG, for the first time (aside from 10@10/specialty programming):
Moby - Natural Blues
Duran Duran - Ordinary World
Morphine - Buena
All of these were on the Renee show who was in for AL.
One '90s track I'd love for them to rediscover is Blondie's 1998 comeback, "Maria". KFOG completely ignored it at the time, which was baffling since they still had "Heart of Glass" playing regularly. I seem to recall they also passed on playing a B-52s album, even tho' "Roam" and "Love Shack" were (are?) in regular rotation. So why not play a good new song that sounds like one of their old songs? But they never did. Alice played the hell out of the Blondie track, tho'.
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Sodden thought: Do today's 20- and 30-somethings even listen to the radio very much? Or are they plugged into their iPods/iPhones/whatever? Does the audience that DC is chasing even exist in numbers comparable to that of the boomers he's casting aside?
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Sodden thought: Do today's 20- and 30-somethings even listen to the radio very much? Or are they plugged into their iPods/iPhones/whatever? Does the audience that DC is chasing even exist in numbers comparable to that of the boomers he's casting aside?
This is a topic that is constantly debated on other radio boards and within the business. It is true that boomers DO listen to radio, whereas 20-somethings listen in much smaller numbers. (and all of us who post here, regardless of age, would be considered outliers because we're "radio geeks")
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"If You Haven't Heard KFOG lately... You haven't Heard KFOG!"
Yup, they're actually using that tagline now ::). Heard it just before 6am, and then I was assaulted by Jazn Mrazzzzz, givin' me his bestest.
also heard Duran2's "Ordinary World" in the 6:00 hour.
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They're also playing a LOT of the Dave Matthews catalog... a LOT.
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They're also playing a LOT of the Dave Matthews catalog... a LOT.
Ugh. This is why I listen to the Oldies station!
None of my 20-something friends would even *think* about turning on the radio. It's Grooveshark and Pandora all the way for them. I'm not a fan of Pandora myself, but I do listen to Grooveshark at work. Today I listened to Squeezing Out Sparks. Yesterday I listened to the 9 minute album version of Feels So Good. It's my new favorite thing!
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I'm conducting the following survey on my FB and Google Plus:
Quick survey (although not using FB's Question gadget):
- Do you listen to the radio?
- If so, what station(s)?
- Do you listen to music other ways (CDs, MP3s, Pandora, Spotify, Amazon Cloud Player, Google Music, etc.)?
- Age range: <21, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51+?
Thanks -- it's just for personal knowledge (and discussion on a geeky radio forum I'm in), but I'll be happy to post results.
I agree that you guys are outliers though, so feel free to skip it.
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another observation: when the big switch happened last month, it seemed like they were hitting stuff like Neon Trees, Airborne Toxic Event and "Seven Nation Army" pretty hard. Now its back to being Soccer Mom Central: Sting's "Desert Rose" comes up a LOT, and we're getting John Mayer, Jazn Mrazzzzz and the like.
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I finally heard "Seven Nation Army" tonight! But shortly thereafter, Rob Thomas + Santana's "Smooth". Ugh. And then not two songs later, the some old Matchbox 20. I'm sorry, but I'll take Mr.Az over Rob Thomas any day.
BTW, the song between them? Foster The People's "Pumped Up Kicks", which really, I liked the first 100 times I heard it, but now it is in *HEAVY* rotation on KFOG -- 5 times a day. Damn.
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I finally heard "Seven Nation Army" tonight! But shortly thereafter, Rob Thomas + Santana's "Smooth". Ugh. And then not two songs later, the some old Matchbox 20. I'm sorry, but I'll take Mr.Az over Rob Thomas any day.
BTW, the song between them? Foster The People's "Pumped Up Kicks", which really, I liked the first 100 times I heard it, but now it is in *HEAVY* rotation on KFOG -- 5 times a day. Damn.
"Pumped Up" is a HUGE record at Triple-A, nationally. Despite a lot of teeth-gnashing about the lyrics.
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I finally heard "Seven Nation Army" tonight! But shortly thereafter, Rob Thomas + Santana's "Smooth". Ugh. And then not two songs later, the some old Matchbox 20. I'm sorry, but I'll take Mr.Az over Rob Thomas any day.
BTW, the song between them? Foster The People's "Pumped Up Kicks", which really, I liked the first 100 times I heard it, but now it is in *HEAVY* rotation on KFOG -- 5 times a day. Damn.
"Pumped Up" is a HUGE record at Triple-A, nationally. Despite a lot of teeth-gnashing about the lyrics.
Funny - my wife was telling me what they were about and calling out the bits about "better run", "got my gun", and I had no idea. Whoa!
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Watching the Live+Local Livestream of the KFOG Morning Show from Marin. I love it -- it's like watching sausage being made.
Greg, upon learning that they only ended up with two "talent show" contestants for the MUSE ticket giveaway: "Fuck!"
With Webster trying to decide what to play after Bonnie Raitt's "In The Nick of Time":
Webster: "How about some Neil Young?"
Greg: "Yeah... Oh wait, no, that's too many Golden Oldies in a row. How about Matt Nathanson instead?"
"The Nick of Time" from 1989 is a Golden Oldie now? Hah!
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Also, haha:
Greg: "I haven't gone to the bathroom all day"
Webster: "Yeah, coffee and cold weather..."
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Watching the Live+Local Livestream of the KFOG Morning Show from Marin. I love it -- it's like watching sausage being made.
Greg, upon learning that they only ended up with two "talent show" contestants for the MUSE ticket giveaway: "Fuck!"
With Webster trying to decide what to play after Bonnie Raitt's "In The Nick of Time":
Webster: "How about some Neil Young?"
Greg: "Yeah... Oh wait, no, that's too many Golden Oldies in a row. How about Matt Nathanson instead?"
"The Nick of Time" from 1989 is a Golden Oldie now? Hah!
That is pretty funny, tho' he may have meant the age of the artists rather than the age of their songs. ;)
but it occurred to me that when Dave started 10@10 in '82, they went back, basically, 20 years*, with the occasional "Fifties Friday" just for fun. And today we'll go back 42 years to 1969. So what DC is trying to do isn't exactly radical, to be fair.
* - there's a legendary Morey segue from the early days I read about somewhere: he was doing 1963 and they had a clip of the JFK assassination. Someone was saying "where did the shots come from?" followed immediately by the Drifters singing "up on the roof..." Oh, Dave.
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Had another thought, re: the newly reconfigured KFOG... I wonder if they'll do "A-to-Z" again anytime soon, and what it will sound like if they do.
And what happened to that new Cars album? they didn't exactly play that a whole lot -- safe to say it was a flop?
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Had another thought, re: the newly reconfigured KFOG... I wonder if they'll do "A-to-Z" again anytime soon, and what it will sound like if they do.
And what happened to that new Cars album? they didn't exactly play that a whole lot -- safe to say it was a flop?
FWIW, at the panel back in March DC said he was a huge fan of A-Z and is planning on bring it back.
Yeah, they spun the new Cars for about a month and the dropped it. AFAIK it's the only song added since the DC takeover that's already been dropped (They're still spinning all of the ones he added back in March...Keane ft. K'Naan, Arcade Fire, Amos Lee, Michael Franti "Hey"x3, JJ - From the Clouds). Too bad...IMO it's the best new song from an 80s band since Depeche Mode "Precious" back in 2006. I don't think it's because the Cars are too "old" for the demo as they're still spinning a bunch of their old hits. But it's not just KFOG, the Cars song isn't really getting spun too much anymore nationally. Maybe the record company just decided to pull the plug.
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Had another thought, re: the newly reconfigured KFOG... I wonder if they'll do "A-to-Z" again anytime soon, and what it will sound like if they do.
And what happened to that new Cars album? they didn't exactly play that a whole lot -- safe to say it was a flop?
FWIW, at the panel back in March DC said he was a huge fan of A-Z and is planning on bring it back.
Yeah, they spun the new Cars for about a month and the dropped it. AFAIK it's the only song added since the DC takeover that's already been dropped (They're still spinning all of the ones he added back in March...Keane ft. K'Naan, Arcade Fire, Amos Lee, Michael Franti "Hey"x3, JJ - From the Clouds). Too bad...IMO it's the best new song from an 80s band since Depeche Mode "Precious" back in 2006. I don't think it's because the Cars are too "old" for the demo as they're still spinning a bunch of their old hits. But it's not just KFOG, the Cars song isn't really getting spun too much anymore nationally. Maybe the record company just decided to pull the plug.
...and yet, they're still playing that Snow Patrol song (which was never great in the first place). I'd rather hear Piano Man 5 times a day on Oldies 103.7 than this crap.
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Had another thought, re: the newly reconfigured KFOG... I wonder if they'll do "A-to-Z" again anytime soon, and what it will sound like if they do.
And what happened to that new Cars album? they didn't exactly play that a whole lot -- safe to say it was a flop?
FWIW, at the panel back in March DC said he was a huge fan of A-Z and is planning on bring it back.
Of course in March he was still in "Old KFOG" mode -- not sure if he realized that the current situation would be happening.
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...and yet, they're still playing that Snow Patrol song (which was never great in the first place). I'd rather hear Piano Man 5 times a day on Oldies 103.7 than this crap.
and don't forget Coldplay, "Every Teardrop is Another Piece of Jewelry For Gwynneth"
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...and yet, they're still playing that Snow Patrol song (which was never great in the first place). I'd rather hear Piano Man 5 times a day on Oldies 103.7 than this crap.
Oh no you didn't! >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( ;)
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Had another thought, re: the newly reconfigured KFOG... I wonder if they'll do "A-to-Z" again anytime soon, and what it will sound like if they do.
And what happened to that new Cars album? they didn't exactly play that a whole lot -- safe to say it was a flop?
FWIW, at the panel back in March DC said he was a huge fan of A-Z and is planning on bring it back.
Of course in March he was still in "Old KFOG" mode -- not sure if he realized that the current situation would be happening.
Good point. But I hope the bigwigs realize that there's enough contemporary-ish songs to let DC give A-Z a go. It just better not suck like the 2001 set.
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...and yet, they're still playing that Snow Patrol song (which was never great in the first place). I'd rather hear Piano Man 5 times a day on Oldies 103.7 than this crap.
Oh no you didn't! >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( ;)
Dude. Seriously...this song has a case of whiskey-dick. It tries to get you there, but...ya know.
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One '90s track I'd love for them to rediscover is Blondie's 1998 comeback, "Maria". KFOG completely ignored it at the time, which was baffling since they still had "Heart of Glass" playing regularly. I seem to recall they also passed on playing a B-52s album, even tho' "Roam" and "Love Shack" were (are?) in regular rotation. So why not play a good new song that sounds like one of their old songs? But they never did. Alice played the hell out of the Blondie track, tho'.
Hey my buddy just shared this link on Spotify. Are y'all on it yet?
http://open.spotify.com/track/0qYecMqxYRHsDwcoR6A0rL
The Short Fuses – Maria
Decent cover -- the album name made me laugh though: "How Many Bands Does It Take To Screw Up A Blondie Tribute"
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Damn -- just turned on KFOG in time to hear Dred play the White Stripes' "My Doorbell". That's impressive, ahtellyouwhut.
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Just heard a new one (for KFOG): "Lazy Eye" by Silversun Pickups -- & it was an acoustic version to boot.
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Just turned KFOG on at 8:30... no 10@10 marathon? WTFF??
Per AL on FB, the marathon is no more. :'(
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Just turned KFOG on at 8:30... no 10@10 marathon? WTFF??
Per AL on FB, the marathon is no more. :'(
This effing blows. What next? No 10@10 at all?
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Ugh...this is NOT a good way to start off a Satuday. :(
I've supported most all of the other changes (dumping the LFTA Rerun Sat & Sideshow (which had run its course) in favor of Lost & Found, adding Rockwell & Dred (who's grown on me) and, of course, all the new music) but knocking out the 10@10 marathon is NOT cool.
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Fogheads are PISSED...just look at the KFOG FB page. Could it be enough to reverse the decision?
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Fogheads are PISSED...just look at the KFOG FB page. Could it be enough to reverse the decision?
I'd like to think yes but PDs tend to be my-way-or-the-highway about such things. This is 4 or 5 hours where "reportables" -- current tunes that determine chart postion and so on -- will now get played instead of oldies. Record companies tend to like that. "oo! another 2 spins for Matt Nathanson!"
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Funny: one of the things I said to AL in my exchange with her yesterday was that it was a relief not to be hearing "Sweet Home Alabama" 17 times a week. So I'm in the car just now and I punched up Oldies 103.7 and... guess what they were playing? ::)
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Funny: one of the things I said to AL in my exchange with her yesterday was that it was a relief not to be hearing "Sweet Home Alabama" 17 times a week. So I'm in the car just now and I punched up Oldies 103.7 and... guess what they were playing? ::)
It's "Magic Carpet Ride" that gets me everytime on 103.7. Oh, and they've been playing "Angel of the Morning" a LOT (not that I'm complaining!)
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Oh, and they've been playing "Angel of the Morning" a LOT (not that I'm complaining!)
the Merilee Rush or the Juice Newton?
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I just sent Dennis a spunky email. Maybe too spunky. Hope he replies.
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I think many folks here will find the playlist from KSAN 107.7 FM (The Bone) to their satisfaction. They seemed to have moved more toward the classic rock staples since KFOG made room with this recent move. Yes, the pull out the AC/DC & Def Leppard with regularity, but they're making room for things like Bowie's 'Changes' and U2's 'With or Without You'
chk out their tune playlist: http://ksan.tunegenie.com/
Too bad their morning Deejays are too often a juvenile embarrassment.
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Fogheads are PISSED...just look at the KFOG FB page. Could it be enough to reverse the decision?
I'd like to think yes but PDs tend to be my-way-or-the-highway about such things. This is 4 or 5 hours where "reportables" -- current tunes that determine chart postion and so on -- will now get played instead of oldies. Record companies tend to like that. "oo! another 2 spins for Matt Nathanson!"
Ugh. Suckage. I just posted:
10@10 Marathons = less time for commercials. But I bet Saturday mornings are a pretty low listenership for most stations. So big mistake, because clearly 10@10 was a big draw for the folks here.
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Also, apparently Renee took down a mean post about Irish Greg. Here's the thread:
Funny how you guys took down my critisizm of Irish Greg and your LAME decision to take out Saturdays marathon. So much for KFOG being open for their loyal listeners to express themselves.
Hi Daniel, Renee here, I took down the post of my own volition, um, thought it wasn't very nice. Sorry for sensoring you but I wouldm't want to wake up to read that.
Daniel, I thought your criticism of Greg was harsh as well. You are free to say what you want and think what you want. I know that most people don't realize everything how much he does to make the morning show run.... You may not like him on the air, and that is your opinion. But in terms of everything the show does, he is responsible for TONS of it.
SOOO, I guess I'm not the only Greg ANTI-Fan. Yes Greg may be a EXCELLENT producer but please put his MIC ON MUTE. The morning show can get along fine without his on-air input. Can't comment on what you posted earlier as I didn't see it.
I responded:
No way. Irish Greg often offers a contrarian view to the sometimes overly sunny demeanors of Webster, Renee and Peter. Dave Morey used to provide this balance - a bit of snideness or snark. Without Greg the morning show would definitely be lacking.
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Here's a copy of the email DC sent to a listener who wrote in: (copied from FB)
"I understand your frustration about the decision to eliminate the 10@10 Marathon. This was a decision that was made with a lot of consideration and deliberation. My job as program director is to keep KFOG healthy. KFOG’s weekend ratings are the lowest ratings on the station. I need to be proactive about fixing the problem.
We are currently opening up the KFOG library to play a wider variety and styles of music. The regular music mix has got to be what draws listeners in. It’s like a restaurant that serves an amazing dessert. If people only come in for the dessert and don’t also order dinner, the restaurant would go out of business. Our main course has got to be the attraction.
Thanks for writing. I sincerely hope that you will give us another chance."
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Also, apparently Renee took down a mean post about Irish Greg. Here's the thread:
Funny how you guys took down my critisizm of Irish Greg and your LAME decision to take out Saturdays marathon. So much for KFOG being open for their loyal listeners to express themselves.
Hi Daniel, Renee here, I took down the post of my own volition, um, thought it wasn't very nice. Sorry for sensoring you but I wouldm't want to wake up to read that.
Daniel, I thought your criticism of Greg was harsh as well. You are free to say what you want and think what you want. I know that most people don't realize everything how much he does to make the morning show run.... You may not like him on the air, and that is your opinion. But in terms of everything the show does, he is responsible for TONS of it.
SOOO, I guess I'm not the only Greg ANTI-Fan. Yes Greg may be a EXCELLENT producer but please put his MIC ON MUTE. The morning show can get along fine without his on-air input. Can't comment on what you posted earlier as I didn't see it.
I responded:
No way. Irish Greg often offers a contrarian view to the sometimes overly sunny demeanors of Webster, Renee and Peter. Dave Morey used to provide this balance - a bit of snideness or snark. Without Greg the morning show would definitely be lacking.
This was amusing to me because I just recently became FB-friends with Mr Whittaker. But I agree with Darryl about Irish Greg -- he provides the much-needed crankypants POV. And he learned how to be cranky on the radio from one of the masters, Alex Bennett, when Greg worked at Live 105.
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See Radicals post above. I guess DC is sending out a STANDARD RESPONSE. I received the following email:
"I understand your frustration about the decision to eliminate the 10@10 Marathon. This was a decision that was made with a lot of consideration and deliberation. My job as program director is to keep KFOG healthy. KFOG’s weekend ratings are the lowest ratings on the station. I need to be proactive about fixing the problem.
We are currently opening up the KFOG library to play a wider variety and styles of music. The regular music mix has got to be what draws listeners in. It’s like a restaurant that serves an amazing dessert. If people only come in for the dessert and don’t also order dinner, the restaurant would go out of business. Our main course has got to be the attraction.
Thanks for writing. I sincerely hope that you will give us another chance."
Dennis
Dennis Constantine
Director of Programming
104.5/97.7 KFOG
55 Hawthorne St., Suite 1000
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 995-6902 direct line
Dennis@kfog.com
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See Radicals post above. I guess DC is sending out a STANDARD RESPONSE. I received the following email:
"I understand your frustration about the decision to eliminate the 10@10 Marathon. This was a decision that was made with a lot of consideration and deliberation. My job as program director is to keep KFOG healthy. KFOG’s weekend ratings are the lowest ratings on the station. I need to be proactive about fixing the problem..."
My reply to him:
Hopefully Cumulus doesn't have your personal parts in a vise grip such that you are unable to reverse actions taken...
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Also, apparently Renee took down a mean post about Irish Greg. Here's the thread:
Funny how you guys took down my critisizm of Irish Greg and your LAME decision to take out Saturdays marathon. So much for KFOG being open for their loyal listeners to express themselves.
Hi Daniel, Renee here, I took down the post of my own volition, um, thought it wasn't very nice. Sorry for sensoring you but I wouldm't want to wake up to read that.
Daniel, I thought your criticism of Greg was harsh as well. You are free to say what you want and think what you want. I know that most people don't realize everything how much he does to make the morning show run.... You may not like him on the air, and that is your opinion. But in terms of everything the show does, he is responsible for TONS of it.
SOOO, I guess I'm not the only Greg ANTI-Fan. Yes Greg may be a EXCELLENT producer but please put his MIC ON MUTE. The morning show can get along fine without his on-air input. Can't comment on what you posted earlier as I didn't see it.
I responded:
No way. Irish Greg often offers a contrarian view to the sometimes overly sunny demeanors of Webster, Renee and Peter. Dave Morey used to provide this balance - a bit of snideness or snark. Without Greg the morning show would definitely be lacking.
This was amusing to me because I just recently became FB-friends with Mr Whittaker. But I agree with Darryl about Irish Greg -- he provides the much-needed crankypants POV. And he learned how to be cranky on the radio from one of the masters, Alex Bennett, when Greg worked at Live 105.
I occasionally chatted w Tim Goodman about his kfog appearances and always wanted to know the behind the scenes goings-on in the studio. He said there's tons of activity happening during the show, and Irish Greg has a LOT to do. He said each person has a sort of role to play when it comes to banter.
My feeling is that Greg seems to have settled into a sort of outsider role (he's "Irish", which no one would have ever guessed!) perhaps slightly younger, and unfamiliar-with-some-American-culture role. His questions might come from left field by a little design. Peter Finch's come from who knows where.
I have no problem with removing posts that are mean spirited. Life is too short to take the energy required to post such things.... Oh, hell... Who am i kidding. That's half of what we do here!
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See Radicals post above. I guess DC is sending out a STANDARD RESPONSE. I received the following email:
"I understand your frustration about the decision to eliminate the 10@10 Marathon. This was a decision that was made with a lot of consideration and deliberation. My job as program director is to keep KFOG healthy. KFOG’s weekend ratings are the lowest ratings on the station. I need to be proactive about fixing the problem..."
My reply to him:
Hopefully Cumulus doesn't have your personal parts in a vise grip such that you are unable to reverse actions taken...
Hmmm, I'd say there goes your chance for a personally crafted reply from DC hisself. :o
He's most likely getting tons of complaint emails like the original one you sent, and perhaps quite a few like your follow-up. Of course he can only paste in a standard reply, there's no time to write more. They tally your vote in the "nay" column and go read the next one.
I might just write in saying "I agree with your decision to remove the marathon and the playlist changes..." just to see what he might write back. Could be an invite to come over and meet the wife and kids!
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He's most likely getting tons of complaint emails like the original one you sent, and perhaps quite a few like your follow-up. Of course he can only paste in a standard reply, there's no time to write more. They tally your vote in the "nay" column and go read the next one.
I might just write in saying "I agree with your decision to remove the marathon and the playlist changes..." just to see what he might write back. Could be an invite to come over and meet the wife and kids!
Exactly -- if he's getting tons of emails saying essentially "bring the marathon back," I can't imagine his reply emails could differ too much either (or that he'd make up a different metaphor for each reply -- ha.)
& LOL John...Maybe he has a template (and/or guestlist) for that one too! ;)
In other news...Acoustic Sunrise now stops at 11 :-\
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In other news...Acoustic Sunrise now stops at 11 :-\
Didn't it always? (sorry, I haven't KFOGged on Sunday morning in years.)
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In other news...Acoustic Sunrise now stops at 11 :-\
Didn't it always? (sorry, I haven't KFOGged on Sunday morning in years.)
It used to be until 12. It still starts at 7 so they chopped off an hour. Judging by the # of people who complained about this on FB (0), nobody cares. They also bumped it back an hour in the evenings, from 6-8 to 7-9 (still 2 hours.) Lost & Found also got bumped back an hour. Not sure if they dumped the House of Blues hour which used to be from 11-12, though that I wouldn't miss.
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See Radicals post above. I guess DC is sending out a STANDARD RESPONSE. I received the following email:
"I understand your frustration about the decision to eliminate the 10@10 Marathon. This was a decision that was made with a lot of consideration and deliberation. My job as program director is to keep KFOG healthy. KFOG’s weekend ratings are the lowest ratings on the station. I need to be proactive about fixing the problem..."
My reply to him:
Hopefully Cumulus doesn't have your personal parts in a vise grip such that you are unable to reverse actions taken...
He replied:
"Cumulus had no part of this decision. It was made here at the station."
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See Radicals post above. I guess DC is sending out a STANDARD RESPONSE. I received the following email:
"I understand your frustration about the decision to eliminate the 10@10 Marathon. This was a decision that was made with a lot of consideration and deliberation. My job as program director is to keep KFOG healthy. KFOG’s weekend ratings are the lowest ratings on the station. I need to be proactive about fixing the problem..."
My reply to him:
Hopefully Cumulus doesn't have your personal parts in a vise grip such that you are unable to reverse actions taken...
He replied:
"Cumulus had no part of this decision. It was made here at the station."
Did DC axe 10@10 at KINK and KBCO?
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See Radicals post above. I guess DC is sending out a STANDARD RESPONSE. I received the following email:
"I understand your frustration about the decision to eliminate the 10@10 Marathon. This was a decision that was made with a lot of consideration and deliberation. My job as program director is to keep KFOG healthy. KFOG’s weekend ratings are the lowest ratings on the station. I need to be proactive about fixing the problem..."
My reply to him:
Hopefully Cumulus doesn't have your personal parts in a vise grip such that you are unable to reverse actions taken...
He replied:
"Cumulus had no part of this decision. It was made here at the station."
Did DC axe 10@10 at KINK and KBCO?
I believe DC was long gone from 'BCO by the time Ginger pulled the plug on it. He may not have been there when they started doing it. He was at KINK when it ceased there, but I don't think it ever caught on in a big way with the Portland audience, so it was probably a justifiable decision.
Btw, I still believe that any retraction of the current format adjustments will come not as a result of audience complaints, but from a drop in Arbitron ratings. It may take a couple of months, but if KFOG's numbers drop and stay down, I would not be surprised to see a return to form. Here's hoping anyway. We should see July numbers before too long.
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In other news...Acoustic Sunrise now stops at 11 :-\
Didn't it always? (sorry, I haven't KFOGged on Sunday morning in years.)
It used to be until 12. It still starts at 7 so they chopped off an hour. Judging by the # of people who complained about this on FB (0), nobody cares. They also bumped it back an hour in the evenings, from 6-8 to 7-9 (still 2 hours.) Lost & Found also got bumped back an hour. Not sure if they dumped the House of Blues hour which used to be from 11-12, though that I wouldn't miss.
I noticed that L&F Was still on at 11:15 as I was re-setting the radio before going to sleep... House o'Blues may indeed start at midnight, or it may be gone -- I can't imagine the demos for that are exactly youthful. I used to listen to it quite a bit when it was on at 9:00, then Little Steven came along on the Bone, and then KFOG moved it to 11. The Peak in NYC runs it at 9pm eastern, so I could easily listen at 6pm here.
ETA: per the KFOG website, House O'Blues is now at midnight. But it wouldn't surprise me if they drop it when the current contract expires.
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Just got a suggestion from Facebook that I "friend" a certain PD with the initials DC. ...er, I don't THINK so!
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Btw, I still believe that any retraction of the current format adjustments will come not as a result of audience complaints, but from a drop in Arbitron ratings. It may take a couple of months, but if KFOG's numbers drop and stay down, I would not be surprised to see a return to form. Here's hoping anyway. We should see July numbers before too long.
Well, that didn't take long at all. I just saw the July numbers via a newsletter I get called All Access, and KFOG's overall numbers for July went up to 2.5 from the 2.2 they posted in June, and they jumped from #18 overall to #15. And now they're right behind KUFX instead of 3 spots below, which they were in June. So at least initially, the numbers are supporting DC's change of course. However, these are summer numbers, which some people put less stock in since lots of folks are on vacation. And they cover all listeners 6 years of age and up, rather than the coveted 18-34 demographic.
Here's a link to the page where I got my data. You may have to register and log in to see it, but there's no cost and I don't get bombarded with ads or newsletters I didn't ask for.
http://www.allaccess.com/arbitron#4
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Btw, I still believe that any retraction of the current format adjustments will come not as a result of audience complaints, but from a drop in Arbitron ratings. It may take a couple of months, but if KFOG's numbers drop and stay down, I would not be surprised to see a return to form. Here's hoping anyway. We should see July numbers before too long.
Well, that didn't take long at all. I just saw the July numbers via a newsletter I get called All Access, and KFOG's overall numbers for July went up to 2.5 from the 2.2 they posted in June, and they jumped from #18 overall to #15. And now they're right behind KUFX instead of 3 spots below, which they were in June. So at least initially, the numbers are supporting DC's change of course. However, these are summer numbers, which some people put less stock in since lots of folks are on vacation. And they cover all listeners 6 years of age and up, rather than the coveted 18-34 demographic.
I wouldn't put too much stock into this; it takes a while for (regular, non-radio-geek) people to notice changes like this. Believe me, nobody is texting their friends with "Yo! they just did 2001 on 10@10!". And they've done no advertising about it. But the fact that they're (over-)playing some songs that happen to be Top 40 hits (Matt Nathanson, Adele) might be helping them with the people-meters.
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Btw, I still believe that any retraction of the current format adjustments will come not as a result of audience complaints, but from a drop in Arbitron ratings. It may take a couple of months, but if KFOG's numbers drop and stay down, I would not be surprised to see a return to form. Here's hoping anyway. We should see July numbers before too long.
Well, that didn't take long at all. I just saw the July numbers via a newsletter I get called All Access, and KFOG's overall numbers for July went up to 2.5 from the 2.2 they posted in June, and they jumped from #18 overall to #15. And now they're right behind KUFX instead of 3 spots below, which they were in June. So at least initially, the numbers are supporting DC's change of course. However, these are summer numbers, which some people put less stock in since lots of folks are on vacation. And they cover all listeners 6 years of age and up, rather than the coveted 18-34 demographic.
I wouldn't put too much stock into this; it takes a while for (regular, non-radio-geek) people to notice changes like this. Believe me, nobody is texting their friends with "Yo! they just did 2001 on 10@10!". And they've done no advertising about it. But the fact that they're (over-)playing some songs that happen to be Top 40 hits (Matt Nathanson, Adele) might be helping them with the people-meters.
Kinda. I'd think that a large # of people are so clueless that they don't even know what stations are which format, so they just keep on flipping until they find a song they like. So if KFOG (or any other station) suddenly starts playing more songs they like, then they're going to listen more, and it will help with ratings, despite the fact that they're still probably not going to know what station they heard it on. But, I agree that it's too soon to tell whether or not this means anything -- a single monthyl change of 0.3 is pretty insignificant and still within the margin of error (despite what people on radio-info would tell you). Unless it keeps on going +0.3 for months in a row, of course.
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Everyone knows that they've been spinning the hell out of the Talking Heads in general, but one song in particular -- "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody): --so much that you'd think it was a re-release or something.
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Here's a copy of the email DC sent to a listener who wrote in: (copied from FB)
"I understand your frustration about the decision to eliminate the 10@10 Marathon. This was a decision that was made with a lot of consideration and deliberation. My job as program director is to keep KFOG healthy. KFOG’s weekend ratings are the lowest ratings on the station. I need to be proactive about fixing the problem.
We are currently opening up the KFOG library to play a wider variety and styles of music. The regular music mix has got to be what draws listeners in. It’s like a restaurant that serves an amazing dessert. If people only come in for the dessert and don’t also order dinner, the restaurant would go out of business. Our main course has got to be the attraction.
Thanks for writing. I sincerely hope that you will give us another chance."
On that thread, I extended the already poor analogy:
DC: The 10@10 Marathon and Acoustic Sunrise are the delicious weekend brunches you serve to your loyal customers. Maybe the restaurant isn't always packed, but these customers are there every Saturday and Sunday morning. And when you drop brunch and only decide to serve burgers and fries during that time? Welp, let's see how your business does during that same timeslot.
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=255381541156755&id=107995802561997¬if_t=like
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Re: FB "petitions" and the like.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bring-back-the-KFOG-1010-Marathon/232878156753290
Psh, 51 people? Constantine can easily write those people off if it means more folks with People-Meters will keep it on KFOG when they hear Matt Nathanson and Adele for the umpteenth time on their way to Saturday morning's soccer game.
(And again, I'd like to say for the record that I really like Matt Nathanson and Adele.)
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someone on FB dug up this
puff piece interview with DC from the Peninsula Press Club. Keep in mind it's from May, when he was still adding Jorma Kaukonen to the rotation and trumpeting "Music Hand-Picked By Humans":
http://sfppc.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-kfog-pd-keeps-human-element-in.html
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someone on FB dug up this puff piece interview with DC from the Peninsula Press Club. Keep in mind it's from May, when he was still adding Jorma Kaukonen to the rotation and trumpeting "Music Hand-Picked By Humans":
http://sfppc.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-kfog-pd-keeps-human-element-in.html
To be fair, the new KFOG still sounds like they're doing this (10@10 not withstanding, but even that's not horrible and I'm not convinced that it's not going to be great again). Now the "it's different tracks" are just mostly from the 90s & 00s instead of 80s & 70s. I heard Belly, Morphine, a non-Fall Down/Comedown/Good Intentions/Something's Always Wrong/Walk on the Ocean/All I Want Toad the Wet Sprocket, & Jackie Greene yesterday.
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I sometimes ride to work along the Embarcadero, and today I stopped by the Live and Local remote at the Epic Roasthouse. It's a nice looking restaurant, and they were geared up with free excellent coffee and morning hors d'ouvres (crab cakes with a quail egg, hot beignets, corn waffle w bacon butter and whipped cream, pizza, corn soup, virgin bloody mary shots, little steak empanadas). Score. I missed the band, whoever they were.
Webster, Renée and Peter were there, Irish Greg was back at the studio. (There was one guy from the KFOG promotions department who looks a lot like IG... I kept doing a double take. I think I weirded him out, but then again, they probably get weirded out by most of the fans they meet :) ) I got there right about 9 when they did the Nine O'Clock Pop Quiz, four guys answering trivia questions for Outside Lands tickets. Man, those guys didn't know anything, but one aging hippie came away with the sweet tix after getting one-and-a-half questions correct. Maybe it was the heat of the spotlight.
I spoke to a couple ladies from the Sales Dept. When I dropped the term "Triple A" on them, they were impressed. One, the Sales Mgr or something, said there are only about six AAA station in the country, and we chatted about how hard it was to define that genre, and I told her it seemed like a smart business move, despite the grumbling from the aging hippie demo (hee hee).
I told her how awful The Bone morning jocks were (ETA: Cumulus owns KFOG, The Bone and KNBR), they seemed to agree (silently), but said people love them... Sully, their wacky "Super Producer," was a mere listener years ago, and they used to chat with him on the phone, b/c they loved his laugh. Now he's working with them. Only in America, I tellya.
I asked them about 10@10 marathon and whether it would come back and about the defunct HD 10@10 station. No one bought the HD units, so they dumped it. Sales Mgr Lady told me they have some ideas about the marathon, but wouldn't go into details.
I then said "I can read your mind: you're thinking of a 10@10 internet stream, aren't you?"
She smiled, and I *thought* I was onto something, but of course she could not -- and would not -- tell me either way. But I wonder.... She did say that "listener ideas are often very good.." I told her she could have my online 10@10 stream idea ... for free.
I'm glad there was food and coffee, otherwise WGAF?
ETA: oh, I forgot: they also served something called "Chicken salad," which was a piece of tender chicken breast meat, fried up good and juicy, then served cradled in an endive leaf with a dollop of aioli or something. Delish. The staff there did a great job showing off their menu. Also, frozen cappuccinos!
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TC, loved your summary. There are def more than 6 Triple-A stations in America (jeez there are at least 6 west of the Rockies) but whatevs. I have wondered about a 10@10 internet stream since the Dave era; I think they were thinking about it but then the HD Radio thing came along and they went in that direction (unfortunately). I think if you made each week's shows available for a limited period (2 or 3 weeks would be more than sufficient IMHO) that would make folks quite happy.
[Homer Simpson voice]Mmmmm... bacon butter...[/HSV]
ETA: list of Triple-A's:
http://www.sbrcreative.com/page2_sub.php?id=74
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I sometimes ride to work along the Embarcadero, and today I stopped by the Live and Local remote at the Epic Roasthouse...
Nice report, Tink. Dang, after a busy work week, I was free enough today that I could have dropped by that Live 'N' Local remote, sampled breakfast and talked a little radio with the staff. Thanks for representing, good you gleaned a lil' info. I'm one of their "aging listeners" listening less and less to KFOG the last year or two. Oh I'll check in on 10at10 occasionally as I've enjoy it as original programming that interests me. And its fun to follow the comments on this forum, but honestly, the changes at KFOG aren't enough to keep me listening the rest of the day. Too many other choices out there, either over-air or internet. Good luck to DC and KFOG in maintaining their share of a shrinking pie. Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes. PS- BACON BUTTER this weekend!
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Thanks for the summary! :) I too hope they take up your idea of a 10@10 internet stream. DC has previously alluded to putting the 10@10 channel online. Mike beat me to posting the list of Triple A stations. (There's certainly not as many AAA's as Pop or Hot AC stations...but six? ::)) The food sounded pretty Epic. Crabcakes and steak for breakfast, mmm...
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I went looking thru that list of Triple-A stations, seeing what they play; most are pretty similar. One that interested me was this:
http://www.wehm.com/
they're in the Hamptons and call themselves "progressive radio for Long island" and seem to be doing a nice job of mixing 5 decades of rock (everything from the ubiquitous "Pumped Up Kicks" to Randy Newman's version of "Mama Told Me Not to Come"). Will have to check them out next week.
AL just played "Just Play Music" by B.A.D. as her "33-1/3" track (they're at Outside Brands tonite).
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I went looking thru that list of Triple-A stations, seeing what they play; most are pretty similar. One that interested me was this:
http://www.wehm.com/
they're in the Hamptons and call themselves "progressive radio for Long island" and seem to be doing a nice job of mixing 5 decades of rock (everything from the ubiquitous "Pumped Up Kicks" to Randy Newman's version of "Mama Told Me Not to Come"). Will have to check them out next week.
AL just played "Just Play Music" by B.A.D. as her "33-1/3" track (they're at Outside Brands tonite).
B.A.D was used for one of the trivia questions: "Big Audio Dynamite features a musician from what previous well-known band?"
Hippie guy, the eventual winner, rang in first (actually I think he "clucked" in first, like a chicken, as they all had animal sounds to use instead of a "buzzer").
He said "Oh, The Clash! and the guy is named.... well, Joe Strummer passed away, so it's not him... uhhmmmm..." He couldn't pull the name out (it's Mick Jones, of course), so he only got a half-point of credit.
The other question he answered was "Name at least two bands that Warren Haynes has played in."
Hippie Chicken Guy said "Allman Brothers .. and Further!" but he needed to clarify, so he said "The Dead!" and that was good enough. The other guys were probably like Who the eff is Warren Haynes?
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ETA: oh, I forgot: they also served something called "Chicken salad," which was a piece of tender chicken breast meat, fried up good and juicy, then served cradled in an endive leaf with a dollop of aioli or something. Delish.
OMG. I'm sooo making these for my next party/potluck dish/whatever! I'm gonna use KFC's popcorn chicken, endive and a dollop of a mayonnaise/Sriracha mixture. Sprinkle some chives on top and Bob's yer uncle!
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ETA: oh, I forgot: they also served something called "Chicken salad," which was a piece of tender chicken breast meat, fried up good and juicy, then served cradled in an endive leaf with a dollop of aioli or something. Delish.
OMG. I'm sooo making these for my next party/potluck dish/whatever! I'm gonna use KFC's popcorn chicken, endive and a dollop of a mayonnaise/Sriracha mixture. Sprinkle some chives on top and Bob's yer uncle!
Yum!
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mind-numbing computer training for school this morning prevented me from being able to pay any attention at all to the live event today. I'll be pretty out of the loop from here on out, hope the server keeps running!
:D ;D
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Kind of funny, heard one of those 'hand picked music' commercials this morning, then they played "I Left My Heart in San Francisco!"
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ALw1UeU4L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
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Kind of funny, heard one of those 'hand picked music' commercials this morning, then they played "I Left My Heart in San Francisco!"
That exhausted their '60s limit for the morning ;)
ETA: 20 minutes later we got Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" -- can't say that's not variety.
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This morning Renee played a song by "a band you probably haven't heard in awhile"... it was Soul Asylum, "Runaway Train". Seriously?
and at 9:48 it's the sound of sunshine comin' down for the billionth time.
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Meant to mention that House o'Blooz was back in it's 11pm timeslot this Sun nite; not sure if it was a computer error or if they moved everything back or what.
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Yesterday KFOG was asking Fogheads for the best lyric ever (after NME named the Smiths' "There Is a Light..." as their all-time fave). There was a FB thread about it, and I was delighted that my choice -- the Waterboys' "Whole of the Moon" -- was the one they played this morning.
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I must say I'm pretty impressed by the number of folks who are still (3 weeks later) posting "bring back the marathon" messages on the KFOG FB page.
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For comparison's sake, check out The Peak's "most-played new songs":
http://wxpk.tunegenie.com/tophits/
Quite similar to KFOG; I don't see Superheavy on that list but they *are* playing the new Jayhawks which I haven't heard on KFOG.
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This morning was full of gems: Lightning Seeds "Pure" followed by Nancy Tucker "Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist" (Lol). A bit later, Moby "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" :o One of his best songs off of "Play" but certainly never got the exposure of "South Side" or "Porcelain"...or even "Natural Blues" or "Bodyrock." I don't think I've ever heard it on the radio before, except on college stations. Now, Chumbawamba "Tubthumping."
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Nancy Tucker "Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist" (Lol).
OK, I've never heard that song, or even heard *of* it -- is it new? if it's older, did any station in SF ever play it? Just curious.
Chumbawumba, OTOH, is popping up semi-regularly. I understand playing Triple-A (and Live 105) "hits" from the past 15 years, but playing too many songs that have never been heard in SF before could be a bad idea.
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Nancy Tucker "Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist" (Lol).
OK, I've never heard that song, or even heard *of* it -- is it new? if it's older, did any station in SF ever play it? Just curious.
Chumbawumba, OTOH, is popping up semi-regularly. I understand playing Triple-A (and Live 105) "hits" from the past 15 years, but playing too many songs that have never been heard in SF before could be a bad idea.
This Dred guy is growing on me. Must be that damn ukulele. I still think KFOG is sounding like Alice drenched in patchouli. Ugh, and they just played No Doubt.
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This morning they were gushing over one of the artists on the new "Local Scene" CD, Megan Keely, whose song is "Anymore". (Apparently she accosted Peter at his local coffee place and foisted her audition disc upon him, and to his surprise she was "great") Then they played the song -- easily the most slavishly imitative Feist-alike/Sara Paralysis-wannabe I've yet heard. It was almost like a parody. If I hadn't been in a rush to get out of the house I might've called them up to engage the topic, but really, am I the only one who notices stuff like this? There are 87 of these women at last count, I think.
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Nancy Tucker "Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist" (Lol).
OK, I've never heard that song, or even heard *of* it -- is it new? if it's older, did any station in SF ever play it? Just curious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjnrgmVCieU&feature=related
A caller was trying to figure out what a song about being reminded of their therapist was & rattled off a few lyrics. Then another caller called in and said it was Nancy Tucker. It's from a Dr. Demento CD. KFOG somehow procured a copy of the CD & played the entire 3:16 (I thought they were going to just play a clip.)
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Nancy Tucker "Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist" (Lol).
OK, I've never heard that song, or even heard *of* it -- is it new? if it's older, did any station in SF ever play it? Just curious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjnrgmVCieU&feature=related
A caller was trying to figure out what a song about being reminded of their therapist was & rattled off a few lyrics. Then another caller called in and said it was Nancy Tucker. It's from a Dr. Demento CD. KFOG somehow procured a copy of the CD & played the entire 3:16 (I thought they were going to just play a clip.)
ah, OK. That makes more sense. Altho' it made me wonder if KFOG might dredge up that "David Duchovny, Why Won't You Love me" song. ;)
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Nancy Tucker "Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist" (Lol).
OK, I've never heard that song, or even heard *of* it -- is it new? if it's older, did any station in SF ever play it? Just curious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjnrgmVCieU&feature=related
A caller was trying to figure out what a song about being reminded of their therapist was & rattled off a few lyrics. Then another caller called in and said it was Nancy Tucker. It's from a Dr. Demento CD. KFOG somehow procured a copy of the CD & played the entire 3:16 (I thought they were going to just play a clip.)
ah, OK. That makes more sense. Altho' it made me wonder if KFOG might dredge up that "David Duchovny, Why Won't You Love me" song. ;)
Bree Sharp!!! I love that song. Hits 106 had it in regular rotation back in the day.
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Nancy Tucker "Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist" (Lol).
OK, I've never heard that song, or even heard *of* it -- is it new? if it's older, did any station in SF ever play it? Just curious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjnrgmVCieU&feature=related
A caller was trying to figure out what a song about being reminded of their therapist was & rattled off a few lyrics. Then another caller called in and said it was Nancy Tucker. It's from a Dr. Demento CD. KFOG somehow procured a copy of the CD & played the entire 3:16 (I thought they were going to just play a clip.)
ah, OK. That makes more sense. Altho' it made me wonder if KFOG might dredge up that "David Duchovny, Why Won't You Love me" song. ;)
Bree Sharp!!! I love that song. Hits 106 had it in regular rotation back in the day.
Thanks, I totally blanked on her name. Here in SF Alice played it, dunno who else.
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Is there a bit of tweaking going on? '60s cuts have been few & far between these last 6 weeks, but according to FB, not only did AL play the Beach Boys "Wouldn't it Be Nice?" as her 33-1/3 vinyl cut today, she also played the Beatles' "Two of Us" -- making 2 Fab Four songs in one day, counting "Hey Jude" on 10@10.
Meanwhile, I just heard Fleet Foxes' "Helplessness Blues" which is very S&G to my ears. Me likey.
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once upon a time, radio stations had continuity people to monitor commercials so that competing businesses' spots didn't air adjacent to each other. This morning I heard Geico back-2-back with State Farm. Ooops.
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today's 9 'oclock pop quiz was a 'My Three Songs.' I turned it on just as Roxy Music's Dance Away was ending and the third song, Don Henley's All She Wants To Do Is Dance started. Talk about bad timing.
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today's 9 'oclock pop quiz was a 'My Three Songs.' I turned it on just as Roxy Music's Dance Away was ending and the third song, Don Henley's All She Wants To Do Is Dance started. Talk about bad timing.
did someone predict song 3? I mean if they played 2 "dance" titles and they were giving away Henley tix...
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today's 9 'oclock pop quiz was a 'My Three Songs.' I turned it on just as Roxy Music's Dance Away was ending and the third song, Don Henley's All She Wants To Do Is Dance started. Talk about bad timing.
did someone predict song 3? I mean if they played 2 "dance" titles and they were giving away Henley tix...
yes, the person did guess correctly. But that didn't ease my pain of hearing that DH song.. ;)
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WTF? I thought "Killer Queen" had been banished to the far end of the universe, along with "Rocket Man" and "Sweet Home Alabummer". Yet there it was around 6:15 this morning. Some "adjustments" are clearly taking place.
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Nice that Rosalie is still doing her Acoustic thing on Sundays and is still allowed to play older stuff. Just heard L&M's "To Be Free".
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I've been corresponding with someone who was interested in joining, but for the moment is holding off, trying not to get sucked into the time sink our club can be! He sent along this link, and I feel I've read this article before. I'm sure someone smarter than me will find it right away:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-07-13/entertainment/17173400_1_radio-waves-new-program-director-city-light
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Someone posted on AL's FB page, begging her to play... Matt Nathanson. 'cause, y'know, ya NEVER hear him on KFOG... ::)
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I've been corresponding with someone who was interested in joining, but for the moment is holding off, trying not to get sucked into the time sink our club can be! He sent along this link, and I feel I've read this article before. I'm sure someone smarter than me will find it right away:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-07-13/entertainment/17173400_1_radio-waves-new-program-director-city-light
find what? the date's right there in the link, it's a Ben Fong-Torres piece from 3 years ago. Am I missing something?
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I've been corresponding with someone who was interested in joining, but for the moment is holding off, trying not to get sucked into the time sink our club can be! He sent along this link, and I feel I've read this article before. I'm sure someone smarter than me will find it right away:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-07-13/entertainment/17173400_1_radio-waves-new-program-director-city-light
find what? the date's right there in the link, it's a Ben Fong-Torres piece from 3 years ago. Am I missing something?
maybe he's looking for the "regular" sfgate article? That one listed is the version created to maximize SEO, and what you typically find via a google search.
Here's the standard sfgate version: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/13/PKP111IRJG.DTL
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I've been corresponding with someone who was interested in joining, but for the moment is holding off, trying not to get sucked into the time sink our club can be! He sent along this link, and I feel I've read this article before. I'm sure someone smarter than me will find it right away:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-07-13/entertainment/17173400_1_radio-waves-new-program-director-city-light
find what? the date's right there in the link, it's a Ben Fong-Torres piece from 3 years ago. Am I missing something?
maybe he's looking for the "regular" sfgate article? That one listed is the version created to maximize SEO, and what you typically find via a google search.
Here's the standard sfgate version: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/13/PKP111IRJG.DTL
Sorry, I wasn't getting good results on a search. Sorry to waste space. Maybe someday we'll get another member.
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I've been corresponding with someone who was interested in joining, but for the moment is holding off, trying not to get sucked into the time sink our club can be! He sent along this link, and I feel I've read this article before. I'm sure someone smarter than me will find it right away:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-07-13/entertainment/17173400_1_radio-waves-new-program-director-city-light
find what? the date's right there in the link, it's a Ben Fong-Torres piece from 3 years ago. Am I missing something?
maybe he's looking for the "regular" sfgate article? That one listed is the version created to maximize SEO, and what you typically find via a google search.
Here's the standard sfgate version: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/13/PKP111IRJG.DTL
Sorry, I wasn't getting good results on a search. Sorry to waste space. Maybe someday we'll get another member.
I'll getcha some new members! You have been warned!
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I've been corresponding with someone who was interested in joining, but for the moment is holding off, trying not to get sucked into the time sink our club can be! He sent along this link, and I feel I've read this article before. I'm sure someone smarter than me will find it right away:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-07-13/entertainment/17173400_1_radio-waves-new-program-director-city-light
find what? the date's right there in the link, it's a Ben Fong-Torres piece from 3 years ago. Am I missing something?
maybe he's looking for the "regular" sfgate article? That one listed is the version created to maximize SEO, and what you typically find via a google search.
Here's the standard sfgate version: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/13/PKP111IRJG.DTL
Sorry, I wasn't getting good results on a search. Sorry to waste space. Maybe someday we'll get another member.
I'll getcha some new members! You have been warned!
uh-oh.
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OK, there is definitely tweaking and backtracking going on, music-wise. Shortly before 6am I heard "Love is the Drug" ('75/'76) and at 6:30 they played the Meters' "Cissy Strut" which is not only from '68 but far more obscure to the average twentysomething than anything AL played in last week's 1968 set. And yesterday they responded to an email complaint ("you give away Willie Nelson tix but you never actually, y'know... PLAY him") by letting Fogheads decide which Willie song to play and -- much to my surprise -- the choice was "Pancho & Lefty"!
Oh, and that Kooks song they're playing is like something the Cowsills/Partridges might've recorded way back when.
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Here it is again -- have we ever discussed this "Home" tune that KFOG has been trying to kill by playing it every ten minutes. Kind of a Johnny Cash/June Carter Cash duet homage. I like it, but it's almost reached the "GODDAMMIT QUIT PLAYING THAT!" stage...
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Here it is again -- have we ever discussed this "Home" tune that KFOG has been trying to kill by playing it every ten minutes. Kind of a Johnny Cash/June Carter Cash duet homage. I like it, but it's almost reached the "GODDAMMIT QUIT PLAYING THAT!" stage...
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. I kinda like it and since I don't listen to KFOG all day it hasn't gotten to the "never again" point with me (yet). But it's one of the songs a Foghead was complaining about in an email they read yesterday -- bitching about KFOG playing too much "country"-sounding music. It always amazes me how many rock "purists" who listen to stations like KFOG and The Bone claim to hate country, even tho' they're the same folks who love hearing Skynyrd and the Iggles over and over.
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OK, there is definitely tweaking and backtracking going on, music-wise. Shortly before 6am I heard "Love is the Drug" ('75/'76) and at 6:30 they played the Meters' "Cissy Strut" which is not only from '68 but far more obscure to the average twentysomething than anything AL played in last week's 1968 set. And yesterday they responded to an email complaint ("you give away Willie Nelson tix but you never actually, y'know... PLAY him") by letting Fogheads decide which Willie song to play and -- much to my surprise -- the choice was "Pancho & Lefty"!
Oh, and that Kooks song they're playing is like something the Cowsills/Partridges might've recorded way back when.
Yeah, I was pretty surprised at the Meters cut too. That 'Happy' song was pretty annoying though.
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Just announced on FB: the 10@10 Marathon returns... sorta. As predicted by TC weeks ago, they're gonna throw the wee's shows up onto kfog.com for 7 days, whence they'll be replaced by the following week's shows. Not surprising. Everybody happy now? ;)
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Just announced on FB: the 10@10 Marathon returns... sorta. As predicted by TC weeks ago, they're gonna throw the wee's shows up onto kfog.com for 7 days, whence they'll be replaced by the following week's shows. Not surprising. Everybody happy now? ;)
Actually, this is a somewhat reasonable solution, although I did enjoy listening to the marathon while performing Saturday morning activities. I wonder if the shows will be downloadable? I know Giter Dunn does this already, but that would be cool.
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Just announced on FB: the 10@10 Marathon returns... sorta. As predicted by TC weeks ago, they're gonna throw the wee's shows up onto kfog.com for 7 days, whence they'll be replaced by the following week's shows. Not surprising. Everybody happy now? ;)
Actually, this is a somewhat reasonable solution, although I did enjoy listening to the marathon while performing Saturday morning activities. I wonder if the shows will be downloadable? I know Giter Dunn does this already, but that would be cool.
If I just want to hear old music, I'll play my own collection. One of the big reasons people listen to radio is the communal aspect. Yes, posting the shows assuages a certain aspect, but it's not the same. We shall see.
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Just announced on FB: the 10@10 Marathon returns... sorta. As predicted by TC weeks ago, they're gonna throw the wee's shows up onto kfog.com for 7 days, whence they'll be replaced by the following week's shows. Not surprising. Everybody happy now? ;)
Actually, this is a somewhat reasonable solution, although I did enjoy listening to the marathon while performing Saturday morning activities. I wonder if the shows will be downloadable? I know Giter Dunn does this already, but that would be cool.
If I just want to hear old music, I'll play my own collection. One of the big reasons people listen to radio is the communal aspect. Yes, posting the shows assuages a certain aspect, but it's not the same. We shall see.
It's better than nothing but this is just throwing a bone to everyone that's been kvetching since the marathon went away last month. It negates the whole "collective consciousness" aspect of everyone listening to the same thing at the same time. Sort of like watching a movie at home on Netflix streaming as opposed to going to the theater and sitting in the dark with a bunch of strangers. Nice, but not the same experience. Unless everyone agrees to listen to set 1 at 7am on Saturday, and set 2 at 7:55, and so forth. And I don't see that happening.
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Just announced on FB: the 10@10 Marathon returns... sorta. As predicted by TC weeks ago, they're gonna throw the wee's shows up onto kfog.com for 7 days, whence they'll be replaced by the following week's shows. Not surprising. Everybody happy now? ;)
Actually, this is a somewhat reasonable solution, although I did enjoy listening to the marathon while performing Saturday morning activities. I wonder if the shows will be downloadable? I know Giter Dunn does this already, but that would be cool.
If I just want to hear old music, I'll play my own collection. One of the big reasons people listen to radio is the communal aspect. Yes, posting the shows assuages a certain aspect, but it's not the same. We shall see.
It's better than nothing but this is just throwing a bone to everyone that's been kvetching since the marathon went away last month. It negates the whole "collective consciousness" aspect of everyone listening to the same thing at the same time. Sort of like watching a movie at home on Netflix streaming as opposed to going to the theater and sitting in the dark with a bunch of strangers. Nice, but not the same experience. Unless everyone agrees to listen to set 1 at 7am on Saturday, and set 2 at 7:55, and so forth. And I don't see that happening.
OK, so what's the deal? The way it looks here is that it's being streamed out, like a radio. Are they just going to cycle it all week?
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Just announced on FB: the 10@10 Marathon returns... sorta. As predicted by TC weeks ago, they're gonna throw the wee's shows up onto kfog.com for 7 days, whence they'll be replaced by the following week's shows. Not surprising. Everybody happy now? ;)
Actually, this is a somewhat reasonable solution, although I did enjoy listening to the marathon while performing Saturday morning activities. I wonder if the shows will be downloadable? I know Giter Dunn does this already, but that would be cool.
If I just want to hear old music, I'll play my own collection. One of the big reasons people listen to radio is the communal aspect. Yes, posting the shows assuages a certain aspect, but it's not the same. We shall see.
It's better than nothing but this is just throwing a bone to everyone that's been kvetching since the marathon went away last month. It negates the whole "collective consciousness" aspect of everyone listening to the same thing at the same time. Sort of like watching a movie at home on Netflix streaming as opposed to going to the theater and sitting in the dark with a bunch of strangers. Nice, but not the same experience. Unless everyone agrees to listen to set 1 at 7am on Saturday, and set 2 at 7:55, and so forth. And I don't see that happening.
OK, so what's the deal? The way it looks here is that it's being streamed out, like a radio. Are they just going to cycle it all week?
wait, do you mean if you click on it it starts in the middle somehwere? like it's one big file that repeats? I thought you could choose which sets you wanted to hear. And then each Friday they're replaced by 5 new ones. Frankly, I'm surprised they didn't do this ages ago, or at least once it became apparent that HD radio (and the all-10@10-all-the-time channel they had on HD-2) wasn't gonna fly.
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Just announced on FB: the 10@10 Marathon returns... sorta. As predicted by TC weeks ago, they're gonna throw the wee's shows up onto kfog.com for 7 days, whence they'll be replaced by the following week's shows. Not surprising. Everybody happy now? ;)
Actually, this is a somewhat reasonable solution, although I did enjoy listening to the marathon while performing Saturday morning activities. I wonder if the shows will be downloadable? I know Giter Dunn does this already, but that would be cool.
If I just want to hear old music, I'll play my own collection. One of the big reasons people listen to radio is the communal aspect. Yes, posting the shows assuages a certain aspect, but it's not the same. We shall see.
It's better than nothing but this is just throwing a bone to everyone that's been kvetching since the marathon went away last month. It negates the whole "collective consciousness" aspect of everyone listening to the same thing at the same time. Sort of like watching a movie at home on Netflix streaming as opposed to going to the theater and sitting in the dark with a bunch of strangers. Nice, but not the same experience. Unless everyone agrees to listen to set 1 at 7am on Saturday, and set 2 at 7:55, and so forth. And I don't see that happening.
OK, so what's the deal? The way it looks here is that it's being streamed out, like a radio. Are they just going to cycle it all week?
wait, do you mean if you click on it it starts in the middle somehwere? like it's one big file that reapeats? I thought you could choose which sets you wanted to hear. And then each Friday they're replaced by 5 new ones. Frankly, I'm surprised they didn't do this ages ago, or at least once it became apparent that HD radio (and the all-10@10-all-the-time channel they had on HD-2) wasn't gonna fly.
yeah, right now, it's playing "Creep." (assuming I have the song title correct!)
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Just announced on FB: the 10@10 Marathon returns... sorta. As predicted by TC weeks ago, they're gonna throw the wee's shows up onto kfog.com for 7 days, whence they'll be replaced by the following week's shows. Not surprising. Everybody happy now? ;)
Actually, this is a somewhat reasonable solution, although I did enjoy listening to the marathon while performing Saturday morning activities. I wonder if the shows will be downloadable? I know Giter Dunn does this already, but that would be cool.
If I just want to hear old music, I'll play my own collection. One of the big reasons people listen to radio is the communal aspect. Yes, posting the shows assuages a certain aspect, but it's not the same. We shall see.
It's better than nothing but this is just throwing a bone to everyone that's been kvetching since the marathon went away last month. It negates the whole "collective consciousness" aspect of everyone listening to the same thing at the same time. Sort of like watching a movie at home on Netflix streaming as opposed to going to the theater and sitting in the dark with a bunch of strangers. Nice, but not the same experience. Unless everyone agrees to listen to set 1 at 7am on Saturday, and set 2 at 7:55, and so forth. And I don't see that happening.
OK, so what's the deal? The way it looks here is that it's being streamed out, like a radio. Are they just going to cycle it all week?
wait, do you mean if you click on it it starts in the middle somehwere? like it's one big file that repeats? I thought you could choose which sets you wanted to hear. And then each Friday they're replaced by 5 new ones. Frankly, I'm surprised they didn't do this ages ago, or at least once it became apparent that HD radio (and the all-10@10-all-the-time channel they had on HD-2) wasn't gonna fly.
yeah, right now, it's playing "Creep." (assuming I have the song title correct!)
Hrm. I'm guessing it takes less bandwith, and also costs less, to have one stream that folks log into-and-out-of (like the live on-air stream itself) than to have hundreds of folks starting up their own personal podcast.
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Just announced on FB: the 10@10 Marathon returns... sorta. As predicted by TC weeks ago, they're gonna throw the wee's shows up onto kfog.com for 7 days, whence they'll be replaced by the following week's shows. Not surprising. Everybody happy now? ;)
Actually, this is a somewhat reasonable solution, although I did enjoy listening to the marathon while performing Saturday morning activities. I wonder if the shows will be downloadable? I know Giter Dunn does this already, but that would be cool.
If I just want to hear old music, I'll play my own collection. One of the big reasons people listen to radio is the communal aspect. Yes, posting the shows assuages a certain aspect, but it's not the same. We shall see.
But surely you know that 10@10 is more than just "old music," otherwise it would not have become so popular in the first place. It's also the clips, production & segues. I agree that people listen to the radio for the communal aspect, but that's felt the most @ 10 AM and peters off by 10 PM and even more by the weekend. Streaming still isn't the same but it does seem like a reasonable solution. Of course, it would be even better to have it at 10A, 10P, Weekend, AND online...but I guess that's asking too much by this point.
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Just announced on FB: the 10@10 Marathon returns... sorta. As predicted by TC weeks ago, they're gonna throw the wee's shows up onto kfog.com for 7 days, whence they'll be replaced by the following week's shows. Not surprising. Everybody happy now? ;)
Actually, this is a somewhat reasonable solution, although I did enjoy listening to the marathon while performing Saturday morning activities. I wonder if the shows will be downloadable? I know Giter Dunn does this already, but that would be cool.
If I just want to hear old music, I'll play my own collection. One of the big reasons people listen to radio is the communal aspect. Yes, posting the shows assuages a certain aspect, but it's not the same. We shall see.
But surely you know that 10@10 is more than just "old music," otherwise it would not have become so popular in the first place. It's also the clips, production & segues. I agree that people listen to the radio for the communal aspect, but that's felt the most @ 10 AM and peters off by 10 PM and even more by the weekend. Streaming still isn't the same but it does seem like a reasonable solution. Of course, it would be even better to have it at 10A, 10P, Weekend, AND online...but I guess that's asking too much by this point.
I'm really enjoying listening to 10@10 on a S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y...nite! ;)
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Just announced on FB: the 10@10 Marathon returns... sorta. As predicted by TC weeks ago, they're gonna throw the wee's shows up onto kfog.com for 7 days, whence they'll be replaced by the following week's shows. Not surprising. Everybody happy now? ;)
Actually, this is a somewhat reasonable solution, although I did enjoy listening to the marathon while performing Saturday morning activities. I wonder if the shows will be downloadable? I know Giter Dunn does this already, but that would be cool.
If I just want to hear old music, I'll play my own collection. One of the big reasons people listen to radio is the communal aspect. Yes, posting the shows assuages a certain aspect, but it's not the same. We shall see.
But surely you know that 10@10 is more than just "old music," otherwise it would not have become so popular in the first place. It's also the clips, production & segues. I agree that people listen to the radio for the communal aspect, but that's felt the most @ 10 AM and peters off by 10 PM and even more by the weekend. Streaming still isn't the same but it does seem like a reasonable solution. Of course, it would be even better to have it at 10A, 10P, Weekend, AND online...but I guess that's asking too much by this point.
Sorry, I was exaggerating. Yes, the most intense community is at 10AM, which was part of my life from the very beginning until 6 years ago when I started teaching. Since then, echoes of community do pop in and out at 10 PM, and then on Saturday mornings. Running the stream this way is at least still faintly tied to some simultaneity. Right now, we could all be potentially listening to Bowie's "This is not America!" for what it's worth.
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August ratings are out:
http://www.radio-info.com/markets/san-francisco
very slight uptick for KFOG (2.5 to 2.6). But again, it takes time for the Average Joe to realize that changes are being made, and there's no demographic breakdown available.
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Posted by Dred earlier tonight on the KFOG FB page:
Dred sez: Just a note: We'll be introducing a new nightly feature next Monday that will allow us to go deeper into the KFOG library and use suggestions from Fogheads. Keep watching this space ('cause space is the place)
Hmmm. Possibly an alternative to the 10@10 model that doesn't take up 45+ minutes of airtime?
(Btw, I got a smile out of the Sun Ra reference, not that I *ever* expect to hear that band on KFOG. Rocket number 9, take off for the planet...)
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August ratings are out:
http://www.radio-info.com/markets/san-francisco
very slight uptick for KFOG (2.5 to 2.6). But again, it takes time for the Average Joe to realize that changes are being made, and there's no demographic breakdown available.
But I just noticed the Bone with a 3.5 -- their highest rating ever, I think (or at least in a long long time).
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August ratings are out:
http://www.radio-info.com/markets/san-francisco
very slight uptick for KFOG (2.5 to 2.6). But again, it takes time for the Average Joe to realize that changes are being made, and there's no demographic breakdown available.
But I just noticed the Bone with a 3.5 -- their highest rating ever, I think (or at least in a long long time).
Foghead refugees?
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August ratings are out:
http://www.radio-info.com/markets/san-francisco
very slight uptick for KFOG (2.5 to 2.6). But again, it takes time for the Average Joe to realize that changes are being made, and there's no demographic breakdown available.
But I just noticed the Bone with a 3.5 -- their highest rating ever, I think (or at least in a long long time).
Foghead refugees?
a combination of that and diehard rockers who were Band listeners before the switch to oldies. I honestly never listen to K-FOX so I can't say if they're more mainstream-ish than the Bone (meaning less AC/DC, Dio and Scorpions type stuff).
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I've been tuning in little by little during non-10@10 hours. I must admit, the new format is growing on me. Just heard "Sweet Jane" (VU, not Cowboy Junkies), Muse's "Uprising", as well as Tony Bennett. But, then again, they also played "Don't Speak" and that damn Matt Nathanson song (again).
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I've been tuning in little by little during non-10@10 hours. I must admit, the new format is growing on me. Just heard "Sweet Jane" (VU, not Cowboy Junkies), Muse's "Uprising", as well as Tony Bennett. But, then again, they also played "Don't Speak" and that damn Matt Nathanson song (again).
Tony Bennett seems to be one of the designated "OMG I can't believe they just played that!" songs. If they over-use it it'll become rather silly.
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I've been tuning in little by little during non-10@10 hours. I must admit, the new format is growing on me. Just heard "Sweet Jane" (VU, not Cowboy Junkies), Muse's "Uprising", as well as Tony Bennett. But, then again, they also played "Don't Speak" and that damn Matt Nathanson song (again).
Tony Bennett seems to be one of the designated "OMG I can't believe they just played that!" songs. If they over-use it it'll become rather silly.
Can I assume they're playing only "I Left My Heart..."? If so, it's a pretty obvious attempt to pander to the local audience.
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Posted by Dred earlier tonight on the KFOG FB page:
Dred sez: Just a note: We'll be introducing a new nightly feature next Monday that will allow us to go deeper into the KFOG library and use suggestions from Fogheads. Keep watching this space ('cause space is the place)
Hmmm. Possibly an alternative to the 10@10 model that doesn't take up 45+ minutes of airtime?
(Btw, I got a smile out of the Sun Ra reference, not that I *ever* expect to hear that band on KFOG. Rocket number 9, take off for the planet...)
Here's the scoop on Dred's new joint: KFOG Connected. Sounds sorta like My Three Songs expanded, or maybe the Sounds' 10@10 theme sets.
Dred sez: Fogheads, we've got a new feature for you beginning Monday night - KFOG Connected, a set of tunes connected by a theme, topic, etc. It's a chance for us to dig into the KFOG library, and your suggestions are encouraged. Best suggestion of the day wins concert tickets, etc. Check out this link for more info...Thanks!
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Here it is again -- have we ever discussed this "Home" tune that KFOG has been trying to kill by playing it every ten minutes. Kind of a Johnny Cash/June Carter Cash duet homage. I like it, but it's almost reached the "GODDAMMIT QUIT PLAYING THAT!" stage...
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. I kinda like it and since I don't listen to KFOG all day it hasn't gotten to the "never again" point with me (yet). But it's one of the songs a Foghead was complaining about in an email they read yesterday -- bitching about KFOG playing too much "country"-sounding music. It always amazes me how many rock "purists" who listen to stations like KFOG and The Bone claim to hate country, even tho' they're the same folks who love hearing Skynyrd and the Iggles over and over.
Here it is again -- have we ever discussed this "Home" tune that KFOG has been trying to kill by playing it every ten minutes. Kind of a Johnny Cash/June Carter Cash duet homage. I like it, but it's almost reached the "GODDAMMIT QUIT PLAYING THAT!" stage...
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. I kinda like it and since I don't listen to KFOG all day it hasn't gotten to the "never again" point with me (yet). But it's one of the songs a Foghead was complaining about in an email they read yesterday -- bitching about KFOG playing too much "country"-sounding music. It always amazes me how many rock "purists" who listen to stations like KFOG and The Bone claim to hate country, even tho' they're the same folks who love hearing Skynyrd and the Iggles over and over.
Love "Home", and luckily it hasn't reached the overplayed/saturation point for me... YET. Yes, people who hate country music clearly don't know their history. Oof.
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And yesterday they responded to an email complaint ("you give away Willie Nelson tix but you never actually, y'know... PLAY him") by letting Fogheads decide which Willie song to play and -- much to my surprise -- the choice was "Pancho & Lefty"!
This happens *ALL THE TIME* (giving away tickets to artists that don't get any airplay). Drives me crazy.
[Oh man, I thought I knew "Pancho & Lefty" as a Bonnie Raitt cover, but I was actually thinking of her tune "Papa Come Quick (Jody and Chico)". Ooops, other song featuring a Gringo and Mexican name. :-}]
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And yesterday they responded to an email complaint ("you give away Willie Nelson tix but you never actually, y'know... PLAY him") by letting Fogheads decide which Willie song to play and -- much to my surprise -- the choice was "Pancho & Lefty"!
This happens *ALL THE TIME* (giving away tickets to artists that don't get any airplay). Drives me crazy.
[Oh man, I thought I knew "Pancho & Lefty" as a Bonnie Raitt cover, but I was actually thinking of her tune "Papa Come Quick (Jody and Chico)". Ooops, other song featuring a Gringo and Mexican name. :-}]
Pancho & Lefty was written by Townes Van Zant, but Willie and Merle Haggard did the version that everyone knows. Emmylou has done it as well; that may be the version you're thinking of.
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And yesterday they responded to an email complaint ("you give away Willie Nelson tix but you never actually, y'know... PLAY him") by letting Fogheads decide which Willie song to play and -- much to my surprise -- the choice was "Pancho & Lefty"!
This happens *ALL THE TIME* (giving away tickets to artists that don't get any airplay). Drives me crazy.
[Oh man, I thought I knew "Pancho & Lefty" as a Bonnie Raitt cover, but I was actually thinking of her tune "Papa Come Quick (Jody and Chico)". Ooops, other song featuring a Gringo and Mexican name. :-}]
Pancho & Lefty was written by Townes Van Zant, but Willie and Merle Haggard did the version that everyone knows. Emmylou has done it as well; that may be the version you're thinking of.
Thanks, I YouTubed it, and sadly, I'm not familiar with the song at all. Again, my knowledge is pretty shallow.
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Just announced on FB: the 10@10 Marathon returns... sorta. As predicted by TC weeks ago, they're gonna throw the wee's shows up onto kfog.com for 7 days, whence they'll be replaced by the following week's shows. Not surprising. Everybody happy now? ;)
Actually, this is a somewhat reasonable solution, although I did enjoy listening to the marathon while performing Saturday morning activities. I wonder if the shows will be downloadable? I know Giter Dunn does this already, but that would be cool.
If I just want to hear old music, I'll play my own collection. One of the big reasons people listen to radio is the communal aspect. Yes, posting the shows assuages a certain aspect, but it's not the same. We shall see.
It's better than nothing but this is just throwing a bone to everyone that's been kvetching since the marathon went away last month. It negates the whole "collective consciousness" aspect of everyone listening to the same thing at the same time. Sort of like watching a movie at home on Netflix streaming as opposed to going to the theater and sitting in the dark with a bunch of strangers. Nice, but not the same experience. Unless everyone agrees to listen to set 1 at 7am on Saturday, and set 2 at 7:55, and so forth. And I don't see that happening.
Just tuned in the Marathon stream for the first time, right at the end of last Monday's 88 set, so am now listening to '98 from the beginning. I like that the ads are limited to a brief Mattress Discounters promo read by AL, but I'm kinda not digging the fidelity. It sounds a bit more midrangey and compressed than the regular stream, and there's a little more hiss, too. I'll have to try it on my phone & see if it's Android-compatible or not.
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Just tuned in the Marathon stream for the first time, right at the end of last Monday's 88 set, so am now listening to '98 from the beginning. I like that the ads are limited to a brief Mattress Discounters promo read by AL, but I'm kinda not digging the fidelity. It sounds a bit more midrangey and compressed than the regular stream, and there's a little more hiss, too. I'll have to try it on my phone & see if it's Android-compatible or not.
as i commented last week, it must be a pretty cheap thing to do it this way (as an endlessly-repeating loop), rather than posting, say each set as an individual podcast that is individually accessable -- like WFUV does with Scelsa & Crenshaw and KPFA does with their shows. Dunno how that impacts the fidelity but it may be a factor.
frankly, since the new DC guidelines have come into play, I haven't even been listening to the PM replay much less the marathon. It's rare these days that AL does a set that I can't wait to hear again.
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Just tuned in the Marathon stream for the first time, right at the end of last Monday's 88 set, so am now listening to '98 from the beginning. I like that the ads are limited to a brief Mattress Discounters promo read by AL, but I'm kinda not digging the fidelity. It sounds a bit more midrangey and compressed than the regular stream, and there's a little more hiss, too. I'll have to try it on my phone & see if it's Android-compatible or not.
as i commented last week, it must be a pretty cheap thing to do it this way (as an endlessly-repeating loop), rather than posting, say each set as an individual podcast that is individually accessable -- like WFUV does with Scelsa & Crenshaw and KPFA does with their shows. Dunno how that impacts the fidelity but it may be a factor.
frankly, since the new DC guidelines have come into play, I haven't even been listening to the PM replay much less the marathon. It's rare these days that AL does a set that I can't wait to hear again.
That's pretty much the case with me as well. I only get one or two chances a week to tune in at 10am for the live show, and most nights at 10pm I'd much rather be heading off to bed than sitting by the computer. No diss to AL, but the pool of songs she's being compelled to draw from just aren't as interesting to me overall, even though, as commented earlier, she's doing her best to make the sets as unique as possible. This must really be hard on her own creativity though.
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I'll have to try it on my phone & see if it's Android-compatible or not.
Does Android support Flash? Apparently the stream is RTMP-encrypted. I asked the guys that provide the station directory for my Internet Radio (Livio Pandora Radio -- I won it.), and he replied:
Sadly we're unable to add the station right now to issues with the RTMP streaming protocol used by some sites that provide flash-based players, which is proprietary to Adobe, and as such is not currently supported by our radios.
Oh, but on Facebook either Annalisa or somebody else from KFOG noted the difficulties people were having listening on their iPhones (of course), and said that they were looking into making the stream work on other devices (meaning iPhones). But that's good, because we know iPhones don't do Flash, so hopefully they'll end up doing something more widely compatible.
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Pleasantly surprised that DC just played The Style Council's "Long Hot Summer"...all seven minutes of it! Odd, considering it's something he'd probably have a conniption over if AL played it on 10@10.
Ugh. Here's "Closing Time" again...
<buzzkill>
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Posted by Dred earlier tonight on the KFOG FB page:
Dred sez: Just a note: We'll be introducing a new nightly feature next Monday that will allow us to go deeper into the KFOG library and use suggestions from Fogheads. Keep watching this space ('cause space is the place)
Hmmm. Possibly an alternative to the 10@10 model that doesn't take up 45+ minutes of airtime?
(Btw, I got a smile out of the Sun Ra reference, not that I *ever* expect to hear that band on KFOG. Rocket number 9, take off for the planet...)
Here's the scoop on Dred's new joint: KFOG Connected. Sounds sorta like My Three Songs expanded, or maybe the Sounds' 10@10 theme sets.
Dred sez: Fogheads, we've got a new feature for you beginning Monday night - KFOG Connected, a set of tunes connected by a theme, topic, etc. It's a chance for us to dig into the KFOG library, and your suggestions are encouraged. Best suggestion of the day wins concert tickets, etc. Check out this link for more info...Thanks!
it premieres tonite at 8:
Monday's (September 12th) connection is: Connection. (Songs related to the topic of connection. What else would you expect for night number one?)
You can win tickets to see Gomez and Devotchka at the Mountain Winery on September 30th.
Email your suggestions or post them online at KFOG’s Facebook Page.
Can I assume we'll hear Stereo MCs? As of 7:30 there were exactly 2 suggestions on FB: "Thank You" by Dido and Radio Nowhere" by Brooooce. Hrm.
ETA: yup, Dred started with "Connected" followed by "Connection" (Stones) and "There is a Light That Never Goes Out" -- so it's an electrical connection, I guess. (I'd've followed the Stones song with "Waiting For my Man", but I guess that's not the, er, connection direction Dred wanted to go in.) In any case, the feature itself is indeed "My 3 Songs" in reverse; Dred gives you the connection and you make the suggestions.
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Another semi-backtrack: this afternoon KFOG played the version of M&S's "Little Lion Man" with the f-bomb. This was followed by Airborne Toxic Event "Changing" & Moby's "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad"...KFOG was sure on a roll. But, then they blew it next with screamy Jet that we heard on 10@10 today.
KFOG's commercial for "Friends with Benefits" is probably the most risque thing I've heard on the station. I can imagine it's going after the younger demo.
Was in Colo. this weekend & got to listen to KBCO -- now THAT is one snoozy AAA station. Maybe I'm just spoiled with the new KFOG, but I don't even remember the "old" KFOG being that bland, just repetitive. The afternoons were especially painful. It didn't sound like a real station with a real flow, it sounded more like an iPod on random with the most overplayed AAA currents & recurrents. Ginger did no help in making things interesting either, in fact it seemed like her voiceovers were also part of the shuffle (and her voice was a little too gruff to be coming from someone called "Ginger," methinks...)
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Another semi-backtrack: this afternoon KFOG played the version of M&S's "Little Lion Man" with the f-bomb.
That's funny because I heard them play "Creep" over the weekend and it was the "so very special" version rather than the usual bleeped/backward-masked "fucking" version.
Was in Colo. this weekend & got to listen to KBCO -- now THAT is one snoozy AAA station. Maybe I'm just spoiled with the new KFOG, but I don't even remember the "old" KFOG being that bland, just repetitive. The afternoons were especially painful. It didn't sound like a real station with a real flow, it sounded more like an iPod on random with the most overplayed AAA currents & recurrents. Ginger did no help in making things interesting either, in fact it seemed like her voiceovers were also part of the shuffle (and her voice was a little too gruff to be coming from someone called "Ginger," methinks...)
I've always suspected that Ginger is, um, a "big-boned gal" as k.d. lang would say. She did a fine 10@10 back when 'BCO was on my radar. Shame they discontinued it.
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This AM KFOG played that "If you haven't heard KFOG lately.. you haven't heard KFOG!" clip and followed it with... Matt Nathanson's "Faster" for about the 3 billionth time. Talk about poorly timed.
Unless you're a soccer mom.
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If I heard Sublime singing about having something for Pancho's punk-ass one more time I may go postal.
and that song by The Dirty Heads is seriously ripping off a Jack Johnson melody, innit?
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The first three themes for "KFOG Connected":
Connections
Jimi Hendrix
Superman
I thought I liked the idea...but this is going nowhere fast. Sounds like 10@10 Theme set rejects. :-\
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The first three themes for "KFOG Connected":
Connections
Jimi Hendrix
Superman
I thought I liked the idea...but this is going nowhere fast. Sounds like 10@10 Theme set rejects. :-\
You know what's going to happen, right? "Dred, you're on fire!"
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The first three themes for "KFOG Connected":
Connections
Jimi Hendrix
Superman
I thought I liked the idea...but this is going nowhere fast. Sounds like 10@10 Theme set rejects. :-\
You know what's going to happen, right? "Dred, you're on fire!"
Dayum, Swellegant - You're on fire today! :P
Hey, was that you who suggested The Kinks for the Superman theme? Thought I heard your name.
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The first three themes for "KFOG Connected":
Connections
Jimi Hendrix
Superman
I thought I liked the idea...but this is going nowhere fast. Sounds like 10@10 Theme set rejects. :-\
You know what's going to happen, right? "Dred, you're on fire!"
Dayum, Swellegant - You're on fire today! :P
Hey, was that you who suggested The Kinks for the Superman theme? Thought I heard your name.
I'll take the fifth.
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Hope all the '80s Gurls were listening this morning: a caller mentioned that Edwin Sharpe's "Home" reminded them of Haysee Fantaysee's "Shiny Shiny" and after a Foghead insta-poll they actually played that ditty.
Which begs the question: why is it OK to play an obscurity like that in the middle of the Morning Show but 10@10 has to be blanded-out? It does not compute.
Meanwhile, the Cumulus/Citadel merger got final FCC approval:
http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2285956&spid=24698
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Pleasantly surprised that DC just played The Style Council's "Long Hot Summer"...all seven minutes of it! Odd, considering it's something he'd probably have a conniption over if AL played it on 10@10.
Hope all the '80s Gurls were listening this morning: a caller mentioned that Edwin Sharpe's "Home" reminded them of Haysee Fantaysee's "Shiny Shiny" and after a Foghead insta-poll they actually played that ditty.
Which begs the question: why is it OK to play an obscurity like that in the middle of the Morning Show but 10@10 has to be blanded-out? It does not compute.
LOL - yeah I woke up about 5 seconds before they started playing Shiny Shiny. I've noticed the Morning Show & DC (& everyone else) throwing in songs like that into the mix fairly frequently these days (vs. the 10@10 thing too.) A lot of these "new" obscure golds that they're throwing into the mix have appeared too in recent 10@10's. To be fair though, it's not like 10@10 is completely blanded out. We were just really spoiled when AL came up with like 5-8 or more bustouts/rarities per show and now we're down to like 1-2, sometimes 3. Maybe they're trying to "smooth" things out, for now. Get people used to hearing the same variation of obscure songs in most dayparts. They do have a different flavor, though. For instance, the morning show obscurities are often extremely goofy (like that one and the "Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist" song.) It does keep things more interesting in the A.M.
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And another thing: I can't remember so many agressively obnoxious commercials on KFOG at one time. First there was that Sun-gevity commercial -- not the ones with Peter Finch but the one with the loud annoying guy who sounded like Jesse Ventura, screaming about how he hates the environment. I actually complained about that one on the KFOG FB-page and those spots disappeared shortly thereafter.
Right now those ads for HGTV flooring/carpeting ("is this Bee?" "No it's Dee!" "oh hi Dee -- it's Me!") are mind-numbingly stupid, and those hot-sauce spots with the little old lady who "puts that s**t on everything"... good lord, those are the "WTF?" of the year.
ETA: some Googling reveals that hot sauce commercial (Frank's, as it turns out) has been around for 3 YEARS! First time it's being heard in SF if I'm not mistaken.
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The first three themes for "KFOG Connected":
Connections
Jimi Hendrix
Superman
I thought I liked the idea...but this is going nowhere fast. Sounds like 10@10 Theme set rejects. :-\
You know what's going to happen, right? "Dred, you're on fire!"
Dayum, Swellegant - You're on fire today! :P
Hey, was that you who suggested The Kinks for the Superman theme? Thought I heard your name.
Tonite's theme is "Johnny". Just... "Johnny"
I suggested Julie Brown, "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" ;)
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Pleasantly surprised that DC just played The Style Council's "Long Hot Summer"...all seven minutes of it! Odd, considering it's something he'd probably have a conniption over if AL played it on 10@10.
Hope all the '80s Gurls were listening this morning: a caller mentioned that Edwin Sharpe's "Home" reminded them of Haysee Fantaysee's "Shiny Shiny" and after a Foghead insta-poll they actually played that ditty.
Which begs the question: why is it OK to play an obscurity like that in the middle of the Morning Show but 10@10 has to be blanded-out? It does not compute.
LOL - yeah I woke up about 5 seconds before they started playing Shiny Shiny. I've noticed the Morning Show & DC (& everyone else) throwing in songs like that into the mix fairly frequently these days (vs. the 10@10 thing too.) A lot of these "new" obscure golds that they're throwing into the mix have appeared too in recent 10@10's. To be fair though, it's not like 10@10 is completely blanded out. We were just really spoiled when AL came up with like 5-8 or more bustouts/rarities per show and now we're down to like 1-2, sometimes 3. Maybe they're trying to "smooth" things out, for now. Get people used to hearing the same variation of obscure songs in most dayparts. They do have a different flavor, though. For instance, the morning show obscurities are often extremely goofy (like that one and the "Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist" song.) It does keep things more interesting in the A.M.
OMG. They actually played "Shiny, Shiny"?? What?!
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The first three themes for "KFOG Connected":
Connections
Jimi Hendrix
Superman
I thought I liked the idea...but this is going nowhere fast. Sounds like 10@10 Theme set rejects. :-\
You know what's going to happen, right? "Dred, you're on fire!"
Dayum, Swellegant - You're on fire today! :P
Hey, was that you who suggested The Kinks for the Superman theme? Thought I heard your name.
I suggested Julie Brown, "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" ;)
LOVE "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" Can't recall the last time I heard that. Can't imagine ever hearing that on KFOG.
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The first three themes for "KFOG Connected":
Connections
Jimi Hendrix
Superman
I thought I liked the idea...but this is going nowhere fast. Sounds like 10@10 Theme set rejects. :-\
You know what's going to happen, right? "Dred, you're on fire!"
Dayum, Swellegant - You're on fire today! :P
Hey, was that you who suggested The Kinks for the Superman theme? Thought I heard your name.
I suggested Julie Brown, "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" ;)
LOVE "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" Can't recall the last time I heard that. Can't imagine ever hearing that on KFOG.
I do believe Dave played itin a "novelty tunes" set. I didn't think of FYC's "Johnny Come Home" until it was too late.
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The first three themes for "KFOG Connected":
Connections
Jimi Hendrix
Superman
I thought I liked the idea...but this is going nowhere fast. Sounds like 10@10 Theme set rejects. :-\
You know what's going to happen, right? "Dred, you're on fire!"
Dayum, Swellegant - You're on fire today! :P
Hey, was that you who suggested The Kinks for the Superman theme? Thought I heard your name.
I suggested Julie Brown, "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" ;)
LOVE "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" Can't recall the last time I heard that. Can't imagine ever hearing that on KFOG.
I do believe Dave played itin a "novelty tunes" set. I didn't think of FYC's "Johnny Come Home" until it was too late.
"Johnny Are You Queer?" is a shoo-in. Well, in my mind at least.
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FYI, Dred's "connection" tonite is the Battle of the Sexes. Someone suggested Harry Bellafonte's version of "Man Smart, Woman Smarter"; if he plays that (and not the Robert Palmer cover) I'll be gobsmacked.
The Peak has a similar feature (with longer hair): The Peak's "Off-Peak", a listener suggestion for a song not often heard on the radio (but still within format), inspired perhaps by a news story or local happening. I'm convinced the Peak and KFOG are being consulted by the same company.
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... and those hot-sauce spots with the little old lady who "puts that s**t on everything"... good lord, those are the "WTF?" of the year.
ETA: some Googling reveals that hot sauce commercial (Frank's, as it turns out) has been around for 3 YEARS! First time it's being heard in SF if I'm not mistaken.
Damn I hate those Frank's commercials. Reminds me that I need to complain about them. I know they're not the demographic, but I don't need my kids to hear that s___t. ;-}
There were also some super-obnoxious FOX commercials a while back.
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Mmm, Joan Osborne singing Dar Williams' "The One Who Knows" along with her, live in the KFOG Playspace right now.
I'm recording it if anybody is interested. (Did anybody get Belle Brigade on tape, perchance?)
Dar said it was like winning one of those radio contests, but instead of having the DJ recording your answering machine message, she gets to have Joan sing her song. Very cute. Can't wait to see them tomorrow night.
[I know you guys are more 10@10 Fans, but I love Acoustic Sunrise & Sunset, and Rosalie is just great. Super-nice in person, too.]
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Mmm, Joan Osborne singing Dar Williams' "The One Who Knows" along with her, live in the KFOG Playspace right now.
I'm recording it if anybody is interested. (Did anybody get Belle Brigade on tape, perchance?)
Dar said it was like winning one of those radio contests, but instead of having the DJ recording your answering machine message, she gets to have Joan sing her song. Very cute. Can't wait to see them tomorrow night.
[I know you guys are more 10@10 Fans, but I love Acoustic Sunrise & Sunset, and Rosalie is just great. Super-nice in person, too.]
Sweet harmonies on "Comfortably Numb" right now. Dar's performed with Ani DiFranco, but she's got Joan and male voice (maybe guitarist or the guy on Rhodes) and it's really nice.
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... and those hot-sauce spots with the little old lady who "puts that s**t on everything"... good lord, those are the "WTF?" of the year.
ETA: some Googling reveals that hot sauce commercial (Frank's, as it turns out) has been around for 3 YEARS! First time it's being heard in SF if I'm not mistaken.
Damn I hate those Frank's commercials. Reminds me that I need to complain about them. I know they're not the demographic, but I don't need my kids to hear that s___t. ;-}
There were also some super-obnoxious FOX commercials a while back.
You may not remember but 20 years ago KFOG had (in addition to "no-repeat workdays") a policy about not airing loud obnoxious commercials. Imagine radio sales guys turning down an account from ANYONE these days.
I gotta believe the same parents who have bitched about the lyrics to "Pumped-up Kicks" cannot be at all pleased with those Frank's spots.
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... and those hot-sauce spots with the little old lady who "puts that s**t on everything"... good lord, those are the "WTF?" of the year.
ETA: some Googling reveals that hot sauce commercial (Frank's, as it turns out) has been around for 3 YEARS! First time it's being heard in SF if I'm not mistaken.
Damn I hate those Frank's commercials. Reminds me that I need to complain about them. I know they're not the demographic, but I don't need my kids to hear that s___t. ;-}
There were also some super-obnoxious FOX commercials a while back.
You may not remember but 20 years ago KFOG had (in addition to "no-repeat workdays") a policy about not airing loud obnoxious commercials. Imagine radio sales guys turning down an account from ANYONE these days.
I gotta believe the same parents who have bitched about the lyrics to "Pumped-up Kicks" cannot be at all pleased with those Frank's spots.
Nobody else complains about Pumped Up Kicks?
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Mmm, Joan Osborne singing Dar Williams' "The One Who Knows" along with her, live in the KFOG Playspace right now.
I'm recording it if anybody is interested. (Did anybody get Belle Brigade on tape, perchance?)
Dar said it was like winning one of those radio contests, but instead of having the DJ recording your answering machine message, she gets to have Joan sing her song. Very cute. Can't wait to see them tomorrow night.
[I know you guys are more 10@10 Fans, but I love Acoustic Sunrise & Sunset, and Rosalie is just great. Super-nice in person, too.]
I didn't catch said performances but I must concur that the live in the KFOG playspace performances (4P many weekdays) are great! I have to give props to DC for deciding to air these.
Also, I just heard (not live) "Sweet Disposition" by The Temper Trap - a HUGE (almost too huge, in fact) alternative hit of the electro variety from '09 that also got spun on a few AAA stations (not KFOG, except when they were doing new music nights.)
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Amazingly there are *still* Fogheads posting on the KFOG FB-page asking "what happened to the Saturday 10@10 Marathon??" Proof that change (and improved ratings/demographics) takes time.
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Was in the car at 8:00 for Dred's "Connected". Tonite's theme was Walking. Predictably we got "Walking on the Moon" and "Walk on the Wild Side" but sandwiched between was Isaac Hayes' "Walk on By" (!) and even tho' it was the 45 edit... well played, Mr Scott.
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They just played Tony Bennet's new duet w Amy Winehouse, Body and Soul.
Of course, the on-air staff has to do qualify it both as a real exception to the rule and yet hold it up as an example of a diverse playlist. Webster says "Not something you normally hear on KFOG. What did you think, Peter?"
"I ... liked it, good to hear. Not sure we'll be playing it all that often, though."
Greg simply said "I liked it. It's good."
She sounds a lot like Billie Holiday on the track. what's not to like?
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apparently KFOG has finally decided to add Superheavy, the Jagger/Marley/Stone/etc collab. Only about 2 months behind every other Triple-A in the country. ;)
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apparently KFOG has finally decided to add Superheavy, the Jagger/Marley/Stone/etc collab. Only about 2 months behind every other Triple-A in the country. ;)
Have they officially? I know they're playing it today because it's New Music Thursday, but I don't see it in their regular playlist. This is one new song that I don't mind not hearing, though. It doesn't look like it ever got significant play on more than half of the AAA stations, to boot...
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apparently KFOG has finally decided to add Superheavy, the Jagger/Marley/Stone/etc collab. Only about 2 months behind every other Triple-A in the country. ;)
Have they officially? I know they're playing it today because it's New Music Thursday, but I don't see it in their regular playlist. This is one new song that I don't mind not hearing, though. It doesn't look like it ever got significant play on more than half of the AAA stations, to boot...
Well, as far as I can tell today was the first time they played it (and they did a FB posting about it), and I know it was getting played on stations like the Peak and WEHM, and it seemed to be doing well on the Triple_A chart a month ago. I've heard it a couple times and it's not bad; woulda been right up KFOG's alley a year ago.
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check THIS out: posted on the radio-info board regarding the Cumulus/Citadel merger...
VP/Programming Mike McVay led a conference call late this afternoon with more than 500 Cumulus managers and programmers on the line, and outlined the systems being put in place for "the new Cumulus."
Music programming will come from a suggested list. The degree to which programmers can deviate depends on their "designated leeway," which will presumably be based primarily on market size.
All contracts with programming consultants will be severed immediately.
Programmers will have to make "good arguments" if they choose not to carry Citadel Media-supplied programming.
Format Managers will be appointed, and programmers are being encouraged to apply for those posts.
All communications with trade publications will come from Atlanta; individual employees are not permitted to talk to the trades.
A dress code has been implemented: no blue jeans, flip-flops, piercings or exposed tattoos.
:o :o :o
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apparently KFOG has finally decided to add Superheavy, the Jagger/Marley/Stone/etc collab. Only about 2 months behind every other Triple-A in the country. ;)
Have they officially? I know they're playing it today because it's New Music Thursday, but I don't see it in their regular playlist. This is one new song that I don't mind not hearing, though. It doesn't look like it ever got significant play on more than half of the AAA stations, to boot...
Well, as far as I can tell today was the first time they played it (and they did a FB posting about it), and I know it was getting played on stations like the Peak and WEHM, and it seemed to be doing well on the Triple_A chart a month ago. I've heard it a couple times and it's not bad; woulda been right up KFOG's alley a year ago.
They've played it a few times on previous new music Thursdays. IIRC it got into the 20-25 range, maybe 15-20, so it probably still would not have been up KFOG's alley a year ago because that was when they only added songs that reached the Top 5 (Although, it's possible that it might have been their one-song-per-year that made it, like Pete Yorn "Last Summer") ;)
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check THIS out: posted on the radio-info board regarding the Cumulus/Citadel merger...
VP/Programming Mike McVay led a conference call late this afternoon with more than 500 Cumulus managers and programmers on the line, and outlined the systems being put in place for "the new Cumulus."
Music programming will come from a suggested list. The degree to which programmers can deviate depends on their "designated leeway," which will presumably be based primarily on market size.
All contracts with programming consultants will be severed immediately.
Programmers will have to make "good arguments" if they choose not to carry Citadel Media-supplied programming.
Format Managers will be appointed, and programmers are being encouraged to apply for those posts.
All communications with trade publications will come from Atlanta; individual employees are not permitted to talk to the trades.
A dress code has been implemented: no blue jeans, flip-flops, piercings or exposed tattoos.
:o :o :o
Welcome to the machine.
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check THIS out: posted on the radio-info board regarding the Cumulus/Citadel merger...
VP/Programming Mike McVay led a conference call late this afternoon with more than 500 Cumulus managers and programmers on the line, and outlined the systems being put in place for "the new Cumulus."
Music programming will come from a suggested list. The degree to which programmers can deviate depends on their "designated leeway," which will presumably be based primarily on market size.
All contracts with programming consultants will be severed immediately.
Programmers will have to make "good arguments" if they choose not to carry Citadel Media-supplied programming.
Format Managers will be appointed, and programmers are being encouraged to apply for those posts.
All communications with trade publications will come from Atlanta; individual employees are not permitted to talk to the trades.
A dress code has been implemented: no blue jeans, flip-flops, piercings or exposed tattoos.
:o :o :o
Welcome to the machine.
Flip-flop free radio! It's about time.
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Flip-flop free radio! It's about time.
bwahahaha! I just HATE having to listen to deejays with piercings and tats.
But seriously, I wonder how much "designated leeway" DC will have, muscially -- sounds like he's been doing pre-emptive micro-managing to me.
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Flip-flop free radio! It's about time.
bwahahaha! I just HATE having to listen to deejays with piercings and tats.
But seriously, I wonder how much "designated leeway" DC will have, muscially -- sounds like he's been doing pre-emptive micro-managing to me.
Being as he's in SF (which is what, the #3 market?) I'd assume he'd have more than most. But given what we've gotten from him so far, I can't say that's going to help much.
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apparently KFOG has finally decided to add Superheavy, the Jagger/Marley/Stone/etc collab. Only about 2 months behind every other Triple-A in the country. ;)
Have they officially? I know they're playing it today because it's New Music Thursday, but I don't see it in their regular playlist. This is one new song that I don't mind not hearing, though. It doesn't look like it ever got significant play on more than half of the AAA stations, to boot...
Well, as far as I can tell today was the first time they played it (and they did a FB posting about it), and I know it was getting played on stations like the Peak and WEHM, and it seemed to be doing well on the Triple_A chart a month ago. I've heard it a couple times and it's not bad; woulda been right up KFOG's alley a year ago.
They've played it a few times on previous new music Thursdays. IIRC it got into the 20-25 range, maybe 15-20, so it probably still would not have been up KFOG's alley a year ago because that was when they only added songs that reached the Top 5 (Although, it's possible that it might have been their one-song-per-year that made it, like Pete Yorn "Last Summer") ;)
My data (increasingly suspect, as KFOG's "now playing" widgets are not so reliable) confirms that it's been confined to the New Music Thursday ghetto except for a few Saturdays spins on 8/20 and 9/3. Perhaps they're a little looser with the playlist on the weekends when ratings are already low.
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Flip-flop free radio! It's about time.
bwahahaha! I just HATE having to listen to deejays with piercings and tats.
But seriously, I wonder how much "designated leeway" DC will have, muscially -- sounds like he's been doing pre-emptive micro-managing to me.
Being as he's in SF (which is what, the #3 market?) I'd assume he'd have more than most. But given what we've gotten from him so far, I can't say that's going to help much.
Ehh...I think DC has made KFOG (not counting 10 at 10, sadly) is as awesome as it's ever been, at least in recent years. I want to say that for the most part DC knows what he's doing. He is familiar with how these companies work. Some "pre-emptive micro-managing" may not be bad if it prevents Cumulus from noticing too much and laying on the big stick later.
He is capable of making the station sound good. Remember when we were all gobsmacked on a daily basis? I can't imagine someone throwing in Nils Lofgren or Jonah Kormakouen (sp?) just to pat us on the head. We're still hearing a bunch of "different" songs, they're just newer. (The Moodswings/Chrissie Hynde song still makes the occasional appearance, for instance.) & Lost & Found was a pretty awesome choice to replace the dead horse formerly known as the side show.
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In honor of the Folsom Street Fair, Dred is doing "Whips and Leather" for tonight's connected.
By the way, an artist that Swellegant requests during 1996 years (Billie Ray Martin) is going to be one of this year's performers...
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In honor of the Folsom Street Fair, Dred is doing "Whips and Leather" for tonight's connected.
By the way, an artist that Swellegant requests during 1996 years (Billie Ray Martin) is going to be one of this year's performers...
Maybe DC will hear her perform and order AL to make BRM to be a Katrina from here on out!
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heard a little of Lost and Found last night and this 70s pop nugget caught my ear. The notes are accurate: "...(dated) melodic pop-rock." some here will def diggit!
Song: Give Me What I Cry For
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV-wQzDOtIk
Artist: Chris Rainbow, Scotland
http://www.myspace.com/chrisrainbow
Album: The Anthology 1974 - 1981, 2001
Notes: Overly dramatic but extremely harmonic and most rewarding pop gem from ultra-melodic '70s singer-songwriter/keyboardist - who was also frequent lead singer with the unfashionable Alan Parsons Project in the '80s. Great anthology if you like this kind of (dated) melodic pop-rock.
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Ok, so KFOG is playing Mayer Hawthorne's retro-soul "The Walk"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heP_p4eQ2wc
But they won't play Raphael Saddiq or Eli "Paperboy" Reed?
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Holee crap! Just heard Blondie's "11:59" as part of tonight's Connected.
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Holee crap! Just heard Blondie's "11:59" as part of tonight's Connected.
yes, it was a good one:
Cheap Trick - Clock Strikes Ten
The Vogues - Five O'Clock World
Blondie - 11:59
U2 - 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
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Holee crap! Just heard Blondie's "11:59" as part of tonight's Connected.
yes, it was a good one:
Cheap Trick - Clock Strikes Ten
The Vogues - Five O'Clock World
Blondie - 11:59
U2 - 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
Amazing that Dred has more freedom than AL!
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Holee crap! Just heard Blondie's "11:59" as part of tonight's Connected.
yes, it was a good one:
Cheap Trick - Clock Strikes Ten
The Vogues - Five O'Clock World
Blondie - 11:59
U2 - 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
Wow, four songs, none of which would be close to Katrina status. In fact, I'm guessing not more than a couple have ever received a 10@10 spin.
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Holee crap! Just heard Blondie's "11:59" as part of tonight's Connected.
yes, it was a good one:
Cheap Trick - Clock Strikes Ten
The Vogues - Five O'Clock World
Blondie - 11:59
U2 - 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
Wow, four songs, none of which would be close to Katrina status. In fact, I'm guessing not more than a couple have ever received a 10@10 spin.
My guess is only one of them has: the U2 tune. The other three, bustouts all.
ETA: Yep, the Shraytabase confirms it.
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I've mentioned before that The Peak seems to be consulted by the same people who consult KFOG (even tho' KFOG denies using consultants). Now they apparently ahve a "Connected" type feature too -- their moring woman Caroline Corley posts on FB:
"I'm thinking about a "Caroline's Connection" -- songs by bands that mention OTHER bands in their lyrics. Example: "I need TV when I got T-Rex" a lyric from All the Young Dudes by Mott The Hoople. Got another?"
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It's been mentioned, but yeah, these commercials are a definite downgrade from what we used to hear. Case in point: This Walgreens commercial.
And when has "Barely Breathing" been played on KFOG?
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And when has "Barely Breathing" been played on KFOG?
I'd've sworn they played it back when it was current. But not lately.
KFOG's new slogan: "Train, INXS and REM: we put that shit on everything!"
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And when has "Barely Breathing" been played on KFOG?
I'd've sworn they played it back when it was current. But not lately.
KFOG's new slogan: "Train, INXS and REM: we put that shit on everything!"
To be fair, I did like the Kent Brockman intro.
Five straight hours of KFOG today - and that is enough until I drive to the ferry Monday.
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And when has "Barely Breathing" been played on KFOG?
I'd've sworn they played it back when it was current. But not lately.
KFOG's new slogan: "Train, INXS and REM: we put that shit on everything!"
To be fair, I did like the Kent Brockman intro.
I heard a Principal Skinner thing this morning -- Guess they got Harry Shearer to do a bunch of sounders for them.
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This Mat Kearney "Hey Mama" thing is like a white Michael Franti ripoff.
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This Mat Kearney "Hey Mama" thing is like a white Michael Franti ripoff.
Not "is like," just "is." ;) Or even better, a Michael Franti rip off of a Black Eyed Peas rip off.
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Dred's "Connected" connection tonight is "feel the burn" (for Bryan Ferry tickets).
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Dred's "Connected" connection tonight is "feel the burn" (for Bryan Ferry tickets).
thanks, I sent him a couple suggestions.... fingers crossed!
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Dred's "Connected" connection tonight is "feel the burn" (for Bryan Ferry tickets).
thanks, I sent him a couple suggestions.... fingers crossed!
He just posted on FB, after a bunch of "fire" related suggestions, that he is looking specifically for "burn-type songs" tonight. FYI and best of luck to ya! Posted a couple of suggestions on the KFOG page, myself...
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Congratulations sundaygal! Just heard your name on the radio! :)
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Congratulations sundaygal! Just heard your name on the radio! :)
Thanks Rad! (Sorry TC)
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Congratulations sundaygal! Just heard your name on the radio! :)
Thanks Rad! (Sorry TC)
wow, awesome! congrats!
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Congratulations sundaygal! Just heard your name on the radio! :)
Thanks Rad! (Sorry TC)
wow, awesome! congrats!
Woo Hoo!
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I notice that they're suddenly running promos for KNBR -- somebody's worried about 95.7 The Game?
And I loved the Foghead emails telling Peter to stop calling Occupy Wall Street an "anti-capitalism" protest. He finally relented and agreed not to call it that.
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And I loved the Foghead emails telling Peter to stop calling Occupy Wall Street an "anti-capitalism" protest. He finally relented and agreed not to call it that.
reason number 482 why I do not go to KFOG for news or commentary.
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Dred's "Connected" connection tonight is "feel the burn" (for Bryan Ferry tickets).
thanks, I sent him a couple suggestions.... fingers crossed!
He just posted on FB, after a bunch of "fire" related suggestions, that he is looking specifically for "burn-type songs" tonight. FYI and best of luck to ya! Posted a couple of suggestions on the KFOG page, myself...
so what did the set sound like?
Their tunegenie feature doesn't log "Connection" sets. I guess the tunegenie doesn't get along with hand-picked music.
I wrote Dred an email that went on about how AWESOME Both Ends Burning was, b/c, you know, Bryan Ferry and all that. dang, off the mark and not a burn song.
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And I loved the Foghead emails telling Peter to stop calling Occupy Wall Street an "anti-capitalism" protest. He finally relented and agreed not to call it that.
reason number 482 why I do not go to KFOG for news or commentary.
It's been a while since I ragged on Peter, but seriously, it's a rare morning that I don't hear him make some glaring mistake (and I only listen from 5:30 to 7!). And his new "bubblier" persona (is it my imagination, or is DC telling everyone to smile?) is rather annoying at times.
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Dred's "Connected" connection tonight is "feel the burn" (for Bryan Ferry tickets).
thanks, I sent him a couple suggestions.... fingers crossed!
He just posted on FB, after a bunch of "fire" related suggestions, that he is looking specifically for "burn-type songs" tonight. FYI and best of luck to ya! Posted a couple of suggestions on the KFOG page, myself...
so what did the set sound like?
Their tunegenie feature doesn't log "Connection" sets. I guess the tunegenie doesn't get along with hand-picked music.
I wrote Dred an email that went on about how AWESOME Both Ends Burning was, b/c, you know, Bryan Ferry and all that. dang, off the mark and not a burn song.
October 5: Feel the Burn
"Burnin' and Lootin'," Bob Marley & the Wailers
"Burning House of Love," X (my pick)
"Both Ends Burning," Roxy Music
I think he's choosing a Roxy/Ferry song everyday this week to base the connection on (hence the concert tix). I'll post tonight's connection clue as soon as I hear it. Good luck to yous guys!
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Dred sez: sometimes it feels like the world is coming apart, so tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be...TOGETHERNESS.
Suggest your favorite togetherness-related songs; you could win tickets to see Bryan Ferry(!) at the Fox Theater in Oakland on October 14th. You can leave your suggestions here or via email dredscott@kfog.com okay, get it together!
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Dred's "Connected" connection tonight is "feel the burn" (for Bryan Ferry tickets).
thanks, I sent him a couple suggestions.... fingers crossed!
He just posted on FB, after a bunch of "fire" related suggestions, that he is looking specifically for "burn-type songs" tonight. FYI and best of luck to ya! Posted a couple of suggestions on the KFOG page, myself...
so what did the set sound like?
Their tunegenie feature doesn't log "Connection" sets. I guess the tunegenie doesn't get along with hand-picked music.
I wrote Dred an email that went on about how AWESOME Both Ends Burning was, b/c, you know, Bryan Ferry and all that. dang, off the mark and not a burn song.
October 5: Feel the Burn
"Burnin' and Lootin'," Bob Marley & the Wailers
"Burning House of Love," X (my pick)
"Both Ends Burning," Roxy Music
I think he's choosing a Roxy/Ferry song everyday this week to base the connection on (hence the concert tix). I'll post tonight's connection clue as soon as I hear it. Good luck to yous guys!
I feel a little better knowing that my pick was already on the agenda.
He's obviously rewarding good judgement, taste and originality. No wonder you won, SG. (btw, I think I'm free that night of the concert, whenever it is! :) :) :)
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Dred sez: sometimes it feels like the world is coming apart, so tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be...TOGETHERNESS.
Suggest your favorite togetherness-related songs; you could win tickets to see Bryan Ferry(!) at the Fox Theater in Oakland on October 14th. You can leave your suggestions here or via email dredscott@kfog.com okay, get it together!
I see that someone chose the obvious again before I could:
What about Bryan Ferry's version of "Let's Stick Together"?
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Dred sez: sometimes it feels like the world is coming apart, so tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be...TOGETHERNESS.
Suggest your favorite togetherness-related songs; you could win tickets to see Bryan Ferry(!) at the Fox Theater in Oakland on October 14th. You can leave your suggestions here or via email dredscott@kfog.com okay, get it together!
I see that someone chose the obvious again before I could:
What about Bryan Ferry's version of "Let's Stick Together"?
Anyone suggest Primal Scream's "Come Together" or Strokes' "Alone, Together"? Oh, there's always ye olde chestnut, "Someday We'll Be Together". Just some suggestions!
I've offered the other ticket to Lattegirl (I owe her big time for helping me out with my auction). She's gonna check her schedule...if she can't go, you're next on the list! Hey, wait...do you have a car? Tandem bicycle?? :P
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Dred sez: sometimes it feels like the world is coming apart, so tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be...TOGETHERNESS.
Suggest your favorite togetherness-related songs; you could win tickets to see Bryan Ferry(!) at the Fox Theater in Oakland on October 14th. You can leave your suggestions here or via email dredscott@kfog.com okay, get it together!
I see that someone chose the obvious again before I could:
What about Bryan Ferry's version of "Let's Stick Together"?
Anyone suggest Primal Scream's "Come Together" or Strokes' "Alone, Together"? Oh, there's always ye olde chestnut, "Someday We'll Be Together". Just some suggestions!
I've offered the other ticket to Lattegirl (I owe her big time for helping me out with my auction). She's gonna check her schedule...if she can't go, you're next on the list! Hey, wait...do you have a car? Tandem bicycle?? :P
well, that would be too super cool, but LG should go with you!
I don't have a car (I do car shares or rent), but I would def get one if needed. or steal an extra bike.
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Dred sez: sometimes it feels like the world is coming apart, so tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be...TOGETHERNESS.
Suggest your favorite togetherness-related songs; you could win tickets to see Bryan Ferry(!) at the Fox Theater in Oakland on October 14th. You can leave your suggestions here or via email dredscott@kfog.com okay, get it together!
I see that someone chose the obvious again before I could:
What about Bryan Ferry's version of "Let's Stick Together"?
Requested as a proxy for RG Mike: "Walk The Dinosaur", Was (Not Was).
EDIT: Oh snap, did I completely miss the point? Or did I?
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Dred sez: sometimes it feels like the world is coming apart, so tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be...TOGETHERNESS.
Suggest your favorite togetherness-related songs; you could win tickets to see Bryan Ferry(!) at the Fox Theater in Oakland on October 14th. You can leave your suggestions here or via email dredscott@kfog.com okay, get it together!
I see that someone chose the obvious again before I could:
What about Bryan Ferry's version of "Let's Stick Together"?
Requested as a proxy for RG Mike: "Walk The Dinosaur", Was (Not Was).
EDIT: Oh snap, did I completely miss the point? Or did I?
Missed the point... but Dred Scott was good enough to write back. I'll take some sleeping pills and hopefully tomorrow I'll no longer be Sandra Ramirez.
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Dred sez: sometimes it feels like the world is coming apart, so tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be...TOGETHERNESS.
Suggest your favorite togetherness-related songs; you could win tickets to see Bryan Ferry(!) at the Fox Theater in Oakland on October 14th. You can leave your suggestions here or via email dredscott@kfog.com okay, get it together!
I see that someone chose the obvious again before I could:
What about Bryan Ferry's version of "Let's Stick Together"?
Requested as a proxy for RG Mike: "Walk The Dinosaur", Was (Not Was).
EDIT: Oh snap, did I completely miss the point? Or did I?
Missed the point... but Dred Scott was good enough to write back. I'll take some sleeping pills and hopefully tomorrow I'll no longer be Sandra Ramirez.
Dayum! I hope one of you requested this fab Suede song! Hell yeah! This last song sounds like Jefferson Airplane.
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eek: "Hey There Delilah" on the morning show 2 days in a row.
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eek: "Hey There Delilah" on the morning show 2 days in a row.
and 90 mins later I heard it on KOIT at the dentist's office. ::)
And I forget who was asking about "since when does KFOG play Duncan Shiek?" but The Peak also has "Barely Breathing" in rotay.
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Tonight's Connected: In honor of Fleet Week, Dred would like a song each pertaining to Deep & blue & sea. For Bryan Ferry tix.
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Tonight's Connected: In honor of Fleet Week, Dred would like a song each pertaining to Deep & blue & sea. For Bryan Ferry tix.
He could play Deep Blue Something and kill 2 birds with one song.
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Tonight's Connected: In honor of Fleet Week, Dred would like a song each pertaining to Deep & blue & sea. For Bryan Ferry tix.
He could play Deep Blue Something and kill 2 birds with one song.
So far:
Peter Murphy - Deep Ocean, Vast Sea (OMG #1)
Roxy Music - Out of the Blue (Live) (OMG #2)
The Who - Sea and Sand (Holee crap, makes #3)
Nice.
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In the car just now on the way home from Ides of March and KFOG played Bowie's "I am a DJ" which surely has never been in rotation and maybe has been heard on 10@10 once or twice in the last 10 years. Impressive.
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In the car just now on the way home from Ides of March and KFOG played Bowie's "I am a DJ" which surely has never been in rotation and maybe has been heard on 10@10 once or twice in the last 10 years. Impressive.
And Sat morning just before 9: Joan Armatrading, "Love & Affection" -- why do I feel like DC can't make up his mind what demo he's targeting?
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In the car just now on the way home from Ides of March and KFOG played Bowie's "I am a DJ" which surely has never been in rotation and maybe has been heard on 10@10 once or twice in the last 10 years. Impressive.
And Sat morning just before 9: Joan Armatrading, "Love & Affection" -- why do I feel like DC can't make up his mind what demo he's targeting?
If he's fallen into the trap of being all things to all demographics, he will undoubtedly fail.
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New feature on AL's show at 3pm daily: the "Cloud Cover" -- she plays a cover version and you have to tell her who did the orig, for a prize. Not sure if this replaces "33-1/3" or is in addition to.
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eek: a new(er) RHCPs tune -- well, anything's better than "
Typhoid Rain Dance Mary" but seriously, they've been recycling the same 2 melodies for the last 20 years and their lyrics are atrocious.
"when the Ramones sang 'we're out there having fun/in the warm California sun', they must've been singing about Redding!" -- er, NO, Webster, they definitely were not. ::)
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"Renee Joins Webster for KFOG afternoons!" says the banner on the website -- WTF? She's doing traffic twice a day? They want more women listeners? Wha?
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"Renee Joins Webster for KFOG afternoons!" says the banner on the website -- WTF? She's doing traffic twice a day? They want more women listeners? Wha?
Wouldn't that be a long-ass workday for her?
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"Renee Joins Webster for KFOG afternoons!" says the banner on the website -- WTF? She's doing traffic twice a day? They want more women listeners? Wha?
Wouldn't that be a long-ass workday for her?
This morning Webster did the traffic/music news thang on the 5:40 loooong newscast; at first i thought Renee was off but she showed up at 6. I think she used to come in at 4 (like Peter & Greg) but that still a lengthy day. Unless they're shopping for a new morning traffic person?
ETA: AL confirms on FB that Renee is working a split shift: 6-9 with Webster & co and then 4-7 with DC. Were they using MetroTraffic in the afternoons prior to this? I say bring back Larry "Bubbles" Brown -- he was a hoot doing traffic on Live 105. "Traffic on 101 is moving slower than a PowerBar thru my colon!"
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New feature on AL's show at 3pm daily: the "Cloud Cover" -- she plays a cover version and you have to tell her who did the orig, for a prize. Not sure if this replaces "33-1/3" or is in addition to.
She just played Aztec Camera's great version of "Jump"!
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New feature on AL's show at 3pm daily: the "Cloud Cover" -- she plays a cover version and you have to tell her who did the orig, for a prize. Not sure if this replaces "33-1/3" or is in addition to.
She just played Aztec Camera's great version of "Jump"!
they played William Orbit's "Water From a Vine Leaf" yesterday at about 6 PM
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The cloud cover probably replaces 33 1/3 since I haven't remembered hearing it the past few weeks. Could be wrong though. 33 1/3 was nice but I wouldn't really miss it. I remember when she used to give prizes away during her 3 songs, which disappeared during 33 1/3. Now, she's once again giving away prizes during the 3:00 hour. Is the 7:00-something PM quiz still happening, or did that get replaced by Connected?
It does seem strange (Mike mentioned too) that Dred has more creative freedom on Connected now than AL at 10@10. I have half a mind to ask DC why that is, but I'm kind of afraid he'll dumb down Connected too if I do that.
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Tonight's Connected connection is family.
ETA: Missed the first one (two?), but heard "Family Affair" and "We're a Happy Family" (which won the tix.)
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I really do like this Mayer Hawthorne retro-soul thing "The Walk", tho' if they can play white hipster-doofuses doing this kinda stuff they really oughta play Rafael Saddiq.
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I wouldn't mind the Mayer Hawthorne song except I'm tired of retro/cutesie/folksy/etc-sounding songs with expletives thrown in just for kicks. (Cee-Lo Green, Mumford & Sons)
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Tonight's Connected is about MONEY. Someone better request the B-52's "Legal Tender"...and quick! Perfect song. For Noah and the Whale tix. (Who?)
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Tonight's Connected is about MONEY. Someone better request the B-52's "Legal Tender"...and quick! Perfect song. For Noah and the Whale tix. (Who?)
They do that "L.i.f.e.g.o.e.s.o.n." song. The kids are all singin' it!
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Tonight's Connected is about MONEY. Someone better request the B-52's "Legal Tender"...and quick! Perfect song. For Noah and the Whale tix. (Who?)
Requested "Legal Tender."
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Tonight's Connected is about MONEY. Someone better request the B-52's "Legal Tender"...and quick! Perfect song. For Noah and the Whale tix. (Who?)
Requested "Legal Tender."
I see RG requested Simply Ginger Red. Good luck to both of yous! I'm hoping he doesn't play (an AL fave) The Flying Lizards. Never have to hear that one again.
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Tonight's Connected is about MONEY. Someone better request the B-52's "Legal Tender"...and quick! Perfect song. For Noah and the Whale tix. (Who?)
Requested "Legal Tender."
I see RG requested Simply Ginger Red. Good luck to both of yous! I'm hoping he doesn't play (an AL fave) The Flying Lizards. Never have to hear that one again.
I'd request Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice" ("Got mah mind on my money and my money on mah mind") if there were even the slightest chance I could actually use the tickets.
There's a cover of that song by an Austin band called the Gourds that'd work for the Cloud Cover feature too.
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Tonight's Connected is about MONEY. Someone better request the B-52's "Legal Tender"...and quick! Perfect song. For Noah and the Whale tix. (Who?)
Requested "Legal Tender."
Holee crap! It's on right now! "Walked into the bank, tried to pass that trash..."
The Brains - "Money Changes Everything"
Monty Python - "The Money Song"
10cc - "Wall Street Shuffle"
B-52's - "Legal Tender"
....and a Swellegant shout-out from Dred! I was wondering how you pronounced your surname.
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Congratulations Swellegant on getting Noah & the Whale Tix! :) (We're starting to becoming popular with Dred...)
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Tonight's Connected is about MONEY. Someone better request the B-52's "Legal Tender"...and quick! Perfect song. For Noah and the Whale tix. (Who?)
Requested "Legal Tender."
Holee crap! It's on right now! "Walked into the bank, tried to pass that trash..."
The Brains - "Money Changes Everything"
Monty Python - "The Money Song"
10cc - "Wall Street Shuffle"
B-52's - "Legal Tender"
....and a Swellegant shout-out from Dred! I was wondering how you pronounced your surname.
I guess I owe you one!
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Tonight's Connected is about MONEY. Someone better request the B-52's "Legal Tender"...and quick! Perfect song. For Noah and the Whale tix. (Who?)
Requested "Legal Tender."
Holee crap! It's on right now! "Walked into the bank, tried to pass that trash..."
The Brains - "Money Changes Everything"
Monty Python - "The Money Song"
10cc - "Wall Street Shuffle"
B-52's - "Legal Tender"
....and a Swellegant shout-out from Dred! I was wondering how you pronounced your surname.
I guess I owe you one!
I just had a feeling, ya know? :)
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Dred sez: things are tough all over, so we're going to provide some creative relief. Tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... HARD TIMES (for Noah and the Whale tix again).
RG's Simply Red suggestion from yesterday could work again today! The one that comes to my mind is The Message by Grandmaster Flash.
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Dred sez: things are tough all over, so we're going to provide some creative relief. Tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... HARD TIMES (for Noah and the Whale tix again).
RG's Simply Red suggestion from yesterday could work again today! The one that comes to my mind is The Message by Grandmaster Flash.
countdown to someone suggesting the Kinks' "Low Budget" in 3... 2...
Some Gil Scott-Heron song would surely fit in. A rat done bit mah sistah Nell!
James McMurtry's "We Can't Make it Here Anymore" would be good.
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Dred sez: things are tough all over, so we're going to provide some creative relief. Tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... HARD TIMES (for Noah and the Whale tix again).
RG's Simply Red suggestion from yesterday could work again today! The one that comes to my mind is The Message by Grandmaster Flash.
countdown to someone suggesting the Kinks' "Low Budget" in 3... 2...
Some Gil Scott-Heron song would surely fit in. A rat done bit mah sistah Nell!
James McMurtry's "We Can't Make it Here Anymore" would be good.
"The Lemon Song"! (NO -- that's just wrong.)
Derek and the Dominos, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out".
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"Ends", Everlast
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Dred sez: things are tough all over, so we're going to provide some creative relief. Tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... HARD TIMES (for Noah and the Whale tix again).
RG's Simply Red suggestion from yesterday could work again today! The one that comes to my mind is The Message by Grandmaster Flash.
countdown to someone suggesting the Kinks' "Low Budget" in 3... 2...
Some Gil Scott-Heron song would surely fit in. A rat done bit mah sistah Nell!
James McMurtry's "We Can't Make it Here Anymore" would be good.
"The Lemon Song"! (NO -- that's just wrong.)
Derek and the Dominos, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out".
Ray Charles, Kinks, Billy Bragg, Dylan. The Billy Bragg was the listener's choice, which was NTM and wasn't "Greetings to the New Brunette" or "Sexuality" - the only BB songs I think I know besides the Wilco collab. stuff.
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Clearly we're not the only ones who gripe about playlist-oriented '90s sets. On the Peak's FB page after their 1993 10@10 yesterday (see the Peak thread for my orig comments), this Peak-head said:
"Not to be a Debbie Downer, but did we really need to hear these songs again? It's bad enough that most commercial radio stations force us to listen to the same 7 CURRENT songs over and over, so why go back to years past and single out the tracks that have been beaten to death over the years. The Lemonheads, John Mellencamp, and Soul Asylum were good choices, because those tracks have not received a lot of recurring airplay. But the rest of these...even the songs I like...I really have no need to hear on the radio again. I'd love to be able to program my own 10@10 from any year in the 90's."
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I really do like this Fleet Foxes tune -- it's Simon & Garfunkel -meets- "Life in a Northern Town", sorta/kinda.
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One of the problems with having 17 Feist-alikes on your playlist is you end up playing 3 of them in the same half-hour (!): Sara Paralysis, Feist and Yael Naïm all got spun between 9 and 9:30 this morning. "True Variety!" LOL!
But I really have taken an instant dislike to Mat Franti-Kearney's "Hey Mama". And T.Heads' "Wild Wild Life" is the new "Rocket Man".
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Call me crazy, but doesn't Adele's "Someone Like You", melody-wise, sound like a mash-up of 4 or 5 Coldplay songs?
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Call me crazy, but doesn't Adele's "Someone Like You", melody-wise, sound like a mash-up of 4 or 5 Coldplay songs?
Watch out...they're gonna take your card away for hatin' on Adele! ;)
Eh, not a fan, either. Girlfriend ain't no Alison Moyet!
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Per Rosalie and KFOG's FB page, it would appear that DM is visiting the Bay Area this weekend, as he inducted his bud Kim Wonderley to the BARHOF in Berkeley today. And AL did the same for Rosalie.
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Per Rosalie and KFOG's FB page, it would appear that DM is visiting the Bay Area this weekend, as he inducted his bud Kim Wonderley to the BARHOF in Berkeley today. And AL did the same for Rosalie.
so, he didn't show up for his own induction, but came to induct Kim -- who left KFOG on less-than-friendly terms. Yeah, that's Dave all right. ;)
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Per Rosalie and KFOG's FB page, it would appear that DM is visiting the Bay Area this weekend, as he inducted his bud Kim Wonderley to the BARHOF in Berkeley today. And AL did the same for Rosalie.
so, he didn't show up for his own induction, but came to induct Kim -- who left KFOG on less-than-friendly terms. Yeah, that's Dave all right. ;)
That was kinda my thought too. Couldn't make the trip when there was a fuss being made about him, but he comes out for a friend. I guess he really does hate being the center of attention.
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The long-awaited Ben Fong-Torres analysis of the "new" KFOG is in today's Chron:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/16/PK061LDQVD.DTL
Gratifyingly, he comes at it from the perspective of Fogheads who are perplexed/annoyed by some of the changes. The comments section is worth reading too.
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Just checked kfog.com and found the LFTA 18 Tracklisting up. I'm surprised there wasn't more fanfare; I haven't heard a single thing about the tracklisting on the radio.
http://www.kfog.com/music/LiveFromTheArchives18/tabid/1811/Default.aspx
1. Scars On 45 - "Give Me Something"
Live @ Ex'pression College for Digital Arts 7/12/11
2. Snow Patrol - "Take Back The City"
KFOG PlaySpace 10/6/09
3. The Kooks - "Junk Of The Heart (Happy)"
KFOG PlaySpace 6/21/11
4. Sara Bareilles - "Love Song"
KFOG PlaySpace 7/9/07
5. Matt Nathanson - "Faster"
KFOG PlaySpace 7/5/11
6. Shawn Mullins - "Light You Up"
KFOG PlaySpace 5/29/11
7. KT Tunstall - "Saving My Face"
KFOG PlaySpace 5/7/08
8. The Head And The Heart - "Lost In My Mind"
KFOG PlaySpace 4/27/11
9. Guster - "Amsterdam"
KFOG PlaySpace 9/30/10
10. Imelda May - "Mayhem"
KFOG PlaySpace 8/9/11
11. Big Head Todd And The Monsters - "It's Alright"
KFOG PlaySpace 6/15/11
12. Mat Kearney - "Hey Mama"
KFOG PlaySpace 4/7/11
13. Melissa Etheridge - "Come To My Window"
Live @ KFOG KaBoom 5/22/10
14. Trevor Hall - "Brand New Day"
KFOG PlaySpace 8/2/11
15. David Wilcox - "Crude Greed"
Live on KFOG's Acoustic Sunrise 4/6/11
16. Iron & Wine - "Tree By The River"
KFOG PlaySpace 6/1/11
17. Marc Broussard - "Home"
KFOG PlaySpace 4/8/11
18. The Civil Wars - "Barton Hollow"
KFOG PlaySpace 6/17/11
19. Gomez - "See The World"
KFOG PlaySpace 6/21/11
20. The Swell Season - "Falling Slowly"
Live on the KFOG Morning Show 5/16/07
21. Brett Dennen - "San Francisco"
Meh. :-\ I was expecting better from DC (really...his KINK Live's were great), but all we have here, besides David Wilcox, are a smattering of the most overplayed singles from last year, the rest overplayed singles from years past. There's no excuse for Sara Paralysis, Gomez, Marc Broussard & The Swell Season's tracks here because those are old songs that are already on at least half the other station's samplers. The only ones I'm the least bit excited about are the old-ish singles from Snow Patrol and KT Turnstile (one of her few songs I actually like.)
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I really do like this Mayer Hawthorne retro-soul thing "The Walk", tho' if they can play white hipster-doofuses doing this kinda stuff they really oughta play Rafael Saddiq.
After his respectable "Live from the Playspace" broadcast, I posted as much to the FB, to resounding silence. You should also check out this tune, although if you're at work you might want to hide the window, cos it's a little sexxxy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctaFP8DQ5W8
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"Renee Joins Webster for KFOG afternoons!" says the banner on the website -- WTF? She's doing traffic twice a day? They want more women listeners? Wha?
Wouldn't that be a long-ass workday for her?
This morning Webster did the traffic/music news thang on the 5:40 loooong newscast; at first i thought Renee was off but she showed up at 6. I think she used to come in at 4 (like Peter & Greg) but that still a lengthy day. Unless they're shopping for a new morning traffic person?
ETA: AL confirms on FB that Renee is working a split shift: 6-9 with Webster & co and then 4-7 with DC. Were they using MetroTraffic in the afternoons prior to this? I say bring back Larry "Bubbles" Brown -- he was a hoot doing traffic on Live 105. "Traffic on 101 is moving slower than a PowerBar thru my colon!"
Odder still is that in the afternoons, Renee is doing *news*, not traffic. They're still using MetroTraffic, and she does a little banter with DC and the news. Very weird to hear her in the afternoon.
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"Renee Joins Webster for KFOG afternoons!" says the banner on the website -- WTF? She's doing traffic twice a day? They want more women listeners? Wha?
Wouldn't that be a long-ass workday for her?
This morning Webster did the traffic/music news thang on the 5:40 loooong newscast; at first i thought Renee was off but she showed up at 6. I think she used to come in at 4 (like Peter & Greg) but that still a lengthy day. Unless they're shopping for a new morning traffic person?
ETA: AL confirms on FB that Renee is working a split shift: 6-9 with Webster & co and then 4-7 with DC. Were they using MetroTraffic in the afternoons prior to this? I say bring back Larry "Bubbles" Brown -- he was a hoot doing traffic on Live 105. "Traffic on 101 is moving slower than a PowerBar thru my colon!"
Odder still is that in the afternoons, Renee is doing *news*, not traffic. They're still using MetroTraffic, and she does a little banter with DC and the news. Very weird to hear her in the afternoon.
I like Big Rick Stuart's (and The Fox's) philosophy on traffic: it always sucks, so we won't take up airtime telling you the obvious. If it's REALLY bad, like 100-car pileup, you might hear about it. Otherwise, WGAF? :)
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I like Big Rick Stuart's (and The Fox's) philosophy on traffic: it always sucks, so we won't take up airtime telling you the obvious. If it's REALLY bad, like 100-car pileup, you might hear about it. Otherwise, WGAF? :)
That's a clever way for them to spin the fact that they're saving money by not using a traffic service. ;)
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"Renee Joins Webster for KFOG afternoons!" says the banner on the website -- WTF? She's doing traffic twice a day? They want more women listeners? Wha?
Wouldn't that be a long-ass workday for her?
This morning Webster did the traffic/music news thang on the 5:40 loooong newscast; at first i thought Renee was off but she showed up at 6. I think she used to come in at 4 (like Peter & Greg) but that still a lengthy day. Unless they're shopping for a new morning traffic person?
ETA: AL confirms on FB that Renee is working a split shift: 6-9 with Webster & co and then 4-7 with DC. Were they using MetroTraffic in the afternoons prior to this? I say bring back Larry "Bubbles" Brown -- he was a hoot doing traffic on Live 105. "Traffic on 101 is moving slower than a PowerBar thru my colon!"
Odder still is that in the afternoons, Renee is doing *news*, not traffic. They're still using MetroTraffic, and she does a little banter with DC and the news. Very weird to hear her in the afternoon.
A quick radio-dial survey when I was in the car the other day showed no female voices at that hour, except for the woman on KOIT. So I guess it's a smart move, soccer-mom-wise.
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I like Big Rick Stuart's (and The Fox's) philosophy on traffic: it always sucks, so we won't take up airtime telling you the obvious. If it's REALLY bad, like 100-car pileup, you might hear about it. Otherwise, WGAF? :)
That's a clever way for them to spin the fact that they're saving money by not using a traffic service. ;)
Very true. Someone's got to pay Greg Kihn's salary!
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"Renee Joins Webster for KFOG afternoons!" says the banner on the website -- WTF? She's doing traffic twice a day? They want more women listeners? Wha?
Wouldn't that be a long-ass workday for her?
This morning Webster did the traffic/music news thang on the 5:40 loooong newscast; at first i thought Renee was off but she showed up at 6. I think she used to come in at 4 (like Peter & Greg) but that still a lengthy day. Unless they're shopping for a new morning traffic person?
ETA: AL confirms on FB that Renee is working a split shift: 6-9 with Webster & co and then 4-7 with DC. Were they using MetroTraffic in the afternoons prior to this? I say bring back Larry "Bubbles" Brown -- he was a hoot doing traffic on Live 105. "Traffic on 101 is moving slower than a PowerBar thru my colon!"
Odder still is that in the afternoons, Renee is doing *news*, not traffic. They're still using MetroTraffic, and she does a little banter with DC and the news. Very weird to hear her in the afternoon.
I like Big Rick Stuart's (and The Fox's) philosophy on traffic: it always sucks, so we won't take up airtime telling you the obvious. If it's REALLY bad, like 100-car pileup, you might hear about it. Otherwise, WGAF? :)
Not a bad strategy. Here in the Portland area, I am struck by the fact that, with only occasional exception, the traffic reports at a given time of day are almost identical, day in and day out. So why do they bother, unless something is seriously amiss?
I'm wondering if Renee is not eventually moving to afternoons, and only continues to do the Morning Show until they can find a replacement that meets DC's specifications. The thought of doing a split shift like that (she must still be getting up around 4am if she's on the air at 6) makes me weary just thinking about it.
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"Renee Joins Webster for KFOG afternoons!" says the banner on the website -- WTF? She's doing traffic twice a day? They want more women listeners? Wha?
Wouldn't that be a long-ass workday for her?
This morning Webster did the traffic/music news thang on the 5:40 loooong newscast; at first i thought Renee was off but she showed up at 6. I think she used to come in at 4 (like Peter & Greg) but that still a lengthy day. Unless they're shopping for a new morning traffic person?
ETA: AL confirms on FB that Renee is working a split shift: 6-9 with Webster & co and then 4-7 with DC. Were they using MetroTraffic in the afternoons prior to this? I say bring back Larry "Bubbles" Brown -- he was a hoot doing traffic on Live 105. "Traffic on 101 is moving slower than a PowerBar thru my colon!"
Odder still is that in the afternoons, Renee is doing *news*, not traffic. They're still using MetroTraffic, and she does a little banter with DC and the news. Very weird to hear her in the afternoon.
I like Big Rick Stuart's (and The Fox's) philosophy on traffic: it always sucks, so we won't take up airtime telling you the obvious. If it's REALLY bad, like 100-car pileup, you might hear about it. Otherwise, WGAF? :)
Not a bad strategy. Here in the Portland area, I am struck by the fact that, with only occasional exception, the traffic reports at a given time of day are almost identical, day in and day out. So why do they bother, unless something is seriously amiss?
I'm wondering if Renee is not eventually moving to afternoons, and only continues to do the Morning Show until they can find a replacement that meets DC's specifications. The thought of doing a split shift like that (she must still be getting up around 4am if she's on the air at 6) makes me weary just thinking about it.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Then I took a nap.
And yeah, I remember Big Rick posting that about traffic, and it's true, although growing up with my dad tuned into KCBS/KGO, I'm pretty OCD about traffic reports. Even though they seldom help me when I'm stuck in inevitable gridlock between Milpitas and Union City, I strangely take some comfort in knowing whether it's because of a 100-car pile-up or just the usual slow-and-go.
Actually, I suppose it's most comforting in the morning, hearing how shitty other commutes are, like on the Sunol Grade or in the Maze, and it serves to make me feel better about my choice to live close to work, instead of commuting.
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"Renee Joins Webster for KFOG afternoons!" says the banner on the website -- WTF? She's doing traffic twice a day? They want more women listeners? Wha?
Wouldn't that be a long-ass workday for her?
This morning Webster did the traffic/music news thang on the 5:40 loooong newscast; at first i thought Renee was off but she showed up at 6. I think she used to come in at 4 (like Peter & Greg) but that still a lengthy day. Unless they're shopping for a new morning traffic person?
ETA: AL confirms on FB that Renee is working a split shift: 6-9 with Webster & co and then 4-7 with DC. Were they using MetroTraffic in the afternoons prior to this? I say bring back Larry "Bubbles" Brown -- he was a hoot doing traffic on Live 105. "Traffic on 101 is moving slower than a PowerBar thru my colon!"
Odder still is that in the afternoons, Renee is doing *news*, not traffic. They're still using MetroTraffic, and she does a little banter with DC and the news. Very weird to hear her in the afternoon.
A quick radio-dial survey when I was in the car the other day showed no female voices at that hour, except for the woman on KOIT. So I guess it's a smart move, soccer-mom-wise.
This soccer mom doesn't really give a $h*t. I have moved on to Sirius/XM. LOVE it. You pretty much know if you're in a bad traffic situation and then decide what to do. Your shifts pretty much suck in radio, so it seems. If it's your chosen career, you do what it takes. Renee has been around for a while. Hopefully she is getting to choose what direction she's going in.
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Apparently Dave Morey was on-the-air with AL about an hour ago.
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Dred sez: Sometimes you've just gotta go. So tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... LEAVING
Suggest your favorite leaving-related songs; you could win tickets to see Keb Mo' at the Regency Ballroom in SF on December 1st.
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Dred sez: Sometimes you've just gotta go. So tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... LEAVING
Suggest your favorite leaving-related songs; you could win tickets to see Keb Mo' at the Regency Ballroom in SF on December 1st.
countdown to brain-dead Foghead suggesting "If You Leave" in 3...2..
Think he'd play "Leaving on Your Mind" by Patsy Cline?
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Dred sez: Sometimes you've just gotta go. So tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... LEAVING
Suggest your favorite leaving-related songs; you could win tickets to see Keb Mo' at the Regency Ballroom in SF on December 1st.
countdown to brain-dead Foghead suggesting "If You Leave" in 3...2..
Think he'd play "Leaving on Your Mind" by Patsy Cline?
Maaaaybe. You might have better luck requesting a version of "Don't Leave Me This Way". Communards, maybe?
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Dred sez: Sometimes you've just gotta go. So tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... LEAVING
Suggest your favorite leaving-related songs; you could win tickets to see Keb Mo' at the Regency Ballroom in SF on December 1st.
countdown to brain-dead Foghead suggesting "If You Leave" in 3...2..
Think he'd play "Leaving on Your Mind" by Patsy Cline?
According to http://www.songfacts.com/category-songs_about_leaving_the_past_behind.php this could be your chance to request "Believe" by Cher!
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Dred sez: Sometimes you've just gotta go. So tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... LEAVING
Suggest your favorite leaving-related songs; you could win tickets to see Keb Mo' at the Regency Ballroom in SF on December 1st.
countdown to brain-dead Foghead suggesting "If You Leave" in 3...2..
Think he'd play "Leaving on Your Mind" by Patsy Cline?
According to http://www.songfacts.com/category-songs_about_leaving_the_past_behind.php this could be your chance to request "Believe" by Cher!
Wowzers. Rare New Order - "Leave Me Alone". Power, Lies and Corruption is such a fabulous album. Kudos to whoever chose this track!
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Dred is currently playing "Cry For Love" by Iggy Pop. I've noticed a bunch of these types of during his show. I wonder if these are actually part of the playlist or if DC is letting Dred pick a few tracks, in addition to connected.
Btw, still getting used to the nasally DC sweepers & hourly promos. I know they couldn't use Dave's forever, but still...
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Dred is currently playing "Cry For Love" by Iggy Pop. I've noticed a bunch of these types of during his show. I wonder if these are actually part of the playlist or if DC is letting Dred pick a few tracks, in addition to connected.
Btw, still getting used to the nasally DC sweepers & hourly promos. I know they couldn't use Dave's forever, but still...
that wasn't Dave that was "Mr Announcer Guy" (dunno his name, but he's been their promo voicer for ages). He's still heard here and there but they clearly want a "young" sound on their positioners. The new one I'm hearing a lot is (at end of song) "KFOG plays that? Yup, and this too:" (next song begins).
ETA: and TANC: "Mr Announcer Guy" has just been replaced on 10@10!
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Granted, it's not Feist's fault that there are 17 other women who sound just like her (and that most of 'em are also played on Triple-A), but this "How Come You never Go There" song is quite boring.
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Granted, it's not Feist's fault that there are 17 other women who sound just like her (and that most of 'em are also played on Triple-A), but this "How Come You never Go There" song is quite boring.
I loves me some Leslie Feist, but yeah, that song doesn't exactly scream single. Sounds like a decent album track.
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Dred is currently playing "Cry For Love" by Iggy Pop. I've noticed a bunch of these types of during his show. I wonder if these are actually part of the playlist or if DC is letting Dred pick a few tracks, in addition to connected.
Btw, still getting used to the nasally DC sweepers & hourly promos. I know they couldn't use Dave's forever, but still...
that wasn't Dave that was "Mr Announcer Guy" (dunno his name, but he's been their promo voicer for ages). He's still heard here and there but they clearly want a "young" sound on their positioners. The new one I'm hearing a lot is (at end of song) "KFOG plays that? Yup, and this too:" (next song begins).
ETA: and TANC: "Mr Announcer Guy" has just been replaced on 10@10!
Always wondered who that staff announcer is/was? Perhaps a network staff announcer based outside SF?
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Between you and me and the lampost, and my laptop, if I hear Mumford and Sons one more time I'm going to go postal. They're like the Dave Matthews Band on Sanka.
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Dred is currently playing "Cry For Love" by Iggy Pop. I've noticed a bunch of these types of during his show. I wonder if these are actually part of the playlist or if DC is letting Dred pick a few tracks, in addition to connected.
Btw, still getting used to the nasally DC sweepers & hourly promos. I know they couldn't use Dave's forever, but still...
that wasn't Dave that was "Mr Announcer Guy" (dunno his name, but he's been their promo voicer for ages). He's still heard here and there but they clearly want a "young" sound on their positioners. The new one I'm hearing a lot is (at end of song) "KFOG plays that? Yup, and this too:" (next song begins).
ETA: and TANC: "Mr Announcer Guy" has just been replaced on 10@10!
Always wondered who that staff announcer is/was? Perhaps a network staff announcer based outside SF?
I hear him occasionally on local TV spots too (car dealers and the like).
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Between you and me and the lampost, and my laptop, if I hear Mumford and Sons one more time I'm going to go postal. They're like the Dave Matthews Band on Sanka.
Bite your tongue (again!) Sanka very much. :P
Here's tonight's Connected theme (for Keb Mo tix): Dred sez: It's a little too funky in here, and we've got to let some out. So tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... FUNKY
I'd suggest "Brass Monkey", but I don't really have a desire to see Keb Mo...
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Between you and me and the lampost, and my laptop, if I hear Mumford and Sons one more time I'm going to go postal. They're like the Dave Matthews Band on Sanka.
Bite your tongue (again!) Sanka very much. :P
Here's tonight's Connected theme (for Keb Mo tix): Dred sez: It's a little too funky in here, and we've got to let some out. So tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... FUNKY
I'd suggest "Brass Monkey", but I don't really have a desire to see Keb Mo...
Ohio Players (feat Granny), "Funky Worm". or Toots, "Funky Kingston".
as to Mumford & Sons: agreed. Roll away your little lion stone already!
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Dred is currently playing "Cry For Love" by Iggy Pop. I've noticed a bunch of these types of during his show. I wonder if these are actually part of the playlist or if DC is letting Dred pick a few tracks, in addition to connected.
Btw, still getting used to the nasally DC sweepers & hourly promos. I know they couldn't use Dave's forever, but still...
that wasn't Dave that was "Mr Announcer Guy" (dunno his name, but he's been their promo voicer for ages). He's still heard here and there but they clearly want a "young" sound on their positioners. The new one I'm hearing a lot is (at end of song) "KFOG plays that? Yup, and this too:" (next song begins).
ETA: and TANC: "Mr Announcer Guy" has just been replaced on 10@10!
I stand corrected. The "KFOG plays that/this" ones aren't bad. But two that really grate are "the world famous KFOG...but don't ask some guy in Cambodia...because he might not know" and "KFOG...Live and Local...because if I wasn't live, I'd be...never mind."
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Between you and me and the lampost, and my laptop, if I hear Mumford and Sons one more time I'm going to go postal. They're like the Dave Matthews Band on Sanka.
Bite your tongue (again!) Sanka very much. :P
Here's tonight's Connected theme (for Keb Mo tix): Dred sez: It's a little too funky in here, and we've got to let some out. So tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... FUNKY
I'd suggest "Brass Monkey", but I don't really have a desire to see Keb Mo...
Ohio Players (feat Granny), "Funky Worm". or Toots, "Funky Kingston".
as to Mumford & Sons: agreed. Roll away your little lion stone already!
Here's what was played:
"Funky Town," Pseudo Echo
"Funky Broadway," Wilson Pickett
"Funky Western Civilization," Tonio K
Sandra from AL's FB page was tonight's winner. I'm guessing she did not select song #3. ;)
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Between you and me and the lampost, and my laptop, if I hear Mumford and Sons one more time I'm going to go postal. They're like the Dave Matthews Band on Sanka.
Bite your tongue (again!) Sanka very much. :P
Here's tonight's Connected theme (for Keb Mo tix): Dred sez: It's a little too funky in here, and we've got to let some out. So tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... FUNKY
I'd suggest "Brass Monkey", but I don't really have a desire to see Keb Mo...
Ohio Players (feat Granny), "Funky Worm". or Toots, "Funky Kingston".
as to Mumford & Sons: agreed. Roll away your little lion stone already!
Here's what was played:
"Funky Town," Pseudo Echo
"Funky Broadway," Wilson Pickett
"Funky Western Civilization," Tonio K
Sandra from AL's FB page was tonight's winner. I'm guessing she did not select song #3. ;)
wow, ah LURVES me some Tonio K -- doubt we'll ever get AL to play "I'm Supposed to Have Sex With You".
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gee, Matt Nathanson on KFOG -- how unusual. ;)
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Between you and me and the lampost, and my laptop, if I hear Mumford and Sons one more time I'm going to go postal. They're like the Dave Matthews Band on Sanka.
Stay AWAY from the Bridge Benefit this weekend. Dave M. and Mumford will perform. Oy.
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and speaking of rumbling: tonites Dred "Connected" theme is DRUMS -- meaning songs with "drum" in the title, not drum solos.
Please: no Todd. Is it too early for Joan Jett's version of "Little Drummer Boy"?
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and speaking of rumbling: tonites Dred "Connected" theme is DRUMS -- meaning songs with "drum" in the title, not drum solos.
Please: no Todd. Is it too early for Joan Jett's version of "Little Drummer Boy"?
Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco
Different Drum - Michael Nesmith
Anyone? Anyone?
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and speaking of rumbling: tonites Dred "Connected" theme is DRUMS -- meaning songs with "drum" in the title, not drum solos.
Please: no Todd. Is it too early for Joan Jett's version of "Little Drummer Boy"?
Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco
Different Drum - Michael Nesmith
Anyone? Anyone?
Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC9okWm8A6o
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and speaking of rumbling: tonites Dred "Connected" theme is DRUMS -- meaning songs with "drum" in the title, not drum solos.
Please: no Todd. Is it too early for Joan Jett's version of "Little Drummer Boy"?
Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco
Different Drum - Michael Nesmith
Anyone? Anyone?
Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC9okWm8A6o
"Drum Solo" by Neil Peart.
Any one will do.
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Just checked kfog.com and found the LFTA 18 Tracklisting up. I'm surprised there wasn't more fanfare; I haven't heard a single thing about the tracklisting on the radio.
I heard a promo on the Morning Show yesterday but they're not really beating it into people's skulls. It goes on sale Tues 11/1 -- I wonder if they'll do the usual airstaff-makes-live-appearances-at-various-Peets-outlets thing or if DC has a diff gameplan.
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Just checked kfog.com and found the LFTA 18 Tracklisting up. I'm surprised there wasn't more fanfare; I haven't heard a single thing about the tracklisting on the radio.
I heard a promo on the Morning Show yesterday but they're not really beating it into people's skulls. It goes on sale Tues 11/1 -- I wonder if they'll do the usual airstaff-makes-live-appearances-at-various-Peets-outlets thing or if DC has a diff gameplan.
Just no LFTA 10@10 please.
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Dred sez: in honor of the Bridge School Benefit this weekend, tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... SCHOOL
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
Same old joke since 1902.
ETA: Here it is! I officially luv Dred.
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Dred sez: in honor of the Bridge School Benefit this weekend, tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... SCHOOL
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
Same old joke since 1902.
Wonder how many fogheads have suggested Steely Dan or Pink Floyd? My suggestion: Schooldays by the Kinks.
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Dred sez: in honor of the Bridge School Benefit this weekend, tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... SCHOOL
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
Same old joke since 1902.
Wonder how many fogheads have suggested Steely Dan or Pink Floyd? My suggestion: Schooldays by the Kinks.
almost, urth: Dred sez on FB: "I curse you, digital technology! Prevented me from playing an amazing Kinks track on KFOG Connected. Next time, my friends, next time."
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Dred sez: in honor of the Bridge School Benefit this weekend, tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... SCHOOL
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
Same old joke since 1902.
Wonder how many fogheads have suggested Steely Dan or Pink Floyd? My suggestion: Schooldays by the Kinks.
So, my snark meter is a little off. I imagine the PF you're referring to is Another Brick in the Wall, but not sure about Steely Dan. I thought My Old School, but don't feel it deserving of scorn. The Jeff Baxter solo at the end is one of the best. Is it something else, or do you just dislike the song, or did I totally misunderstand?
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Dred sez: in honor of the Bridge School Benefit this weekend, tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... SCHOOL
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
Same old joke since 1902.
Wonder how many fogheads have suggested Steely Dan or Pink Floyd? My suggestion: Schooldays by the Kinks.
So, my snark meter is a little off. I imagine the PF you're referring to is Another Brick in the Wall, but not sure about Steely Dan. I thought My Old School, but don't feel it deserving of scorn. The Jeff Baxter solo at the end is one of the best. Is it something else, or do you just dislike the song, or did I totally misunderstand?
No dislike for either song; just that it's an obvious choice.
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Dred sez: in honor of the Bridge School Benefit this weekend, tonight at 8 pm on KFOG Connected, our connection will be... SCHOOL
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
Same old joke since 1902.
Wonder how many fogheads have suggested Steely Dan or Pink Floyd? My suggestion: Schooldays by the Kinks.
So, my snark meter is a little off. I imagine the PF you're referring to is Another Brick in the Wall, but not sure about Steely Dan. I thought My Old School, but don't feel it deserving of scorn. The Jeff Baxter solo at the end is one of the best. Is it something else, or do you just dislike the song, or did I totally misunderstand?
No dislike for either song; just that it's an obvious choice.
Indeed, tho' I'd add they're obvious choices for the older-model Foghead; I'm wondering how many of them have abandoned the station in the past 3 months. It seems to me that the voices of callers who play contests on the Morning Show (Request-O-Rama etc) are much younger these days.
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Just checked kfog.com and found the LFTA 18 Tracklisting up. I'm surprised there wasn't more fanfare; I haven't heard a single thing about the tracklisting on the radio.
I heard a promo on the Morning Show yesterday but they're not really beating it into people's skulls. It goes on sale Tues 11/1 -- I wonder if they'll do the usual airstaff-makes-live-appearances-at-various-Peets-outlets thing or if DC has a diff gameplan.
Just no LFTA 10@10 please.
Just heard Renee explaining what LFTA is for "those of you who are new to KFOG"...
ETA: earlier FB post from Renee: "Renee here, is 'Legend of a Mind' from Moody Blues too trippy for a Saturday at 9am?" I really wish they'd settle on a demographic...
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Just checked kfog.com and found the LFTA 18 Tracklisting up. I'm surprised there wasn't more fanfare; I haven't heard a single thing about the tracklisting on the radio.
I heard a promo on the Morning Show yesterday but they're not really beating it into people's skulls. It goes on sale Tues 11/1 -- I wonder if they'll do the usual airstaff-makes-live-appearances-at-various-Peets-outlets thing or if DC has a diff gameplan.
Just no LFTA 10@10 please.
Just heard Renee explaining what LFTA is for "those of you who are new to KFOG"...
Latest LFTA news: They're doing a "Live from the Archives" Release Party at Hyatt Regency San Francisco featuring Trevor Hall, Scars On 45 and Big Head Todd.
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Re: LFTA
I heard the tail end of a promo that mentioned they'd be giving away copies of LFTA before they hit Peets, by being caller 10 when you hear a track off of the new album. Presumably they'll be introducing it with a sounder or somesuch, because how else would you know it's from the new album?
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Re: LFTA
I heard the tail end of a promo that mentioned they'd be giving away copies of LFTA before they hit Peets, by being caller 10 when you hear a track off of the new album. Presumably they'll be introducing it with a sounder or somesuch, because how else would you know it's from the new album?
It probably won't be too difficult even without a sounder. A live version (usually) doesn't sound too much different than the studio version...and they usually don't throw in too many live tracks into the mix anyway.
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Yet another similarity between KFOG & The Peak: the Peak has a feature caled The Kopy Kat Kut -- similar to AL's "Cloud Cover".
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Woke up at 5:30 (just before the 'quake) to Moby's "Natural Blues" -- I thought Webster was playing Nina Simone and went "Huh?"
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KFOG is not the only Triple A station where "It's Different Here":
http://www.kmtt.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDMT
http://www.kleinman.com/geoff/music/knrk-its-absolutely-not-different-here/ (Alt/AAA hybrid)
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KFOG is not the only Triple A station where "It's Different Here":
http://www.kmtt.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDMT
http://www.kleinman.com/geoff/music/knrk-its-absolutely-not-different-here/ (Alt/AAA hybrid)
exactly. Which is why I LOL whenever DC says they're not using consultants. As I've said before, The Peak (which is still using "World Class Rock" as their main slogan) has features nearly identical to KFOG's "Connected" and "Cloud Cover", and of course they do 10@10 too. The idea that stations are coming up with these things independently of each other is just crazy.
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Just heard Amy Winehouse's "Love is a Losing Game" (the song that, at long last, finally got me to buy Back in Black) on 1340 and realized that after a brief flurry the week she died, KFOG really doesn't play a lot of Amy W (compared to Adele or even Duffy's "Mercy"). One would think the demo they're aiming for would love more Amy, no?
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Just heard Amy Winehouse's "Love is a Losing Game" (the song that, at long last, finally got me to buy Back in Black) on 1340 and realized that after a brief flurry the week she died, KFOG really doesn't play a lot of Amy W (compared to Adele or even Duffy's "Mercy"). One would think the demo they're aiming for would love more Amy, no?
Musically, spot on...but lyrically, too ghetto for KFOG. What f--kery!
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OK, if I hear that "KFOG plays *that*??" sounder one more time I will go postal. They're been totally overdoing it this morning.
Meanwhile, will they be doing any actual advertising (MUNI & BART ads or even TV spots) to get the word out? I'm thinking they've got to sooner or later; 20-somethings don't exactly gush to each other about radio stations (radio? what's THAT??).
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LFTA
AL will be at Peets Palo Alto on Nov 5. Which Peets? There are 4 in Palo Alto. Anyone want to meet me there?
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Alicat, I'm just a couple of towns north of PA. What time on Nov. 5? And, since I've just heard of this appearance, I've no idea which Peets it would be.
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Just heard Amy Winehouse's "Love is a Losing Game" (the song that, at long last, finally got me to buy Back in Black) on 1340 and realized that after a brief flurry the week she died, KFOG really doesn't play a lot of Amy W (compared to Adele or even Duffy's "Mercy"). One would think the demo they're aiming for would love more Amy, no?
When DC first took over I swear they played "You Know I'm No Good" every day for a few months, but that seems to have died down (no pun intended :P ).
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I'm not familiar with this DJ, or the Petty song, but disturbing nonetheless:
(From SPIN Magazine's FB Wall)
Sad news: Cumulus Media laid off the man who inspired Tom Petty's "The Last DJ" + many more radio staffers this week...
http://www.spin.com/articles/your-dj-aint-no-dj-he-just-got-laid?utm_source=spinfacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spinfacebook
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Just heard Amy Winehouse's "Love is a Losing Game" (the song that, at long last, finally got me to buy Back in Black) on 1340 and realized that after a brief flurry the week she died, KFOG really doesn't play a lot of Amy W (compared to Adele or even Duffy's "Mercy"). One would think the demo they're aiming for would love more Amy, no?
I don't listen that often, but I've heard "You Know I'm No Good" several times, to the point it seemed like it was their pick as to what her legacy hit would be. Probably just randomness on my part.
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I'm not familiar with this DJ, or the Petty song, but disturbing nonetheless:
(From SPIN Magazine's FB Wall)
Sad news: Cumulus Media laid off the man who inspired Tom Petty's "The Last DJ" + many more radio staffers this week...
http://www.spin.com/articles/your-dj-aint-no-dj-he-just-got-laid?utm_source=spinfacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spinfacebook
Anyone know how many bay area Citadel/Cumulus staffers got the boot? Any airstaff?
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I'm not familiar with this DJ, or the Petty song, but disturbing nonetheless:
(From SPIN Magazine's FB Wall)
Sad news: Cumulus Media laid off the man who inspired Tom Petty's "The Last DJ" + many more radio staffers this week...
http://www.spin.com/articles/your-dj-aint-no-dj-he-just-got-laid?utm_source=spinfacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spinfacebook
Anyone know how many bay area Citadel/Cumulus staffers got the boot? Any airstaff?
KGO & KSFO management types, for a start:
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=199588.0
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Alicat, I'm just a couple of towns north of PA. What time on Nov. 5? And, since I've just heard of this appearance, I've no idea which Peets it would be.
I am a few towns north of PA too.
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Another odd change as of this AM: we're no longer getting traditional newscasts every half hour; instead Webster chats with Peter and they casuallly and conversationally mention one or 2 stories ("Hey, how 'bout that guy who was attacked by a shark yesterday?") Twentysomethings don't care about the stock market... or Europe... or sports, I guess.
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Alicat, I'm just a couple of towns north of PA. What time on Nov. 5? And, since I've just heard of this appearance, I've no idea which Peets it would be.
I am a few towns north of PA too.
I FB messaged Annalisa, and as of Saturday, she didn't know which Peet's or what time either.
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sorry if I seem to be picking every little nit (hey, It's what I *do*), but "Mr Announcer Guy's" sounders/positioners seem to be making a comeback, mixed in with that guy who sounds like he's 19. DC just can't make up his mind, I guess. They played "Lay lady lay" in the 6:00 hour, which was a mild surprise.
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Alicat, I'm just a couple of towns north of PA. What time on Nov. 5? And, since I've just heard of this appearance, I've no idea which Peets it would be.
I am a few towns north of PA too.
I FB messaged Annalisa, and as of Saturday, she didn't know which Peet's or what time either.
10-noon 77 Town and Country
I am going.
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10-noon 77 Town and Country
I am going.
Me, too!
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Another odd change as of this AM: we're no longer getting traditional newscasts every half hour; instead Webster chats with Peter and they casuallly and conversationally mention one or 2 stories ("Hey, how 'bout that guy who was attacked by a shark yesterday?") Twentysomethings don't care about the stock market... or Europe... or sports, I guess.
that sucks. I was no fan of their news "coverage" -- I think Peter basically scans the "real" news pages of sfgate, Bay Citizen, and maybe the Ex and make a couple notes -- but that's just lame.
he should get out there and do more of those Fog Files. "I'm Peter Finch with ..(pause).. the Fog Files."
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Another odd change as of this AM: we're no longer getting traditional newscasts every half hour; instead Webster chats with Peter and they casuallly and conversationally mention one or 2 stories ("Hey, how 'bout that guy who was attacked by a shark yesterday?") Twentysomethings don't care about the stock market... or Europe... or sports, I guess.
that sucks. I was no fan of their news "coverage" -- I think Peter basically scans the "real" news pages of sfgate, Bay Citizen, and maybe the Ex and make a couple notes -- but that's just lame.
he should get out there and do more of those Fog Files. "I'm Peter Finch with ..(pause).. the Fog Files."
I'm not near a radio in the PM drive but I'm assuming this "style" of news is what Renee is doing on DC's show, so they're just probably trying to get everything to match up. But it just so smacks of "younger demos don't care about _______ so let's not do that". In the last couple months Peter had been really pounding the Dow Jones thing -- actually doing a "the market will probably go up/down when it opens" story at 5:30 and 6am. Since this change happened I don't think he's mentioned stocks once.
Do they still do the Fog Files? It used to appear a bunch of times each week and at fairly visible times of day. (I remember because he once interviewed me and they did a nice piece on Regular Guys, at Dave's suggestion)
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Another odd change as of this AM: we're no longer getting traditional newscasts every half hour; instead Webster chats with Peter and they casuallly and conversationally mention one or 2 stories ("Hey, how 'bout that guy who was attacked by a shark yesterday?") Twentysomethings don't care about the stock market... or Europe... or sports, I guess.
that sucks. I was no fan of their news "coverage" -- I think Peter basically scans the "real" news pages of sfgate, Bay Citizen, and maybe the Ex and make a couple notes -- but that's just lame.
he should get out there and do more of those Fog Files. "I'm Peter Finch with ..(pause).. the Fog Files."
I'm not near a radio in the PM drive but I'm assuming this "style" of news is what Renee is doing on DC's show, so they're just probably trying to get everything to match up. But it just so smacks of "younger demos don't care about _______ so let's not do that". In the last couple months Peter had been really pounding the Dow Jones thing -- actually doing a "the market will probably go up/down when it opens" story at 5:30 and 6am. Since this change happened I don't think he's mentioned stocks once.
Do they still do the Fog Files? It used to appear a bunch of times each week and at fairly visible times of day. (I remember because he once interviewed me and they did a nice piece on Regular Guys, at Dave's suggestion)
I have not heard the Fog Files in a while, and that's too bad. It was unique and did a lot to give Peter's job as News Director (or whatever he is) some cred. It did a lot to set the station apart. Even when they played the same FF time and time again, it was good to hear.
But if they spiked it, it's not surprising: it's expensive to do enterprise reporting. People think papers like the Chronicle can just go away and the "no matter, we'll get our news elsewhere."
Really? from what? Blogs? You got to pay for that stuff, bros.
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eeek: turned on KFOG and DC is sitting in for Rosalie, who's in S. Africa on her World Class Adventure that isn't called a "World Class Adventure" anymore. But tomorrow AL gets to do Acoustic Sunrise.
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In the last couple months Peter had been really pounding the Dow Jones thing -- actually doing a "the market will probably go up/down when it opens" story at 5:30 and 6am. Since this change happened I don't think he's mentioned stocks once.
To me this is a welcome change. I'd gotten so sick of hearing the Dow Jones go up and down by a few hundred every half hour and the DJs (or news feeds) scrambling for reasons that may or may not be correct on why this was. The only people who updates like this benefits are daytraders and that's not what we need.
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In the last couple months Peter had been really pounding the Dow Jones thing -- actually doing a "the market will probably go up/down when it opens" story at 5:30 and 6am. Since this change happened I don't think he's mentioned stocks once.
To me this is a welcome change. I'd gotten so sick of hearing the Dow Jones go up and down by a few hundred every half hour and the DJs (or news feeds) scrambling for reasons that may or may not be correct on why this was. The only people who updates like this benefits are daytraders and that's not what we need.
Amen, brother. Preach!
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In the last couple months Peter had been really pounding the Dow Jones thing -- actually doing a "the market will probably go up/down when it opens" story at 5:30 and 6am. Since this change happened I don't think he's mentioned stocks once.
To me this is a welcome change. I'd gotten so sick of hearing the Dow Jones go up and down by a few hundred every half hour and the DJs (or news feeds) scrambling for reasons that may or may not be correct on why this was. The only people who updates like this benefits are daytraders and that's not what we need.
Peter was definitely overdoing it, but ignoring it entirely (along with much international news, generally) seems to be an extreme swing in the other direction. I'd've loved to have been a fly on the wall at the focus groups that inspired some of his "improvements".
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oh yeah, this pic of Webster and Peter (posted on FB) will definitely attract a younger demo ::)
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1557447628&ref=profile#!/photo.php?fbid=301623553199220&set=a.173750549319855.45023.107995802561997&type=1&theater
Scary.
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Another odd change as of this AM: we're no longer getting traditional newscasts every half hour; instead Webster chats with Peter and they casuallly and conversationally mention one or 2 stories ("Hey, how 'bout that guy who was attacked by a shark yesterday?") Twentysomethings don't care about the stock market... or Europe... or sports, I guess.
that sucks. I was no fan of their news "coverage" -- I think Peter basically scans the "real" news pages of sfgate, Bay Citizen, and maybe the Ex and make a couple notes -- but that's just lame.
he should get out there and do more of those Fog Files. "I'm Peter Finch with ..(pause).. the Fog Files."
I'm not near a radio in the PM drive but I'm assuming this "style" of news is what Renee is doing on DC's show, so they're just probably trying to get everything to match up. But it just so smacks of "younger demos don't care about _______ so let's not do that". In the last couple months Peter had been really pounding the Dow Jones thing -- actually doing a "the market will probably go up/down when it opens" story at 5:30 and 6am. Since this change happened I don't think he's mentioned stocks once.
Do they still do the Fog Files? It used to appear a bunch of times each week and at fairly visible times of day. (I remember because he once interviewed me and they did a nice piece on Regular Guys, at Dave's suggestion)
I have not heard the Fog Files in a while, and that's too bad. It was unique and did a lot to give Peter's job as News Director (or whatever he is) some cred. It did a lot to set the station apart. Even when they played the same FF time and time again, it was good to hear.
But if they spiked it, it's not surprising: it's expensive to do enterprise reporting. People think papers like the Chronicle can just go away and the "no matter, we'll get our news elsewhere."
Really? from what? Blogs? You got to pay for that stuff, bros.
This brings back fond memories of Scoop Nisker (sp?) and M. Dung.
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eeek: KFOG will be treating us to Jack Johnson's new Xmas CD on New Releases. Bah Humbug!
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Nice to hear that formerly unreleased Stones song, "No Spare Parts." It's a bit overenunciated by Mick, but I've come to really appreciate where the Stones were at musically 1972-78.
And even nicer to hear Folk Implosion's "Natural One" right after. One of the best and most chilling songs of the decade.
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Played at 6:50 this morning: "Feel Good, Inc.", Gorillaz
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Robyn Hitchcock will perform live on KFOg in about 10 mins.
And there's an article about AL and 10@10 in today's Chron datebook -- not available on SFGate until tomorrow, apparently.
But Sunday's Ben Fong-Torres column
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/10/PKV01LP4SU.DTL#ixzz1dyoduncm
mentions that on his current book tour (he's written a tome about the Eagles -- *snore*) his "only local stop" was at K-Fox. Guess he's no longer welcome at KFOG?
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But Sunday's Ben Fong-Torres column
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/10/PKV01LP4SU.DTL#ixzz1dyoduncm
mentions that on his current book tour (he's written a tome about the Eagles -- *snore*) his "only local stop" was at K-Fox. Guess he's no longer welcome at KFOG?
Or maybe it's that the Eagles no longer appeal to KFOG's target demographic, so they passed on the interview op.
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But Sunday's Ben Fong-Torres column
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/10/PKV01LP4SU.DTL#ixzz1dyoduncm
mentions that on his current book tour (he's written a tome about the Eagles -- *snore*) his "only local stop" was at K-Fox. Guess he's no longer welcome at KFOG?
Or maybe it's that the Eagles no longer appeal to KFOG's target demographic, so they passed on the interview op.
Good point. I just figured his KFOG piece a few months back didn't please DC.
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But Sunday's Ben Fong-Torres column
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/10/PKV01LP4SU.DTL#ixzz1dyoduncm
mentions that on his current book tour (he's written a tome about the Eagles -- *snore*) his "only local stop" was at K-Fox. Guess he's no longer welcome at KFOG?
Or maybe it's that the Eagles no longer appeal to KFOG's target demographic, so they passed on the interview op.
Good point. I just figured his KFOG piece a few months back didn't please DC.
I would think The Bone would bite, but a look at The Bone's tunegenie shows they played just one Eagles song in the last 24 hours: Already Gone and at 3:58 AM today.
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there's an article about AL and 10@10 in today's Chron datebook -- not available on SFGate until tomorrow, apparently.
ah, here's a link that works, courtesy of Giter:
http://hearst-eedition-20111117-sanfranciscochronicle.ca.newsmemory.com/?token=1459952c64fac7f9a5a6b0a9f4d68182
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there's an article about AL and 10@10 in today's Chron datebook -- not available on SFGate until tomorrow, apparently.
ah, here's a link that works, courtesy of Giter:
http://hearst-eedition-20111117-sanfranciscochronicle.ca.newsmemory.com/?token=1459952c64fac7f9a5a6b0a9f4d68182
Cool. I also really like the e-Chronicle interface. Very cool, I might have to subscribe.
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there's an article about AL and 10@10 in today's Chron datebook -- not available on SFGate until tomorrow, apparently.
ah, here's a link that works, courtesy of Giter:
http://hearst-eedition-20111117-sanfranciscochronicle.ca.newsmemory.com/?token=1459952c64fac7f9a5a6b0a9f4d68182
Cool. I also really like the e-Chronicle interface. Very cool, I might have to subscribe.
Doesn't work so well on my android, which is my only internet option for now. Guess I'll wait for the web version tomorrow.
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there's an article about AL and 10@10 in today's Chron datebook -- not available on SFGate until tomorrow, apparently.
ah, here's a link that works, courtesy of Giter:
http://hearst-eedition-20111117-sanfranciscochronicle.ca.newsmemory.com/?token=1459952c64fac7f9a5a6b0a9f4d68182
I found it interesting that the article says that they're gonna play "Alice's Restaurant" on Thanksgiving Day -- "see, we're still KFOG!" I thought sure this would be the year that they dump that old chestnut, or at least do a FB Foghead poll on whether or not people still wanna hear it. Also note the mention that AL loves 1966.
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there's an article about AL and 10@10 in today's Chron datebook -- not available on SFGate until tomorrow, apparently.
ah, here's a link that works, courtesy of Giter:
http://hearst-eedition-20111117-sanfranciscochronicle.ca.newsmemory.com/?token=1459952c64fac7f9a5a6b0a9f4d68182
I found it interesting that the article says that they're gonna play "Alice's Restaurant" on Thanksgiving Day -- "see, we're still KFOG!" I thought sure this would be the year that they dump that old chestnut, or at least do a FB Foghead poll on whether or not people still wanna hear it. Also note the mention that AL loves 1966.
Some things are still traditional. 2 or 3 weeks ago, they played the wrong version of Smoke Two Joints, and the DJ (DC?) made some comment about what a mistake he made, and the fogheads let him know, and he wouldn't do it again!
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She admits in the article that 1986, 1988 and 2000 are her tougher years.
Maybe we should refer to her as FP on her FB page just to see how she'd react. Bet she'd laugh!
I don't know if I'd describe her voice as 'smoky', though.
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2 or 3 weeks ago, they played the wrong version of Smoke Two Joints, and the DJ (DC?) made some comment about what a mistake he made, and the fogheads let him know, and he wouldn't do it again!
and what exactly is the "wrong" version -- Sublime's? ;) Seriously, how would it even be possible to play the "wrong" version? They surely only have 2 versions in their database.
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2 or 3 weeks ago, they played the wrong version of Smoke Two Joints, and the DJ (DC?) made some comment about what a mistake he made, and the fogheads let him know, and he wouldn't do it again!
and what exactly is the "wrong" version -- Sublime's? ;) Seriously, how would it even be possible to play the "wrong" version? They surely only have 2 versions in their database.
Yes, I'm telling you exactly that. You might not feel the same way, but it's tradition!
(http://wanderingjew.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/fiddler3.jpg)
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2 or 3 weeks ago, they played the wrong version of Smoke Two Joints, and the DJ (DC?) made some comment about what a mistake he made, and the fogheads let him know, and he wouldn't do it again!
and what exactly is the "wrong" version -- Sublime's? ;) Seriously, how would it even be possible to play the "wrong" version? They surely only have 2 versions in their database.
Yes, I'm telling you exactly that. You might not feel the same way, but it's tradition!
Actually, I'm impressed -- I think Sublime's version is worthless (like the band itself) but I had assumed the "new" KFOG was alternating both versions. The "kids" are supposed to like Sublime, no? Anyway, if Fogheads actually complained about the Sublime version, more power to 'em. Too bad DC doesn't respond that quickly to complaints about, um... EVERYTHING ELSE.
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2 or 3 weeks ago, they played the wrong version of Smoke Two Joints, and the DJ (DC?) made some comment about what a mistake he made, and the fogheads let him know, and he wouldn't do it again!
and what exactly is the "wrong" version -- Sublime's? ;) Seriously, how would it even be possible to play the "wrong" version? They surely only have 2 versions in their database.
Yes, I'm telling you exactly that. You might not feel the same way, but it's tradition!
Actually, I'm impressed -- I think Sublime's version is worthless (like the band itself) but I had assumed the "new" KFOG was alternating both versions. The "kids" are supposed to like Sublime, no? Anyway, if Fogheads actually complained about the Sublime version, more power to 'em. Too bad DC doesn't respond that quickly to complaints about, um... EVERYTHING ELSE.
This kid would be okay never hearing Sublime ever again.
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after 18-ish years, cites 'opportunities,' said it was his choice.
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after 18-ish years, cites 'opportunities,' said it was his choice.
Uh-huh. Lots of code in his conversation with Dave Morey.
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after 18-ish years, cites 'opportunities,' said it was his choice.
Uh-huh. Lots of code in his conversation with Dave Morey.
missed it -- please expound! But yeah, I thought that "It's my choice" thing was BS.
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after 18-ish years, cites 'opportunities,' said it was his choice.
Uh-huh. Lots of code in his conversation with Dave Morey.
missed it -- please expound! But yeah, I thought that "It's my choice" thing was BS.
Effective when? Did he give a two week notice? (or rather, was he GIVEN a two week notice?) The fabric of the morning show will certainly be different, no more lovable goofball antics from that cuddly lumbering guy.
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after 18-ish years, cites 'opportunities,' said it was his choice.
Uh-huh. Lots of code in his conversation with Dave Morey.
missed it -- please expound! But yeah, I thought that "It's my choice" thing was BS.
Effective when? Did he give a two week notice? (or rather, was he GIVEN a two week notice?) The fabric of the morning show will certainly be different, no more lovable goofball antics from that cuddly lumbering guy.
Today is his last day. He's written another play and will be working with Killing My Lobster, he said.
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after 18-ish years, cites 'opportunities,' said it was his choice.
Uh-huh. Lots of code in his conversation with Dave Morey.
missed it -- please expound! But yeah, I thought that "It's my choice" thing was BS.
Effective when? Did he give a two week notice? (or rather, was he GIVEN a two week notice?) The fabric of the morning show will certainly be different, no more lovable goofball antics from that cuddly lumbering guy.
Today is his last day. He's written another play and will be working with Killing My Lobster, he said.
Instant departure. Hmmmmmmmmm. If Renee moves to afternoon fully leaving the am shift, it'll be a new show. Hell, I gave KFOG my morning show notice a long time ago and it was no 2-week thing either.
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after 18-ish years, cites 'opportunities,' said it was his choice.
Uh-huh. Lots of code in his conversation with Dave Morey.
missed it -- please expound! But yeah, I thought that "It's my choice" thing was BS.
Effective when? Did he give a two week notice? (or rather, was he GIVEN a two week notice?) The fabric of the morning show will certainly be different, no more lovable goofball antics from that cuddly lumbering guy.
Today is his last day. He's written another play and will be working with Killing My Lobster, he said.
Instant departure. Hmmmmmmmmm. If Renee moves to afternoon fully leaving the am shift, it'll be a new show. Hell, I gave KFOG my morning show notice a long time ago and it was no 2-week thing either.
Well, you can say goodbye to Peter at the Hyatt tonite for the tree-lighting. ;) Nice farewell words from DC on the radio as I type. And of course they played his fave band, the BNLs..
I'm guessing Renee continues to do double-duty as the "news person" and they use Metro traffic, which is cheaper than hiring somebody new.
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Just saw a post on the KFOG FB page saying it's the end of an era and wishing Peter the best in future endeavors. WTF?!?! Is he going of his own accord, or is he being downsized?
Eta: OK, just saw all yer posts on the subject. For some reason the didn't show up as unread content. Whatev. I thought it was odd not to have any comment on such a momentous change. So what's this about a convo with DM? Details, pls.
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Just saw a post on the KFOG FB page saying it's the end of an era and wishing Peter the best in future endeavors. WTF?!?! Is he going of his own accord, or is he being downsized?
Eta: OK, just saw all yer posts on the subject. For some reason the didn't show up as unread content. Whatev. I thought it was odd not to have any comment on such a momentous change. So what's this about a convo with DM? Details, pls.
Well, he essentially said "I'll talk more, but off the phone".
I wonder how DM found out? From this thread perhaps?
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Just saw a post on the KFOG FB page saying it's the end of an era and wishing Peter the best in future endeavors. WTF?!?! Is he going of his own accord, or is he being downsized?
Eta: OK, just saw all yer posts on the subject. For some reason the didn't show up as unread content. Whatev. I thought it was odd not to have any comment on such a momentous change. So what's this about a convo with DM? Details, pls.
Well, he essentially said "I'll talk more, but off the phone".
I wonder how DM found out? From this thread perhaps?
I'm sure that phone call was arranged in advance, bub. More of the ongoing "See? we're still KFOG! (Except when we're not)" meme.
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Went to the KFOG "Airstaff" page to see if they'd removed Peter yet (he's still there)
http://www.kfog.com/Programming/Airstaff.aspx
But was surprised to see that Dred, who I assumed was quite young, looks older than I expected (he looks a bit like Joe Flaherty of SCTV) and Rockwell, who I assumed was older, looks younger than I'd thought.
DC looks like a vice-principal.
Meanwhile, that new Decemberists song is very REM.
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Went to the KFOG "Airstaff" page to see if they'd removed Peter yet (he's still there)
http://www.kfog.com/Programming/Airstaff.aspx
But was surprised to see that Dred, who I assumed was quite young, looks older than I expected (he looks a bit like Joe Flaherty of SCTV) and Rockwell, who I assumed was older, looks younger than I'd thought.
DC looks like a vice-principal.
LOL @ DC. So true. I would've thought Dred was younger too, except that he keeps on mentioning about how it's great to be back at KFOG -- I looked it up and it turns out he was last there 1990-1993 :o
Meanwhile, that new Decemberists song is very REM.
Probably because it features Peter Buck! (As does "Down by the Water.")
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Meanwhile, that new Decemberists song is very REM.
Probably because it features Peter Buck! (As does "Down by the Water.")
The Portland connection strikes again.
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Meanwhile, that new Decemberists song is very REM.
Probably because it features Peter Buck! (As does "Down by the Water.")
The Portland connection strikes again.
speaking of:
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/11/ifcs_portlandia_is_coming_to_s.php
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Meanwhile, that new Decemberists song is very REM.
Probably because it features Peter Buck! (As does "Down by the Water.")
The Portland connection strikes again.
speaking of:
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/11/ifcs_portlandia_is_coming_to_s.php
oh my, I might have to go to this! thanks for posting.
(http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee496/mezzaninesanfran/_IFC-Portlandia-SF-227.jpg)
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As heard on the morning show:
"That was the Lemonheads, doing Mrs. Robinson... oh wait, that sounded horrible... I didn't mean it like that"
Oh geez, Webster... :P
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This week begins a parade of week-long auditions by various newsfolk to take over Peter's spot. KRON's Marty Gonzalez used to be the go-to substitute when Peter was off, but I guess he's too old-school (and expensive) to be considered now. Jen... somebody, one of the Metro Traffic folks, is this week's victim.
It appears Renee is no longer doing AM/PM double duty?
and in other news: Don Bleu longtime K-101 morning mainstay (he's older than Dave Morey!) will move to Oldies 103.7 in January. Which says (a) Cheap Clear Channel is determined to make a go of the format and (b) K-101 (or Star 101 or whatever they're calling themselves) is looking to skew younger in the morning.
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finally figured out what Coldplay song Adele's "Someone like you" reminds me of -- only it's not Coldplay, it's Keane. Same difference...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVtISeovvZg
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I hate to say it...but KFOG's current playlist is becoming stale.
At the immediate "changeover" we got an onslaught of new songs, many of which hadn't hit the AAA Top 30 yet, a few which never did.
They've slowly dropped off the semi-obscure/non-AAA hits & waited for the others to enter the Top 30 before adding them. Now all we have are past & present AAA Top 30 hits. AFAIK the only current they're still playing that wasn't a hit on AAA is that Airborne Toxic Event song (and they even have a newer song out now), probably because they're doing their concert for kids.
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I hate to say it...but KFOG's current playlist is becoming stale.
At the immediate "changeover" we got an onslaught of new songs, many of which hadn't hit the AAA Top 30 yet, a few which never did.
They've slowly dropped off the semi-obscure/non-AAA hits & waited for the others to enter the Top 30 before adding them. Now all we have are past & present AAA Top 30 hits. AFAIK the only current they're still playing that wasn't a hit on AAA is that Airborne Toxic Event song (and they even have a newer song out now), probably because they're doing their concert for kids.
It also seems to me that when the changeover first happened, virtually all the "gold" cuts were alt-radio hits (or semi-hits) from the '80s and '90s -- all the mainstream stuff (your Petty, your Dire Straits, your '70s stars who were still having hits in the '80s) was gone. Slowly but surely, as DC has tweaked the library, we're hearing Petty, Don Henley and the like creep in.
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WTH is this "Don't Touch Me There" song?
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WTH is this "Don't Touch Me There" song?
If it sounds like a Phil Spector sendup, it's the Tubes from their second album, circa 1976.
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WTH is this "Don't Touch Me There" song?
:) ;) :D ;D
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and another thing: Maybe i just keep missing it but it seems that "Request-O-Rama" has been mothballed. And Irish Greg seems to have less airtime of late (even tho' he's mentioned and is clearly there doing his producer duties).
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eek: in one 20-minute segment just now Rosalie played Counting Crows, "Mr Jones"; Train, "Drops of Jupiter"; and Pearl Jam's cover of "Last Kiss". Shoot me.
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eek: in one 20-minute segment just now Rosalie played Counting Crows, "Mr Jones"; Train, "Drops of Jupiter"; and Pearl Jam's cover of "Last Kiss". Shoot me.
Shoot yourself for still tuning into the dreck.
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This week's Peter Finch substitute is none other than former Live 105-er Greg Gory. It was because of him that Greg McQuaid became "Irish Greg" -- Alex Bennett needed a way to differentiate between the 2 Gregs.
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This week's Peter Finch substitute is none other than former Live 105-er Greg Gory. It was because of him that Greg McQuaid became "Irish Greg" -- Alex Bennett needed a way to differentiate between the 2 Gregs.
I didn't know that. Happy to have new knowledge.
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This week's Peter Finch substitute is none other than former Live 105-er Greg Gory. It was because of him that Greg McQuaid became "Irish Greg" -- Alex Bennett needed a way to differentiate between the 2 Gregs.
I have to say I'm liking this guy a lot more than last week's fill-in, Jenn Lee.
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This week's Peter Finch substitute is none other than former Live 105-er Greg Gory. It was because of him that Greg McQuaid became "Irish Greg" -- Alex Bennett needed a way to differentiate between the 2 Gregs.
I have to say I'm liking this guy a lot more than last week's fill-in, Jenn Lee.
And I like him less. I didn't like Jenn either. Hard to believe I'd miss Renee
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I was really upset about their discussion of the Post Office this morning. Apparently, nobody does any homework, and doesn't know why the PO is in trouble. They are being killed by Congress, who saddles them with a requirement to fully fund 75 years of pensions! Nobody else has to do that! We are headed for a no PO world if this privatization push doesn't stop.
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I was really upset about their discussion of the Post Office this morning. Apparently, nobody does any homework, and doesn't know why the PO is in trouble. They are being killed by Congress, who saddles them with a requirement to fully fund 75 years of pensions! Nobody else has to do that! We are headed for a no PO world if this privatization push doesn't stop.
Which is really going to screw the people with no internet access. But the teabaggers aren't concerned about that.
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I was really upset about their discussion of the Post Office this morning. Apparently, nobody does any homework, and doesn't know why the PO is in trouble. They are being killed by Congress, who saddles them with a requirement to fully fund 75 years of pensions! Nobody else has to do that! We are headed for a no PO world if this privatization push doesn't stop.
Which is really going to screw the people with no internet access. But the teabaggers aren't concerned about that.
It's all troublesome. There's no easy solution that all parties involved would buy into. It actually would be easy to fix but no one has authority to make grand, sweeping deciisions to change the course the PO is on.
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I was really upset about their discussion of the Post Office this morning. Apparently, nobody does any homework, and doesn't know why the PO is in trouble. They are being killed by Congress, who saddles them with a requirement to fully fund 75 years of pensions! Nobody else has to do that! We are headed for a no PO world if this privatization push doesn't stop.
Which is really going to screw the people with no internet access. But the teabaggers aren't concerned about that.
It's all troublesome. There's no easy solution that all parties involved would buy into. It actually would be easy to fix but no one has authority to make grand, sweeping deciisions to change the course the PO is on.
It's not that hard to do, if you want to save the PO. The point is that they (privatization crazies) want us to go to UPS or FedEx to send a letter. The PO is doing fine, except for this onerous requirement. That's all there is to it.
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This week's Peter Finch substitute is none other than former Live 105-er Greg Gory. It was because of him that Greg McQuaid became "Irish Greg" -- Alex Bennett needed a way to differentiate between the 2 Gregs.
I have to say I'm liking this guy a lot more than last week's fill-in, Jenn Lee.
And I like him less. I didn't like Jenn either. Hard to believe I'd miss Renee
I thought Renee was annoying in the morning, but I like her much better in the afternoons.
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This week's Peter Finch substitute is none other than former Live 105-er Greg Gory. It was because of him that Greg McQuaid became "Irish Greg" -- Alex Bennett needed a way to differentiate between the 2 Gregs.
I have to say I'm liking this guy a lot more than last week's fill-in, Jenn Lee.
And I like him less. I didn't like Jenn either. Hard to believe I'd miss Renee
I thought Renee was annoying in the morning, but I like her much better in the afternoons.
Well, she's in her Live 105 element in the afternoon!
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This week's Peter Finch substitute is none other than former Live 105-er Greg Gory. It was because of him that Greg McQuaid became "Irish Greg" -- Alex Bennett needed a way to differentiate between the 2 Gregs.
I have to say I'm liking this guy a lot more than last week's fill-in, Jenn Lee.
And I like him less. I didn't like Jenn either. Hard to believe I'd miss Renee
I thought Renee was annoying in the morning, but I like her much better in the afternoons.
Well, she's in her Live 105 element in the afternoon!
I recall Greg Gory back when he was the Live 105 morning board op -- he did the local inserts during the Howard Stern show. He never really had that much to do, time & temperature, etc, but I liked his voice. And he seemed smart.
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LOL of the day: they ran that "Today's KFOG! it sounds like... THIS!" bumper and follwoed it with Madness, "Our House" ::) Funny... *yesterday's* KFOG sounded like that too.
In the 6:00 hour I heard both the Wilburys AND lousy '80s Crapton -- just when you thought it was safe...
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So over this Mayer Hawthorne song. Fo real, though.
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So over this Mayer Hawthorne song. Fo real, though.
But everyone loves that song!
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So over this Mayer Hawthorne song. Fo real, though.
But everyone loves that song!
he's the new Matt Nathanson! 5 times a day, and still no Raphael Saddiq
and TANC: the Boardwalk just played Grayson Hugh's "talk it Over" which is very much in the same bag as "The Walk" -- gotta convince AL to play it in the next '89 excursion.
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Stumble outta bed, flip on the radio, and Rosalie is playing Jerry's "The Wheel", and I think "nice".... then she follows it wioh "Hey 'ho Blister" and I instantly flip to Oldies 103.7 which is playing... "Hey Jude". ::)
ETA: 2 mins later, 103.7 is playing "Sweet Home Alabummer" and KFOG is spinning INXS. Lawd, radio sucks.
the animated emoticons are not animated this morning -- WTF?
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Stumble outta bed, flip on the radio, and Rosalie is playing Jerry's "The Wheel", and I think "nice".... then she follows it wioh "Hey 'ho Blister" and I instantly flip to Oldies 103.7 which is playing... "Hey Jude". ::)
ETA: 2 mins later, 103.7 is playing "Sweet Home Alabummer" and KFOG is spinning INXS. Lawd, radio sucks.
the animated emoticons are not animated this morning -- WTF?
No Casey Kasem AT40 on? Still loving Sirius XM in my car. Need to get it in the house.
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So over this Mayer Hawthorne song. Fo real, though.
Yeah, me too. It's pissing me off. He can take his song's long legs and walk them right off of KFOG.
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So over this Mayer Hawthorne song. Fo real, though.
Yeah, me too. It's pissing me off. He can take his song's long legs and walk them right off of KFOG.
you've got a s---ty f---in' attitude, radical (OK, you knew that was coming).
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So over this Mayer Hawthorne song. Fo real, though.
Yeah, me too. It's pissing me off. He can take his song's long legs and walk them right off of KFOG.
you've got a s---ty f---in' attitude, radical (OK, you knew that was coming).
Wow, I sure walked right into that one. :P
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So over this Mayer Hawthorne song. Fo real, though.
Yeah, me too. It's pissing me off. He can take his song's long legs and walk them right off of KFOG.
you've got a s---ty f---in' attitude, radical (OK, you knew that was coming).
RG's shaped like an hourglass, but his time is up..... :P ;) :o
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So over this Mayer Hawthorne song. Fo real, though.
Yeah, me too. It's pissing me off. He can take his song's long legs and walk them right off of KFOG.
you've got a s---ty f---in' attitude, radical (OK, you knew that was coming).
RG's shaped like an hourglass, but his time is up..... :P ;) :o
Despite the swearing, I like the song, but Kfog does play it like every two hours. That's enough to kill the joy for most people.
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This week's "news" auditioner, Melody Walker? Melanie Walker? is IMHO not very good and she's really overdo-ing the bleeding-heart Bay Area liberal bit -- near;y every story she does seems to have that angle to it. Because she thinks that's what the audience wants? Talk about yer cultural stereotype.
Plus she's from Minneapolis and has been mis-pronouncing local city and street names up the wazoo.
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This week's "news" auditioner, Melody Walker? Melanie Walker? is IMHO not very good and she's really overdo-ing the bleeding-heart Bay Area liberal bit -- near;y every story she does seems to have that angle to it. Because she thinks that's what the audience wants? Talk about yer cultural stereotype.
Plus she's from Minneapolis and has been mis-pronouncing local city and street names up the wazoo.
I do agree she's overdoing it, but it made me realize how little Peter used to put his heart into the news. He was basically reading the morning Chronicle, while I was also reading it eating breakfast. She is at least bringing some passion. Webster shuts her down pretty quickly though.
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She sounds like she's stumbling over words and is trying to act peppy but hasn't had her morning coffee. I don't like listening to her.
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OMG...Dred is playing Poe "Angry Johnny"!!!!! :o :o :o
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OMG...Dred is playing Poe "Angry Johnny"!!!!! :o :o :o
I went to college with "Poe" (Annie Danielewski). I was supposed to play guitar with her (I was talked up by some mutual friends), but that never happened.
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This week's "news" auditioner, Melody Walker? Melanie Walker? is IMHO not very good and she's really overdo-ing the bleeding-heart Bay Area liberal bit -- near;y every story she does seems to have that angle to it. Because she thinks that's what the audience wants? Talk about yer cultural stereotype.
Plus she's from Minneapolis and has been mis-pronouncing local city and street names up the wazoo.
I do agree she's overdoing it, but it made me realize how little Peter used to put his heart into the news. He was basically reading the morning Chronicle, while I was also reading it eating breakfast. She is at least bringing some passion. Webster shuts her down pretty quickly though.
Well, Peter was a real NEWS guy, and he felt (correctly) that he was supposed to be objective. His "heart" came out in other ways, like when he talked about his theater stuff. It's clear (if you've heard the promos on KFOG for KGO, "your news & information station") that this new "news lite" direction is another corporate-synergy thing --now that Cumulus owns other stations besides KNBR & the Bone, there's more "let's keep our stations from stepping on each others' demos" nonsense to deal with. I can't help feeling that Peter has been sold a bill-of-goods with his transfer to KGO. More than one conspiracy theorist has suggested that the KGO format tweak was an excuse to unload a lot of high-priced talent... and when the ratings for all-news are disappointing (KCBS and KQED are the kings there) they'll fire the news folks and run syndicated talk (your Glenn Becks, etc).
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OMG...Dred is playing Poe "Angry Johnny"!!!!! :o :o :o
Also, Staind's "It's Been Awhile" seems to have entered KFOG's regular rotation.
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Live/Archives 18 is officially sold-out. Is this the longest it's ever taken for that to happen? or do they make more of them than they used to?
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And this week's morning show newsvictim is.... "Cat", another veteran of Live 105. Didn't hear that much of her today but what I did hear made me think she's one of the better choices so far -- she sounded like a smarter, snarkier (yet somehow less annoying) Renee. Time will tell about the"less annoying" part, I suppose.
I like Greg Gory too but I'm guessing that if Renee has really been reassigned to afternoons-only, they'll go with a woman for their traffic/non-news newsperson.
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Was thrilled to hear Cat on the radio this morning. She was my favorite Live 105 DJ and I was disappointed when she got canned. She's about 10000 steps up from last week's.
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I'm crying tears of happiness right now.
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I'm crying tears of happiness right now.
er, details please!
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I'm crying tears of happiness right now.
er, details please!
M3S...I won 3rd row Coldplay tix!
The songs:
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
The Kinks - Stop Your Sobbing
Coldplay - Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
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I'm crying tears of happiness right now.
er, details please!
M3S...I won 3rd row Coldplay tix!
The songs:
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
The Kinks - Stop Your Sobbing
Coldplay - Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
right on! Congrats, bub!
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I'm crying tears of happiness right now.
er, details please!
M3S...I won 3rd row Coldplay tix!
The songs:
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
The Kinks - Stop Your Sobbing
Coldplay - Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
right on! Congrats, bub!
Thanks man ;D
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Congrats. I heard the "tears of happiness". You did sound a little choked up.
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Damn, they're really playing that Gotye song ("Someone that I Used to Know") a LOT. And to my ears it sounds like a couple XTC songs mashed together, most notably "Senses Working Overtime"
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Listening to the KFOG Christmas mix right now. Very granola.
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Listening to the KFOG Christmas mix right now. Very granola.
you were expecting the Stone Roses? :)
Live 105's "Unholy Xmas" is pretty, er, loud. But how many Blink182-style covers of carols can one person stand?
I'm surprised Rosalie is on this morning; I thought the "Commercial-free Christmas" was also DJ-free. (I'm sure she's voice-tracked)
ETA: here's the THIRD version of "2000 Miles" in 2-1/2 hours. Oy.
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Listening to the KFOG Christmas mix right now. Very granola.
you were expecting the Stone Roses? :)
Live 105's "Unholy Xmas" is pretty, er, loud. But how many Blink182-style covers of carols can one person stand?
I'm surprised Rosalie is on this morning; I thought the "Commercial-free Christmas" was also DJ-free. (I'm sure she's voice-tracked)
ETA: here's the THIRD version of "2000 Miles" in 2-1/2 hours. Oy.
I heard Webster on air about an hour ago. Yes, it occurred to me he was voice-tracked as well.
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Damn, they're really playing that Gotye song ("Someone that I Used to Know") a LOT. And to my ears it sounds like a couple XTC songs mashed together, most notably "Senses Working Overtime"
Kinda sounds like Sting mashed up with "Jane's Getting Serious".
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and suddenly they're playing Paul Simon's "Rewrite" a LOT. Wonder how that album will do in the "Foghead Favorites" Poll?
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and suddenly they're playing Paul Simon's "Rewrite" a LOT. Wonder how that album will do in the "Foghead Favorites" Poll?
Here it is again -- seriously, I barely listen to KFOG outside 10@10 but I've heard them play this song 6 times this week, easily.
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Renee for Webster (he's back tomorrow), and she just played the first gobsmacking surprise of the New Year: 10cc, "Wall Street Shuffle".
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Heard Greg Gory this morning. Is he the official new guy?
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Heard Greg Gory this morning. Is he the official new guy?
they keep saying he's "with us this week"... tho' he was on last week with Renee too. Sounds like they're still making up their mind.
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Shortly before 6, they played "Free My Mind" by Katie Herzig -- call me crazy but I'd never heard it before, yet Webster backannnounced it as one of the big songs of 2011. A case of "this showed up on our Foghead Favorites poll so we better backpedal"? Or did I just miss it all the other times they played it?
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Shortly before 6, they played "Free My Mind" by Katie Herzig -- call me crazy but I'd never heard it before, yet Webster backannnounced it as one of the big songs of 2011. A case of "this showed up on our Foghead Favorites poll so we better backpedal"? Or did I just miss it all the other times they played it?
Admittedly, I'm so far out of it, I'm not surprised, but on the way home from dinner, I heard some other Foghead Favorite of 2011, and I'd never heard it before, at least not on KFOG, and certainly not on the morning show!
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Another week of Greg Gory so I assume he's the official news & traffic guy. Kinda surprised they're going with an all-male show -- I thought DC was trying to nail down those soccer moms.
in the 6:00 hour they premiered the new Train song, "Drive-By", which (unsurprisingly) is godawful. Their usual shtick -- painful rhymes, the whole nine yards. What was funny was that Webster said "we wanna know what you think, maybe a little Foghead poll..." but after the song I waitied.... and waited for Foghead phone calls to be aired but there were none. Maybe because everyone said "Train sucks!"?
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Another week of Greg Gory so I assume he's the official news & traffic guy. Kinda surprised they're going with an all-male show -- I thought DC was trying to nail down those soccer moms.
Nothing about him on their website yet (whereas IIRC Rockwell and Dred got added fairly quickly). But yesterday I heard a commercial where Renee announced the upcoming morning show with "Webster, Greg, & Greg."
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I'm a bit disappointed at the all-male turn the Morning Show has taken -- given that DC moved Renee to afternoons to go after a female demo, you'd think they'd leave the fratboys to The Bone and K-FOX and be a bit smarter in mornings rather than dumbing down. There was a news story about a Girl Scout troop in Denver admitting a transgender member that was handled rather ham-fistedly and prompted me to send them this email:
Wow -- are you guys aiming for the Lamont & Tonelli/Greg Kihn, meat-headed fratboy demographic now? Regarding your discussion of the transgender Girl Scout story -- I've been listening to the Morning Show for years and I *know* that you're all a lot smarter than you made yourselves sound this morning.
Surely you can't just walk into Girl Scout headquarters and say "I think I'm a girl, give me a uniform". This 14-year-old kid has probably gone thru therapy; he's probably been to multiple child psychiatrists and been diagnosed by experts. The Girl Scouts aren't going to let some kid come in and "prank" them. (And it's worth noting that the Girl scouts are a more progressive organization than the Boy Scouts.) Dave Morey would be embarrassed by the way you handled this story
Seriously, guys, a little common sense goes a long way...
in other news, they're playing songs from both the new Macca "standards" album AND the new Ringo (when was the last time radio played anything new by him?). Wait: here's the Ringo. It's actually not bad -- a remake of his ill-fated "Wings" from the '70s. But again, I can't get a handle on what demo they're aiming for -- do thirtysomething soccer moms care about Macca, Ringo and Paul Simon?
ETA: and here's Cake's "Never There". Again.
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I'm a bit disappointed at the all-male turn the Morning Show has taken -- given that DC moved Renee to afternoons to go after a female demo, you'd think they'd leave the fratboys to The Bone and K-FOX and be a bit smarter in mornings rather than dumbing down.
I guess once again I'm dissenting, but I'm not convinced that moving Renee to the afternoons is a sign that KFOG is trying to go to a female demo -- I just think she sounds much better in the afternoons. Younger demo, yes. I don't mind the all-male show because I much prefer Greg over the annoying girl from MN & whoever the first one was. (Kat would have been fine, though.) I actually like the morning show now, probably because I'm only annoyed by 1/3 of them now as opposed to 3/4.
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I'm a bit disappointed at the all-male turn the Morning Show has taken -- given that DC moved Renee to afternoons to go after a female demo, you'd think they'd leave the fratboys to The Bone and K-FOX and be a bit smarter in mornings rather than dumbing down.
I guess once again I'm dissenting, but I'm not convinced that moving Renee to the afternoons is a sign that KFOG is trying to go to a female demo -- I just think she sounds much better in the afternoons. Younger demo, yes. I don't mind the all-male show because I much prefer Greg over the annoying girl from MN & whoever the first one was. (Kat would have been fine, though.) I actually like the morning show now, probably because I'm only annoyed by 1/3 of them now as opposed to 3/4.
Well, OK. All-male in and of itself is not a problem, but if they're going to go all neanderthal about it, I think that's a mistake. Not only would it drive me away completely but L&T and Kihn have that mentality sown-up so what would be the point of splitting that audience 3 ways?
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I'd kept the dial on the 'FOG up until a minute ago but had to kill it when I heard the voice of Gavin Rossdale. Nothing says, "Change it, change it!!!!" like Bush/Rossdale.
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Meant to mention that I punched up KFOG in the car Monday afternoon and they were playing Sonia Dada's "You Don't Treat Me No Good No More", which was nice to hear -- I was surprised they didn't revive that one when that country remake was a hit a few years back.
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I'd kept the dial on the 'FOG up until a minute ago but had to kill it when I heard the voice of Gavin Rossdale. Nothing says, "Change it, change it!!!!" like Bush/Rossdale.
Ha! I heard Live 105 promo-ing their show at HP Pav --- They're touring with f---ing Nickleback, for chrissakes.
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Ha! I heard Live 105 promo-ing their show at HP Pav --- They're touring with f---ing Nickleback, for chrissakes.
If you're looking for a way to kill yourself that's relatively mess-free, that show would probably do it. But "Suicide Is Painless" it wouldn't be.
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Granted, I've never "gotten" the love for Florence and the Machine but jeezus: anybody who uses the phrase "it's always darkest before the dawn" in a pop song in 2012 is undeserving of any accolades. I mean... seriously, Florence? That's just goddamn lazy.
Meanwhile -- KFOG will be simulcasting the Niners game on Sunday along with KNBR and The Bone? WTF?
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Granted, I've never "gotten" the love for Florence and the Machine but jeezus: anybody who uses the phrase "it's always darkest before the dawn" in a pop song in 2012 is undeserving of any accolades. I mean... seriously, Florence? That's just goddamn lazy.
Coming from the same person who called her "hit" Dog Days Are Over, does this surprise you?
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Granted, I've never "gotten" the love for Florence and the Machine but jeezus: anybody who uses the phrase "it's always darkest before the dawn" in a pop song in 2012 is undeserving of any accolades. I mean... seriously, Florence? That's just goddamn lazy.
Meanwhile -- KFOG will be simulcasting the Niners game on Sunday along with KNBR and The Bone? WTF?
Yeah, that is a headscratcher.
I understand the studios share same owners, have the same studio space, etc.... so I guess they paid a little extra to extend the game broadcast down the dial a bit.. because even Katrina-loving KFOGgers will run-Run-RUN to listen to the game on the radio b/c they cannot live a day without KFOG?
BTW, one of the Niners tix winners on KFOG's 9 O'Clock Pop Quiz was a woman named Katrina.
*Cue eerie Theramin sound* ooooooooo-weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-ooooooooo!
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BTW, one of the Niners tix winners on KFOG's 9 O'Clock Pop Quiz was a woman named Katrina.
She must have been walkin' on sunshine after that win.
http://instantrimshot.com (http://instantrimshot.com)
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Granted, I've never "gotten" the love for Florence and the Machine but jeezus: anybody who uses the phrase "it's always darkest before the dawn" in a pop song in 2012 is undeserving of any accolades. I mean... seriously, Florence? That's just goddamn lazy.
Meanwhile -- KFOG will be simulcasting the Niners game on Sunday along with KNBR and The Bone? WTF?
Yeah, that is a headscratcher.
I understand the studios share same owners, have the same studio space, etc.... so I guess they paid a little extra to extend the game broadcast down the dial a bit.. because even Katrina-loving KOFGgers will run-Run-RUN to listen to the game on the radio b/c they cannot live a day without KFOG?
BTW, one of the Niners tix winners on KFOG's 9 O'Clock Pop Quiz was a woman named Katrina.
*Cue eerie Theramin sound* ooooooooo-weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-ooooooooo!
BTW, earlier in the week they had promoted today as a Request-O-Rama-O-Rama with Niners trivia questions -- did anyone hear any of that? R-O-R is no longer a daily feature; R-O-R-O-R comes up on special occasions, and I'm wondering what kind of requests are being made when it does. The "old" KFOG audience used to come up with some smart rarities along with the occasional clunker ("could I hear some Dave matthews? You guys NEVER play him!"). But i shudder to think what the current listeners might want to hear.
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Granted, I've never "gotten" the love for Florence and the Machine but jeezus: anybody who uses the phrase "it's always darkest before the dawn" in a pop song in 2012 is undeserving of any accolades. I mean... seriously, Florence? That's just goddamn lazy.
Meanwhile -- KFOG will be simulcasting the Niners game on Sunday along with KNBR and The Bone? WTF?
Yeah, that is a headscratcher.
I understand the studios share same owners, have the same studio space, etc.... so I guess they paid a little extra to extend the game broadcast down the dial a bit.. because even Katrina-loving KOFGgers will run-Run-RUN to listen to the game on the radio b/c they cannot live a day without KFOG?
BTW, one of the Niners tix winners on KFOG's 9 O'Clock Pop Quiz was a woman named Katrina.
*Cue eerie Theramin sound* ooooooooo-weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-ooooooooo!
BTW, earlier in the week they had promoted today as a Request-O-Rama-O-Rama with Niners trivia questions -- did anyone hear any of that? R-O-R is no longer a daily feature; R-O-R-O-R comes up on special occasions, and I'm wondering what kind of requests are being made when it does. The "old" KFOG audience used to come up with some smart rarities along with the occasional clunker ("could I hear some Dave matthews? You guys NEVER play him!"). But i shudder to think what the current listeners might want to hear.
Florence & The Machine. Duh :P
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Meanwhile -- KFOG will be simulcasting the Niners game on Sunday along with KNBR and The Bone? WTF?
Maybe it's to give South Bay (future home of the 49ers) access to a better signal. They do have the South Bay 97.7 available.
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Meanwhile -- KFOG will be simulcasting the Niners game on Sunday along with KNBR and The Bone? WTF?
Maybe it's to give South Bay (future home of the 49ers) access to a better signal. They do have the South Bay 97.7 available.
that makes sense, altho' KNBR can be heard all the way to Monterey, I would think. I guess they don't want people listening on the Bone and then forgetting to switch back to KFOG -- they might wake up Monday morning and discover that they just LOVE Lamont & Tonelli!
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Meanwhile -- KFOG will be simulcasting the Niners game on Sunday along with KNBR and The Bone? WTF?
Maybe it's to give South Bay (future home of the 49ers) access to a better signal. They do have the South Bay 97.7 available.
that makes sense, altho' KNBR can be heard all the way to Monterey, I would think. I guess they don't want people listening on the Bone and then forgetting to switch back to KFOG -- they might wake up Monday morning and discover that they just LOVE Lamont & Tonelli!
Turns out the entire 6-station Cumulus "cluster" is airing the game -- KNBR, KGO, KSFO, 1050 "The Ticket", The Bone and KFOG.
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Awesome. I'll be listening to KFOG at work on my little radio. I also have permission to wear my Niners gear tomorrow. My boss is a Raiders fan, so it's nice of him.
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Awesome. I'll be listening to KFOG at work on my little radio. I also have permission to wear my Niners gear tomorrow. My boss is a Raiders fan, so it's nice of him.
I hear Rosalie does a helluva play-by-play.
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Just heard a new station id/promo:
Kfog, always on, and just a little bit off.
Which they ripped off from IFC!
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Awesome. I'll be listening to KFOG at work on my little radio. I also have permission to wear my Niners gear tomorrow. My boss is a Raiders fan, so it's nice of him.
I hear Rosalie does a helluva play-by-play.
I was stuck in a bar at Anaheim airport for first half, and the stream didn't have the game! Missed the whole second half whilst on the plane, circling around due to bad weather.
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I can't believe there's a band called Dale Earnhardt Junior Junior -- and that he hasn't sued them . (per Wiki he's a fan!)
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I can't believe there's a band called Dale Earnhardt Junior Junior -- and that he hasn't sued them . (per Wiki he's a fan!)
they sprung from his undercarriage.
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They played the new Jazn Mrazzzzz this morning -- Webster says it debuted at #8 in Billboard this week (!). I must admit it didn't sound like Mr A-Z. Which doesn't mean I won't hate it after hearing it a few more times.
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they're playing songs from both the new Macca "standards" album AND the new Ringo (when was the last time radio played anything new by him?). Wait: here's the Ringo. It's actually not bad -- a remake of his ill-fated "Wings" from the '70s. But again, I can't get a handle on what demo they're aiming for -- do thirtysomething soccer moms care about Macca, Ringo and Paul Simon?
OK, so that was 2 weeks ago...and I don't think either song has been played again since. ::)
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10@10 isn't the only specialty program that's become more mainstream. I'm listening to acoustic sunrise and we're currently up to five radio singles in a row (some more overplayed than others):
Green Day - Time of Your Life
Jakob Dylan - Nothing but the Whole Wide World
Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
Wilco - What Light
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10@10 isn't the only specialty program that's become more mainstream. I'm listening to acoustic sunrise and we're currently up to five radio singles in a row
yes, absolutely. Earlier she played an acoustic version of KFOG Cure staple and also an alternate version of SRV's "Riviera Paradise"
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10@10 isn't the only specialty program that's become more mainstream. I'm listening to acoustic sunrise and we're currently up to five radio singles in a row
yes, absolutely. Earlier she played an acoustic version of KFOG Cure staple and also an alternate version of SRV's "Riviera Paradise"
Not at all surprised. If DC is going to f*** with 10@10, why would he leave Acoustic Sunrise (or any other longstanding franchise) alone?
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Fred P asks on FB: "Wondering how you guys can give away first 5 rows of Springsteen tickets, when the main floor is all general admission with no seats."
Good question!
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Webster and GG doing the deejay shtick from Groundhog Day (they even played Sonny & Cher!) was a cute way to start the day.
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Fred P asks on FB: "Wondering how you guys can give away first 5 rows of Springsteen tickets, when the main floor is all general admission with no seats."
Good question!
the other night Dred clarified this by saying "... the first five rows of RESERVED seats."
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and here's Michael Franti, making "Subterranean Homesick Blues" sound exactly like all his other songs. ::)
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and here's Michael Franti, making "Subterranean Homesick Blues" sound exactly like all his other songs. ::)
wow, KFOG is all over this Dylan-covers collection. Apparently they just played Raphael Saddiq (!) doing "Leopardskin Pillbox Hat". And this morning I heard Jackson Browne's "Love Minus Zero"
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Noticed Jose F gushing over that Lana del Ray song on FB and it seems to me (unless I'm missing something) that KFOG has really backed off playing "Video Games" after a flurry of "OMG isn't this just the COOLEST song??"-type activity. Her SNL debacle didn't help, I suppose. She stikes me as a fairly worthless internet creation, but then I'm cranky.
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Noticed Jose F gushing over that Lana del Ray song on FB and it seems to me (unless I'm missing something) that KFOG has really backed off playing "Video Games" after a flurry of "OMG isn't this just the COOLEST song??"-type activity. Her SNL debacle didn't help, I suppose. She stikes me as a fairly worthless internet creation, but then I'm cranky.
Jose F is to KFOG music as Bob Fitzgerald is to the Golden State Warriors.
Lana Del Rey is essentially Ashlee Simpson 2: Don't Burn Out Before You've Actually Had A #1 hit.
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Just posted on the KFOG website:
"INTRODUCING THE KFOG SOCIAL HOUR
It's time we get together, take a break and share some quality time! Join the Morning Show crew, Irish Greg, Webster and Greg Gory, for KFOG's Social Hour next Tuesday, February 14th. We'll have food, libations and a FREE concert with the amazing Chuck Prophet. It all starts at 5:30pm at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero."
this appears to be an "anyone can just show up" event as opposed to a "you have to win tickets" event. I'm sure the women in Webster and the Gregs lives are THRILLED to have to share them with Fogheads on Valentines Night. ::)
But if it's a monthly event with a rotating cast of KFOG jocks, pencil me in for AL's...
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Too bad the debut event is on Valentine's Day. That said, I might have to drop by for a few minutes more out of curiosity's sake than anything else.
But yeah, AL's appearance would qualify as a 'must'.
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It appears that Rad's assessment of KFOG being a new 'Click' station may be valid: Heard in the last 24 hours were Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" and Jane's Addiction's "Jane Says".
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got home early today and heard the KFOG "Cloud Cover" -- it was Soup Dragons doing "I'm Free" -- and it actually took a while for AL to get someone to name who did the original. Oy.
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So Renee just posted Springsteen's new one on FB calling it "my latest obsession" -- is KFOG actually playing it regularly? I heard it ONCE about 3 weeks ago.
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So Renee just posted Springsteen's new one on FB calling it "my latest obsession" -- is KFOG actually playing it regularly? I heard it ONCE about 3 weeks ago.
I've heard a new one by Bruce on KFOG a few times.
It has the lyrics "America takes care of her own -- wherever the flag is flown." Is that it?
it's her new obsession? ooookaaay
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So Renee just posted Springsteen's new one on FB calling it "my latest obsession" -- is KFOG actually playing it regularly? I heard it ONCE about 3 weeks ago.
I've heard a new one by Bruce on KFOG a few times.
It has the lyrics "America takes care of her own -- wherever the flag is flown." Is that it?
it's her new obsession? ooookaaay
Must be the luck of the draw. I've heard it several times, and I don't listen to KFOG that much anymore.
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Maybe I missed it but it seems Ben Fong-Torres didn't make his annual Chinese New Year appearance on the Morning Show. Guess he really DID piss them off.
Meanwhile their FB page promises "complete Grammy wrap-up" tomorrow. Remember a few years back when they decided Fogheads didn't really care about the Grammys any more? I guess Adele changed things this year.
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So Renee just posted Springsteen's new one on FB calling it "my latest obsession" -- is KFOG actually playing it regularly? I heard it ONCE about 3 weeks ago.
Yeah, I hear it multiple times a day.
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Meanwhile their FB page promises "complete Grammy wrap-up" tomorrow. Remember a few years back when they decided Fogheads didn't really care about the Grammys any more? I guess Adele changed things this year.
Do all you youngsters dig the deadmau5 guy? While not really my cup of tea, I at least found the electronica segment (once the Foo Fighters stopped playing) somewhat interesting, if alien.
(http://discotreats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/111017-deadmau5_show_vmas_2010_617_409.jpg)
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Do all you youngsters dig the deadmau5 guy? While not really my cup of tea, I at least found the electronica segment (once the Foo Fighters stopped playing) somewhat interesting, if alien.
I liked it, too, but I had no real idea who he was, or what the song was, or what. I had to do some Googling afterward to explain WTH I just saw. I searched for terms like "Grammys mouse mask" -- god, I felt so old!
Turns out deadmau5 was up for a Grammy for remix of a Foo Fighters song, which I presume THEY played first, then he mixed right afterward. You saw Dave Grohl dancing to the mix?
P.S. Deadmau5 lost to Skrillex. (Wow, Did you EVER think you would see anything REMOTE approaching THAT sentence back when you were partying with PigPen in the good ol' days?)
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Do all you youngsters dig the deadmau5 guy? While not really my cup of tea, I at least found the electronica segment (once the Foo Fighters stopped playing) somewhat interesting, if alien.
I liked it, too, but I had no real idea who he was, or what the song was, or what. I had to do some Gooling afterward to explain WTH I just saw. I searched for terms like "Grammys mouse mask" -- god, I felt so old!
Turns out deadmau5 was up for a Grammy for remix of a Foo Fighters song, which I presume THEY played first, then he mixed right afterward. You saw Dave Grohl dancing to the mix?
P.S. Deadmau5 lost to Skrillex. (Wow, Did you EVER think you would see anything REMOTE approaching THAT sentence back when you were partying with PigPen in the good ol' days?)
Deadmau5 was one of last year's Outside Lands headliners. Not really my cup of tea, but fun to watch!
(http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/images/admat0621-sm.jpg)
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Do all you youngsters dig the deadmau5 guy? While not really my cup of tea, I at least found the electronica segment (once the Foo Fighters stopped playing) somewhat interesting, if alien.
I liked it, too, but I had no real idea who he was, or what the song was, or what. I had to do some Gooling afterward to explain WTH I just saw. I searched for terms like "Grammys mouse mask" -- god, I felt so old!
Turns out deadmau5 was up for a Grammy for remix of a Foo Fighters song, which I presume THEY played first, then he mixed right afterward. You saw Dave Grohl dancing to the mix?
P.S. Deadmau5 lost to Skrillex. (Wow, Did you EVER think you would see anything REMOTE approaching THAT sentence back when you were partying with PigPen in the good ol' days?)
Deadmau5 was one of last year's Outside Lands headliners. Not really my cup of tea, but fun to watch!
(http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/images/admat0621-sm.jpg)
I guess I fall into the oldies category. Fun to watch but I had no idea who it was or why the girls in the audience were wearing mouse ears. I like Dave Grohl and the FF but the tune Rope does nada for me.
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in case you didn't know about this "Sing Along With Tony Bennett" thing happening at noon in SF:
http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2012/02/09/a-san-francisco-sing-along-with-tony-bennett/
I gotta assume that KFOG (which plays the song semi-regularly anyway) will be playing it at noon.
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in case you didn't know about this "Sing Along With Tony Bennett" thing happening at noon in SF:
http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2012/02/09/a-san-francisco-sing-along-with-tony-bennett/
I gotta assume that KFOG (which plays the song semi-regularly anyway) will be playing it at noon.
Confirmed!
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I heard BTE's "Good" & F+tT's "Moneygrabber" back to back the other day, and was struck by how similar their arrangements are.
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oh, for fuck's sake... KFOG is playing Dave Matthew Band Crazy right now, just 20 minutes after we heard it in the 10at10 set.
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oh, for fuck's sake... KFOG is playing Dave Matthew Band Crazy right now, just 20 minutes after we heard it in the 10at10 set.
that's, well... CRAZY. But it happens way too often.
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oh, for fuck's sake... KFOG is playing Dave Matthew Band Crazy right now, just 20 minutes after we heard it in the 10at10 set.
And if you stay up past 10 tonight, you can hear it again!
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oh, for fuck's sake... KFOG is playing Dave Matthew Band Crazy right now, just 20 minutes after we heard it in the 10at10 set.
I'm so Crushed.
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Jan ratings are in: KFOG, the Bone and K-Fox all up very slightly. KOIT plummeted back to earth after their Xmas bonanza.
Meanwhile, if I hear Renee describe G. Love as "laid-back alternative hip-hop blues" one more time (seriously -- WHAT??) I may go postal.
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Proving once again that the typical Foghead is not a radio geek who pays attention like we do... Webster read an email this morning from someone who wanted to know "what happened to Peter Finch? Some new guy has been doing the news lately... I hope Peter is all right!"
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Proving once again that the typical Foghead is not a radio geek who pays attention like we do... Webster read an email this morning from someone who wanted to know "what happened to Peter Finch? Some new guy has been doing the news lately... I hope Peter is all right!"
And Peter's only been gone, what, maybe three months? Oy. Obviously this guy never listens to KGO, either.
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Interesting exchange between DW and AL on her wall... indicating that perhaps not all songs are 'hand-picked' by KFOG after all.
EDIT: Although he did say he was listening to KFOG streaming, so maybe an asterisk needs to be inserted. Or something.
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Interesting exchange between DW and AL on her wall... indicating that perhaps not all songs are 'hand-picked' by KFOG after all.
EDIT: Although he did say he was listening to KFOG streaming, so maybe an asterisk needs to be inserted. Or something.
yeah, I just read that -- he's talking about the songs that play on the stream when over-the-air KFOG has commercials. (like what we hear right before 10@10, for example). Those songs don't get ID'd in the Just Played feature. To be fair, I'm sure these songs are approved by DC too (some are from the "live & local" CDs, I think) so they're not being chosen by some faceless corporate toadys. They tend to be marginally popular songs (like the new Tom Waits) and this gives DC an opportunity to tell the record label "hey you're getting played on KFOG!"
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KFOG continues its quest to see Live 105 pwn3d by adding a few more popular tracks from that station: Fun "We Are Young" & Young the Giant "Cough Syrup." (In addition to that Of Monsters and Men song, though that's already top half of the AAA chart now.)
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Someone on FB mentioned that AL's shift is getting cut an hour (10-3). Crickey, does this mean more airtime with DC?? :o
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Someone on FB mentioned that AL's shift is getting cut an hour (10-3). Crickey, does this mean more airtime with DC?? :o
Yes -- DC and Renee get an extra hour cuz they're SOOOOOOOO popular! Fred P has started the "10@10 Deathwatch". But as I posted on that thread:
"I'm no fan of Cumulus or the PD's "improvements", but in radio, 6 hours is a LOOOONG air-shift, and when you consider AL works longer than that doing 10@10 prep... I think you're reading a bit too much into this particular move."
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Someone on FB mentioned that AL's shift is getting cut an hour (10-3). Crickey, does this mean more airtime with DC?? :o
Yes -- DC and Renee get an extra hour cuz they're SOOOOOOOO popular! Fred P has started the "10@10 Deathwatch". But as I posted on that thread:
"I'm no fan of Cumulus or the PD's "improvements", but in radio, 6 hours is a LOOOONG air-shift, and when you consider AL works longer than that doing 10@10 prep... I think you're reading a bit too much into this particular move."
Good point...also, AL's 10-3 (+10-11) is still longer than DC & Renee's 3-7. And before she took over 10@10, she was 11-4...yes?
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it's another Request-O-Rama-O-Rama on the Morning Show (Oscar/movie trivia); got off to an inauspicious start when Irish Greg screwed up the first question: "Kristin Wiig is nominated for Best Screenplay this year... who is the ONLY OTHER SNL CAST MEMBER to be Oscar-nommed?" Greg, who got the answer from some crappy website, said it was Joan Cusack, but the first caller said (correctly) that Bill Murray's been nominated. Ooops.
And to top it off... the winner requested... Feist. And not even old Feist. Sheesh.
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it's another Request-O-Rama-O-Rama on the Morning Show (Oscar/movie trivia); got off to an inauspicious start when Irish Greg screwed up the first question: "Kristin Wiig is nominated for Best Screenplay this year... who is the ONLY OTHER SNL CAST MEMBER to be Oscar-nommed?" Greg, who got the answer from some crappy website, said it was Joan Cusack, but the first caller said (correctly) that Bill Murray's been nominated. Ooops.
And to top it off... the winner requested... Feist. And not even old Feist. Sheesh.
so I'm subjecting myself to the last hour today just to see what kinda requests the winners are making -- compared to say, the stuff "old" Fogheads (say, a year ago) requested, which could sometimes be quite good/quirky/interesting.
9:00 Pop Quiz (also Oscar-related): which of these things is not like the other?
Bruce, "Streets of Philly"
Swell Season, "Falling Slowly"
Melisseridge, "I Need to Wake Up"
Counting Crows, "Accidentally in Love"
Eminem, "Lose Yourself"
(answer: all were Oscar-nommed; the Counting Crows song is the only one of the 5 that DIDN'T win)
ETA: apparently R-O-R-O-R ends before 9:00... was it always like that? Did anyone hear the show between 6:30 and 9 and were you struck by any interesting (or awful) requests?
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and another minor tweak I've noticed -- they now play the "so VERY special" version of Radiohead's "Creep" instead of the version with "fucking" bleeped out that they've played for 18 years.
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Proving once again that the typical Foghead is not a radio geek who pays attention like we do... Webster read an email this morning from someone who wanted to know "what happened to Peter Finch? Some new guy has been doing the news lately... I hope Peter is all right!"
And Peter's only been gone, what, maybe three months? Oy. Obviously this guy never listens to KGO, either.
and someone on AL's FB page just asked where Renee's been lately...
BTW I haven't heard the new movie-review girl -- anybody? the word "annoying" is being thrown around...
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ETA: apparently R-O-R-O-R ends before 9:00... was it always like that? Did anyone hear the show between 6:30 and 9 and were you struck by any interesting (or awful) requests?
Yeah, AFAIK it ended @ 9 even in the "old days". (Sometimes they had the 9:00 pop quiz winner pick the last one.)
The three requests I heard were in line with DC's playlist:
The Black Crowes - Hard to Handle
Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)
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I wasn't playing close enough attention to know whether they were ROROR requests, but some of the songs that appeared this morning were:
"Name", Goo Goo Dolls
"Animal", Neon Trees
"No Such Thing", John Mayer
"Don't Dream It's Over", Crowded House
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I wasn't playing close enough attention to know whether they were ROROR requests, but some of the songs that appeared this morning were:
"Don't Dream It's Over", Crowded House
Jose F must've won!
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The Dead live. And on DC's watch no less. He and Renee played a request for Estimated Prophet as their last song tonight.
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The Dead live. And on DC's watch no less. He and Renee played a request for Estimated Prophet as their last song tonight.
Heaven forbid! And a song in 7/4 no less!
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it's another Request-O-Rama-O-Rama on the Morning Show (Oscar/movie trivia); got off to an inauspicious start when Irish Greg screwed up the first question: "Kristin Wiig is nominated for Best Screenplay this year... who is the ONLY OTHER SNL CAST MEMBER to be Oscar-nommed?" Greg, who got the answer from some crappy website, said it was Joan Cusack, but the first caller said (correctly) that Bill Murray's been nominated. Ooops.
OMFG -- per the Oscars' announcer, NINE former SNL cast memberes have been nominated over the years.
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A minor point, perhaps, but when they play that "Today's KFOG -- it sounds like THIS!" sounder... shouldn't they follow it with something from, er, TODAY? And not a 15-year-old Sister Hazel song?
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A minor point, perhaps, but when they play that "Today's KFOG -- it sounds like THIS!" sounder... shouldn't they follow it with something from, er, TODAY? And not a 15-year-old Sister Hazel song?
While I understand what the promo is getting at, Sister Hazel, at least "All For You", shouldn't be played at all. Damn did 1997 have some really awful stuff.
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A minor point, perhaps, but when they play that "Today's KFOG -- it sounds like THIS!" sounder... shouldn't they follow it with something from, er, TODAY? And not a 15-year-old Sister Hazel song?
While I understand what the promo is getting at, Sister Hazel, at least "All For You", shouldn't be played at all. Damn did 1997 have some really awful stuff.
oh my yes. I remember emailing KFOG's then-PD (forget his name) to ask why they needed to play every Hootie clone that came down the pike (Sis Hazel was one; Matchbox 20 also started out as one, before Rob T discovered his inner Cher; there were others). I got a snotty reply telling me I was being... too snotty.
They've followed that promo with stuff even older than "All For You" on occasion.
"Today's KFOG -- we don't play 'Sweet Home Alabama' any more!"
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A minor point, perhaps, but when they play that "Today's KFOG -- it sounds like THIS!" sounder... shouldn't they follow it with something from, er, TODAY? And not a 15-year-old Sister Hazel song?
While I understand what the promo is getting at, Sister Hazel, at least "All For You", shouldn't be played at all. Damn did 1997 have some really awful stuff.
oh my yes. I remember emailing KFOG's then-PD (forget his name) to ask why they needed to play every Hootie clone that came down the pike (Sis Hazel was one; Matchbox 20 also started out as one, before Rob T discovered his inner Cher; there were others). I got a snotty reply telling me I was being... too snotty.
They've followed that promo with stuff even older than "All For You" on occasion.
"Today's KFOG -- we don't play 'Sweet Home Alabama' any more!"
"Today's KFOG: For those of you who missed 1997's Alice"
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A minor point, perhaps, but when they play that "Today's KFOG -- it sounds like THIS!" sounder... shouldn't they follow it with something from, er, TODAY? And not a 15-year-old Sister Hazel song?
While I understand what the promo is getting at, Sister Hazel, at least "All For You", shouldn't be played at all. Damn did 1997 have some really awful stuff.
I remember thinking "Champagne High" was pretty awesome. "Happy" wasn't horrible either.
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A minor point, perhaps, but when they play that "Today's KFOG -- it sounds like THIS!" sounder... shouldn't they follow it with something from, er, TODAY? And not a 15-year-old Sister Hazel song?
While I understand what the promo is getting at, Sister Hazel, at least "All For You", shouldn't be played at all. Damn did 1997 have some really awful stuff.
I remember thinking "Champagne High" was pretty awesome. "Happy" wasn't horrible either.
Their second biggest hit, "Change Your Mind" was vastly superior as well. But "All For You" has long been a station-changer.
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On the topic of washed-up 90s bands...now playing: "Sympathy" by Goo Goo Dolls. I don't think I've heard this one since it was current.
I just checked their CHR history. This one didn't make it:
http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/googoodolls.html
But that's an odd distribution. 13 total top 50's, with three #1's yet no other Top 10's. Then six top 50's that didn't make it above #40.
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On the topic of washed-up 90s bands...now playing: "Sympathy" by Goo Goo Dolls. I don't think I've heard this one since it was current.
I just checked their CHR history. This one didn't make it:
http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/googoodolls.html
But that's an odd distribution. 13 total top 50's, with three #1's yet no other Top 10's. Then six top 50's that didn't make it above #40.
That guy is slower to update his website than Bud Selig's study of where to move the Oakland A's.
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On the topic of washed-up 90s bands...now playing: "Sympathy" by Goo Goo Dolls. I don't think I've heard this one since it was current.
I just checked their CHR history. This one didn't make it:
http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/googoodolls.html
But that's an odd distribution. 13 total top 50's, with three #1's yet no other Top 10's. Then six top 50's that didn't make it above #40.
That guy is slower to update his website than Bud Selig's study of where to move the Oakland A's.
Nah, he keeps it pretty current for most songs (despite the front page saying the last "update" was in 06.) He just doesn't usually add them until they've fallen off.
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On the topic of washed-up 90s bands...now playing: "Sympathy" by Goo Goo Dolls. I don't think I've heard this one since it was current.
I just checked their CHR history. This one didn't make it:
http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/googoodolls.html
But that's an odd distribution. 13 total top 50's, with three #1's yet no other Top 10's. Then six top 50's that didn't make it above #40.
That guy is slower to update his website than Bud Selig's study of where to move the Oakland A's.
Nah, he keeps it pretty current for most songs (despite the front page saying the last "update" was in 06.) He just doesn't usually add them until they've fallen off.
I've been backlogging earlier hits to re-create earlier charts. He's been stuck on Sting's "Russians" for about a month now. It's also kind of frustrating to see all the duplications - i.e. two songs being #27 for the same week, links going to the wrong song, etc.
I guess it's all about priorities!
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I don't remember who (or in which thread) said that Luke Crampton is 27 but I'm guessing they were kidding -- all the Googling I did shows him to be a guy who's been around the music biz for decades. Did I miss a smiley face on that post?
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I don't remember who (or in which thread) said that Luke Crampton is 27 but I'm guessing they were kidding -- all the Googling I did shows him to be a guy who's been around the music biz for decades. Did I miss a smiley face on that post?
That was me. :-X I heard him say he was 27 on air, though it's quite possible that he was being facetious & I didn't realize.
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However old Crampton is, the show is so different, a.k.a. awesome, as opposed to than the rest of KFOG's schedule, I may have to start recording it.
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Cumulus starting it's own nationwide traffic service -- cheaper than paying Shadow or whoever they use now, I guess
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/103149/cumulus-media-and-radiate-media-launching-nationwi
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In case you missed this Ben Fong-Torres SFGate piece on the Triple-A radio conference that featured everyone's fave KFOG
whipping boy PD:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2012%2F03%2F04%2FPK801NAQG1.DTL
Looks like Ben F-T is back in DC's good graces.
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However old Crampton is, the show is so different, a.k.a. awesome, as opposed to than the rest of KFOG's schedule, I may have to start recording it.
Listened to the first 2 hours of "Lost & Found" last nite and it was indeed very impressive. Mid-'70s Bonnie Raitt ("Blowing Away" from the wonderful Home Plate LP) and OMFG the Carpenters "Goodbye to Love" were standouts. And more I've-never-heard-of-this-artist tracks than you can shake an iPod at. I do kinda wonder when he sleeps if he's listening to so many albums all the time.
And yes: "I'm 27" is apparently a running joke with him.
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"wait... did you hear that??"
Mr Crampton just played Robbie Robertson's "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", which given its frequent-flier status on 10@10 doesn't seem very "lost" to me. And he's just confessed his love for Ingrid Michaelson, so I guess he he's never heard the word "Feistalike".
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"wait... did you hear that??"
Mr Crampton just played Robbie Robertson's "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", which given its frequent-flier status on 10@10 doesn't seem very "lost" to me. And he's just confessed his love for Ingrid Michaelson, so I guess he he's never heard the word "Feistalike".
Would you say it gets much play outside the 10@10 biosphere?
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"wait... did you hear that??"
Mr Crampton just played Robbie Robertson's "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", which given its frequent-flier status on 10@10 doesn't seem very "lost" to me. And he's just confessed his love for Ingrid Michaelson, so I guess he he's never heard the word "Feistalike".
Would you say it gets much play outside the 10@10 biosphere?
I think it shows up in regular KFOG rotay occasionally.
Much as I enjoyed last week's "Lost & Found", I barely made it thru the first hour last nite -- he followed Ingrid Feistalikeson with Lana del Rey and Bjork and I was outta there.
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Yes, it was weird to hear "Somewhere Down The Crazy River" on the show, but I think Gould may be correct that it's essentially lost outside the 10@10 context.
Frankly, I enjoy Ingrid and Lana and all of the "Feistalikes", so that didn't bother me. YMMV.
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"Guest DJ" on this morning's show: Former KSFO hate-mongerer Melanie Morgan. Gee, what a shame I had to miss it.
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"Guest DJ" on this morning's show: Former KSFO hate-mongerer Melanie Morgan. Gee, what a shame I had to miss it.
Er, I think you mis-heard. "Melody" something (one of the women who auditioned for the Renee/Peter slot), is subbing for Irish Greg. (she was the least-talented of the 4 auditionees in December)
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"Guest DJ" on this morning's show: Former KSFO hate-mongerer Melanie Morgan. Gee, what a shame I had to miss it.
Er, I think you mis-heard. "Melody" something (one of the women who auditioned for the Renee/Peter slot), is subbing for Irish Greg. (she was the least-talented of the 4 auditionees in December)
Too close for comfort... she mentioned she lived in Marin (as did/does Melanie). I should have known better - she just seemed too nice to have been Melanie. Thanks for the catch.
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It seems her name is Melody Walker.
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KFOG continues its assault on Live 105 by picking up the latest from Neon Trees & Foo Fighters, as well as the new Imagine Dragons. The only one of those that is even anywhere near the AAA chart is Imagine Dragons, last week at #34.
This week KFOG has in rotation all of the AAA Top 30, except for:
Ryan Adams (#18)
Ingrid Michaelson :o (#24)
Jason Mraz :o (#25)
Counting Crows :o (#26)
Red Hot Chili Peppers :o (#27)
Feist :o (#30)
I'm surprised, but not complaining, that they added lower position bands such as Delta Spirit, Bon Iver, Young the Giant, Imagine Dragons instead of 24-27. But it's time for a new Feist song rather than "How Come You Never Go There."
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KFOG continues its assault on Live 105 by picking up the latest from Neon Trees & Foo Fighters, as well as the new Imagine Dragons. The only one of those that is even anywhere near the AAA chart is Imagine Dragons, last week at #34.
This week KFOG has in rotation all of the AAA Top 30, except for:
Ryan Adams (#18)
Ingrid Michaelson :o (#24)
Jason Mraz :o (#25)
Counting Crows :o (#26)
Red Hot Chili Peppers :o (#27)
Feist :o (#30)
I'm surprised, but not complaining, that they added lower position bands such as Delta Spirit, Bon Iver, Young the Giant, Imagine Dragons instead of 24-27. But it's time for a new Feist song rather than "How Come You Never Go There."
It's never time for a new Feist song ;)
I'm curious as to why that Colbie Caillat "Brighter Than the Sun" song was not a big Triple-A hit (or was it just KFOG that ignored it?).
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as just noted on FB: they played that "digging deep into the KFOG music library" promo to intro... "Drive-By". I swear to gawd. Un-fucking-believeable.
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as just noted on FB: they played that "digging deep into the KFOG music library" promo to intro... "Drive-By". I swear to gawd. Un-fucking-believeable.
Well, it's deep SOMETHING.
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Peter Finch sitting in for Greg Gory?? as Liz Lemon would say: "What-the-what?"
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Turned on Rosalie this morning to find her in the middle of an extended sit-down with Bonnie Raitt. Very nice.
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Turned on Rosalie this morning to find her in the middle of an extended sit-down with Bonnie Raitt. Very nice.
I didn't listen, but I bet Bonnie is a nice person, and the reason I say that is that during last year's Hardly Strictly BG show, I got my hands on a backstage access pass and we were getting coffee at the same time. I didn't recognize her, but some dude I was chatting with did and he whipped out his camera and said "I love your music, can I get a a picture?"
He then gave *me* his camera and said "Do you mind taking our photo?" even before Bonnie could answer. I was like "well, it's up to her," but inside thinking "uh, this isn't really the place to accost a celeb w a camera, she's just here relaxing, she's not performing, dumbass." But she was cool, she posed patiently.
He forced her hand in that situation, true. If she had said what *I* was thinking, the story about how Bonnie was beeyotch would have been more damaging. But then again, what the hell do I know about how celebs negotiate w their fans in public? Maybe Bonnie was like "Yes! I got recognized!"
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Now playing: Heaven or Las Vegas, which, of course, we heard on 10@10. This would support the theory that once a song is lucky enough to hit KFOG on any internal program, it's "okay" to start playing it on other programs (which we saw with The Cure "Never Enough") and/or in regular programming.
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My first experience hearing "Cinema Sam", the new movie-review chick. Good lord she's awful -- she sounds like Kristen Schall doing a ditzy teenager voice. She's not Irish Greg's girlfriend Sam, is she??
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"Smoke Two Joints" at 5:00 on 4/20...classic!
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First time hearing on KFOG outside of 10@10: all 5:57 of Thomas Dolby at his finest, "I Love You Goodbye." Could this mean we'll get it on the next 1992 10@10?
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First time hearing on KFOG outside of 10@10: all 5:57 of Thomas Dolby at his finest, "I Love You Goodbye." Could this mean we'll get it on the next 1992 10@10?
and 17 times a week between now and then ;)
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First time hearing on KFOG outside of 10@10: all 5:57 of Thomas Dolby at his finest, "I Love You Goodbye." Could this mean we'll get it on the next 1992 10@10?
As I recall, that was a bit of a Moreytrina. Having said that, I never minded hearing it.
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It's official! KFOG A-to-Z starts Monday. The first A-to-Z since DC, OK? Should be interesting.
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It's official! KFOG A-to-Z starts Monday. The first A-to-Z since DC, OK? Should be interesting.
They were discussing the "rules" for A-Z on the Morning Show today; they mentioned that it "pauses" on the overnite (midnite-6) but they did not say anything about 10@10 -- I suspect that (like The Drive and the Sound) KFOG may opt to pre-empt 10@10 this time around. Just a guess.
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It's official! KFOG A-to-Z starts Monday. The first A-to-Z since DC, OK? Should be interesting.
They were discussing the "rules" for A-Z on the Morning Show today; they mentioned that it "pauses" on the overnite (midnite-6) but they did not say anything about 10@10 -- I suspect that (like The Drive and the Sound) KFOG may opt to pre-empt 10@10 this time around. Just a guess.
I'm guessing 10@10 will stay. I suppose it's possible that the evening version may not occur.
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It's official! KFOG A-to-Z starts Monday. The first A-to-Z since DC, OK? Should be interesting.
They were discussing the "rules" for A-Z on the Morning Show today; they mentioned that it "pauses" on the overnite (midnite-6) but they did not say anything about 10@10 -- I suspect that (like The Drive and the Sound) KFOG may opt to pre-empt 10@10 this time around. Just a guess.
Hope I'm wrong, but my instinct says you're right. DC does not have the, shall we say, reverence for the institution of 10@10 that previously existed prior to his arrival. Has anyone asked Annalisa if she's going on hiatus while the A-to-Z is in progress?
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I just typed "KFOG" into my browser to go to the station's page, and this link was one of the ones suggested:
http://www.kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/AirstaffBlogs/DaveMorey/tabid/124/Default.aspx
I figured what the hell, and clicked it, and I'll be damned if it's not still up on their site. Probably not getting many hits, as I doubt there are any links to it anywhere else on the site, but still there nevertheless.
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I just typed "KFOG" into my browser to go to the station's page, and this link was one of the ones suggested:
http://www.kfog.com/PROGRAMMING/AirstaffBlogs/DaveMorey/tabid/124/Default.aspx
I figured what the hell, and clicked it, and I'll be damned if it's not still up on their site. Probably not getting many hits, as I doubt there are any links to it anywhere else on the site, but still there nevertheless.
aaaawwwwwww. You know I just read his blog. Selling the house he and Mike bought, telling the neighbors....... Geez. Hope he's living a great life.
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Per FB: KFOG just fired Irish Greg after 14 years of producing the Morning Show! Wow. End of an era yet again. WTFF.
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Per FB: KFOG just fired Irish Greg after 14 years of producing the Morning Show! Wow. End of an era yet again. WTFF.
Nice scorched earth campaign DC has going there. If I were AL or Renee, I'd keep my feelers out.
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From FB:
One of the most difficult things in life is dealing with change. We get into our comfortable patterns. Challenging those patterns and finding new ways of doing things is scary, but it can be invigorating and even exciting.
After much consideration, I have made the very difficult decision that it’s time to introduce a brand new morning show on KFOG. It’s a show we’re calling The Morning After, and it will debut right after Memorial Day.
The Morning After will feature a fresh cast of characters that will immediately put you in a great mood, starting your day with information that’s relevant to you and, of course playing great music to give a positive start to your day. We hope that you will enjoy the new KFOG Morning After featuring Tony, Greg and Melanie.
Unfortunately, this will mean that Webster and Irish Greg are leaving the station. Please feel free to post your comments to them here. We sincerely appreciate their years of service at KFOG and the sacrifices in they have made to get up early every morning to entertain Fogheads. They have been and will remain friends of everyone here.
Thank you for your support of KFOG and we sincerely hope you will find The Morning After an enlightening and inspiring experience.
Dennis Constantine
KFOG Program Director
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Per FB: KFOG just fired Irish Greg after 14 years of producing the Morning Show! Wow. End of an era yet again. WTFF.
Nice scorched earth campaign DC has going there. If I were AL or Renee, I'd keep my feelers out.
Sounds like the "new" Morning Show (Webster's fired too) might be something Cumulus will be syndicating (or hopes to). I'm guessing everyone's days are numbered at this point.
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Per FB: KFOG just fired Irish Greg after 14 years of producing the Morning Show! Wow. End of an era yet again. WTFF.
Nice scorched earth campaign DC has going there. If I were AL or Renee, I'd keep my feelers out.
Sounds like the "new" Morning Show (Webster's fired too) might be something Cumulus will be syndicating (or hopes to). I'm guessing everyone's days are numbered at this point.
Was wondering the same thing. AL's "jury duty" seems a tad convenient.
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Per FB: KFOG just fired Irish Greg after 14 years of producing the Morning Show! Wow. End of an era yet again. WTFF.
Nice scorched earth campaign DC has going there. If I were AL or Renee, I'd keep my feelers out.
Sounds like the "new" Morning Show (Webster's fired too) might be something Cumulus will be syndicating (or hopes to). I'm guessing everyone's days are numbered at this point.
Was wondering the same thing. AL's "jury duty" seems a tad convenient.
Based on FB/g-s comments, she's on the air -- dunno if she's voice-tracked or if she was really just in a staff meeting from, say, 9:30-11 where everybody got the lowdown on the unfolding KFOG events. I posted the news on radio-info.com's SF thread earlier, but so far no one has commented there.
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Some people on GS think KFOG is going to start playing Bieber after A-Z... ::)
I'm about 99.99% sure that will not be happening. However they have a point that A-Z is a good time for a format flip.
If they flip to anything, it'll be Alternative. It's been going that way, esp. in the past few weeks and they already sound eerily similar to KENZ/Salt Lake City, a Cumulus alt. station.
I actually wouldn't mind that. They're in a better position than ever to take out Live 105.
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Some people on GS think KFOG is going to start playing Bieber after A-Z... ::)
I'm about 99.99% sure that will not be happening. However they have a point that A-Z is a good time for a format flip.
If they flip to anything, it'll be Alternative. It's been going that way, esp. in the past few weeks and they already sound eerily similar to KENZ/Salt Lake City, a Cumulus alt. station.
I actually wouldn't mind that. They're in a better position than ever to take out Live 105.
well, that would surely make sense, and a 3-person AM show called "The Morning After" sounds very Live 105-ish to me (one of the 3 is named Tony -- didn't there used to be a Tony on L-105?) So if A-to-Z has no Bonnie Raitt or John mayer in it we'll know.
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Some people on GS think KFOG is going to start playing Bieber after A-Z... ::)
I'm about 99.99% sure that will not be happening. However they have a point that A-Z is a good time for a format flip.
If they flip to anything, it'll be Alternative. It's been going that way, esp. in the past few weeks and they already sound eerily similar to KENZ/Salt Lake City, a Cumulus alt. station.
I actually wouldn't mind that. They're in a better position than ever to take out Live 105.
well, that would surely make sense, and a 3-person AM show called "The Morning After" sounds very Live 105-ish to me (one of the 3 is named Tony -- didn't there used to be a Tony on L-105?) So if A-to-Z has no Bonnie Raitt or John mayer in it we'll know.
Of course the real sign that things are about to change would be if there were no Train.
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Some people on GS think KFOG is going to start playing Bieber after A-Z... ::)
I'm about 99.99% sure that will not be happening. However they have a point that A-Z is a good time for a format flip.
If they flip to anything, it'll be Alternative. It's been going that way, esp. in the past few weeks and they already sound eerily similar to KENZ/Salt Lake City, a Cumulus alt. station.
I actually wouldn't mind that. They're in a better position than ever to take out Live 105.
I would agree in the sense that I'd rather hear Depeche Mode and the Black Keys than Crapton. Would not agree if they become Rage Against The Machine central in lieu of the likes of the Dandy Warhols.
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Some people on GS think KFOG is going to start playing Bieber after A-Z... ::)
I'm about 99.99% sure that will not be happening. However they have a point that A-Z is a good time for a format flip.
If they flip to anything, it'll be Alternative. It's been going that way, esp. in the past few weeks and they already sound eerily similar to KENZ/Salt Lake City, a Cumulus alt. station.
I actually wouldn't mind that. They're in a better position than ever to take out Live 105.
I would agree in the sense that I'd rather hear Depeche Mode and the Black Keys than Crapton. Would not agree if they become Rage Against The Machine central in lieu of the likes of the Dandy Warhols.
Good point. I would think they'd still keep an AAA sensibility since Lame 105 still has all the annoying screamy-rock taken care of. And, KENZ is very AAA leaning.
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Some people on GS think KFOG is going to start playing Bieber after A-Z... ::)
I'm about 99.99% sure that will not be happening. However they have a point that A-Z is a good time for a format flip.
If they flip to anything, it'll be Alternative. It's been going that way, esp. in the past few weeks and they already sound eerily similar to KENZ/Salt Lake City, a Cumulus alt. station.
I actually wouldn't mind that. They're in a better position than ever to take out Live 105.
...Crapton.
Oh no...not you, too! :( >:( ;)
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We hope that you will enjoy the new KFOG Morning After featuring Tony, Greg and Melanie.
Well, we know that Greg is Mr Gory; could Melanie be Melanie Walker, the weakest of the 4 who "auditioned" for Peter's job back in December? I'd've much preferred they hire Cat.
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We hope that you will enjoy the new KFOG Morning After featuring Tony, Greg and Melanie.
Well, we know that Greg is Mr Gory; could Melanie be Melanie Walker, the weakest of the 4 who "auditioned" for Peter's job back in December? I'd've much preferred they hire Cat.
Same here. Then it would really be Live 105-esque.
Edit: I found Melanie Walker's FB page. Not that this necessarily means anything, but she's friends with G. Gory and DC, but not the rest of the KFOG staff.
Edit 2: I also found this: http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2012/05/flash-kfog-morning-show-shown-door.html
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So, what can we expect Monday morning at 6 when A-to-Z begins?
Will Greg Gory be flying solo? Will the Mornings be jockless/voice-tracked for the next 2 weeks, with Gory there to do traffic only? And lots of promos for The Morning After, "coming soon"? If *I* were DC, I'd have everybody there live tomorrow -- himself, Renee, AL, Dred -- to make the kickoff of A-to-Z an "event" rather than a placeholder (even if it IS a placeholder). But he's never taken my advice before. ;)
A couple of predictions: if KFOG really does flip to full-blown alt, then obviously 10@10 would be toast. (And maybe the Bone would start doing a heavily playlisted, Drive/Sound-style version of their own?) But even if they don't, I suspect that '60s and '70s sets may disappear very soon. It's clear that the demos have not gotten as young as Cumulus would like; too many of us old farts still listening (and bitching about the changes to boot). DC has been in charge for a year now so they're forcing his hand. Somethin's gotta give.
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So, what can we expect Monday morning at 6 when A-to-Z begins?
Will Greg Gory be flying solo? Will the Mornings be jockless/voice-tracked for the next 2 weeks, with Gory there to do traffic only? And lots of promos for The Morning After, "coming soon"? If *I* were DC, I'd have everybody there live tomorrow -- himself, Renee, AL, Dred -- to make the kickoff of A-to-Z an "event" rather than a placeholder (even if it IS a placeholder). But he's never taken my advice before. ;)
A couple of predictions: if KFOG really does flip to full-blown alt, then obviously 10@10 would be toast. (And maybe the Bone would start doing a heavily playlisted, Drive/Sound-style version of their own?) But even if they don't, I suspect that '60s and '70s sets may disappear very soon. It's clear that the demos have not gotten as young as Cumulus would like; too many of us old farts still listening (and bitching about the changes to boot). DC has been in charge for a year now so they're forcing his hand. Somethin's gotta give.
So stressful.
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From Dave Morey himself (http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2012/05/hey-fogheads-welcome-to-cumulus-abyss.html?showComment=1336948466619#c6525733371539696778) (or someone pretending to be):
ForTheRecord-
KFOG was ALWAYS consulted. First - by Lee Abrams...the A-Hole who concocted the Superstars format. An interesting idea that kinda worked - but when we in SF started tinkering with his master plan - to humanize and localize it - he turned into a total turd.
Salvadore (sales) DESTROYED the original concept- took it to "Classic Rock." Blecch. We bottomed out.
Then - Pat Evans as PD - Heavy Metal Ballads. KFOG almost died.
Enter Dwight Walker as new GM - and the Rebirth of KFOG as a hybrid Triple A station - consulted by John Bradley (SBR) where we earned and enjoyed our greatest success as an intelligent, full-service radio station. Under Program Directors Greg Solk, later Paul Marszelek and then Dave Bensen, KFOG became part of the community. A rare privilege that every radio station dreams of. All of us working overtime to provide an alternative to sophomoric low-brow predictable typical CRAP radio.
Our dream was to become a station that all of San Francisco could turn to as a voice that truly reflected the Bay Area. We were that...for a while. We were proud of the product and our parent company, Susquehanna, appreciated our work.
Dwight Walker, Jude Heller, Bill Ruck, and the people whose names you know - Rosalie, Annalisa, Renee, Peter, Big Rick and lots more I wish I could rattle off now ----
Hey - Greg - Webster. Sorry you guys couldn't get out earlier so you wouldn't be forever connected with KFOG-past.
BUT - Know that is good - to have KFOG (a GREAT radio station) on your resume. And - if you wanna do a show on WTF...lemme know.
-Dave Morey
PS - With very few exceptions, terrestrial radio is dead and rightfully so. Somewhere along the way it turned into real estate.
BUT - if-I-may...speaking on behalf of those who were lucky enough to be there while it still welcomed and appreciated creativity,
GOOD JOB!!!
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From Dave Morey himself (http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2012/05/hey-fogheads-welcome-to-cumulus-abyss.html?showComment=1336948466619#c6525733371539696778) (or someone pretending to be):
ForTheRecord-
KFOG was ALWAYS consulted...
Wow. Excellent.
and in case ypu missed it someone replied to his post and he in turn replied with this URL:
http://www.879harrisville.com/
which is the home of his "WTF" radio -- will investigate more tomorrow when i have time to listen.
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From Dave Morey himself (http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2012/05/hey-fogheads-welcome-to-cumulus-abyss.html?showComment=1336948466619#c6525733371539696778) (or someone pretending to be):
ForTheRecord-
KFOG was ALWAYS consulted...
Wow. Excellent.
and in case ypu missed it someone replied to his post and he in turn replied with this URL:
http://www.879harrisville.com/
which is the home of his "WTF" radio -- will investigate more tomorrow when i have time to listen.
Yes, that sounds like him. I'll be checking out the site/stream when I can. I suppose one could listen over the air if you were close enough, and incidentally there's a local pirate station at that same frequency --87.9 -- right here in SF. That also used to be the freq of Pirate Cat radio. Seems like all the pirates hang out there.
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From Dave Morey himself (http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2012/05/hey-fogheads-welcome-to-cumulus-abyss.html?showComment=1336948466619#c6525733371539696778) (or someone pretending to be):
ForTheRecord-
KFOG was ALWAYS consulted...
Wow. Excellent.
and in case ypu missed it someone replied to his post and he in turn replied with this URL:
http://www.879harrisville.com/
which is the home of his "WTF" radio -- will investigate more tomorrow when i have time to listen.
Yes, that sounds like him. I'll be checking out the site/stream when I can. I suppose one could listen over the air if you were close enough, and ncidentally there a local pirate station at that same frequency --87.9. -- right here in SF. That also used to be the freq of Pirate Cat radio. Seems like all the pirates hang out there.
Agreed, that reads like one of his blog entries from the days when KFOG jocks had blogs. I will be curious to hear a bit of what's going on there. I looked thru the schedule, and the only thing that jumped out at me was that Ben Fong-Torres has a show on Mondays at 8:55am.
(Is Michigan in the central or eastern timezone?)
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So, what can we expect Monday morning at 6 when A-to-Z begins?
Will Greg Gory be flying solo?
the answer to that question is "yes".
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And it's official: 10@10 "on hiatus" for the next 2 weeks of A-to-Z. Blorf.
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The decontamination of KFOG continues...
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From Dave Morey himself (http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2012/05/hey-fogheads-welcome-to-cumulus-abyss.html?showComment=1336948466619#c6525733371539696778) (or someone pretending to be):
ForTheRecord-
KFOG was ALWAYS consulted...
Wow. Excellent.
and in case ypu missed it someone replied to his post and he in turn replied with this URL:
http://www.879harrisville.com/
which is the home of his "WTF" radio -- will investigate more tomorrow when i have time to listen.
Anyone had occasion to check out WTF yet? I hit the play button last night, but they weren't on the air and don't have any automated content to fill in the off hours, so all I got was static. Looks like some of the jocks have posted audio files of their shows though.
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From Dave Morey himself (http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2012/05/hey-fogheads-welcome-to-cumulus-abyss.html?showComment=1336948466619#c6525733371539696778) (or someone pretending to be):
ForTheRecord-
KFOG was ALWAYS consulted...
Wow. Excellent.
and in case ypu missed it someone replied to his post and he in turn replied with this URL:
http://www.879harrisville.com/
which is the home of his "WTF" radio -- will investigate more tomorrow when i have time to listen.
Anyone had occasion to check out WTF yet? I hit the play button last night, but they weren't on the air and don't have any automated content to fill in the off hours, so all I got was static. Looks like some of the jocks have posted audio files of their shows though.
Where was the "dave" post? Static in the air now. From the DJ/Shows link, which might Dave's be?
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Where was the "dave" post? Static in the air now. From the DJ/Shows link, which might Dave's be?
http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2012/05/hey-fogheads-welcome-to-cumulus-abyss.html?showComment=1336948466619#c6525733371539696778
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per a post on the radio-info.com SF thread: the "Tony" of the new KFOG "Morning After" is Tony Longo, aka Twitch of Kramer and Twitch, low-rent shock-jocks who have been fired and hired a number of times in the past decade. (They did an infamous Britney Spears death hoax in Dallas, were fired and ended up in Detroit.) Also worked briefly at KSJO a dozen years ago, most recenly on the air in Lexington, KY. This does *not* sound promising, either for quality listening or for the possible future of the KFOG format. Yeesh.
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per a post on the radio-info.com SF thread: the "Tony" of the new KFOG "Morning After" is Tony Longo, aka Twitch of Kramer and Twitch, low-rent shock-jocks who have been fired and hired a number of times in the past decade. (They did an infamous Britney Spears death hoax in Dallas, were fired and ended up in Detroit.) Also worked briefly at KSJO a dozen years ago, most recenly on the air in Lexington, KY. This does *not* sound promising, either for quality listening or for the possible future of the KFOG format. Yeesh.
oh my lord in heaven, that f*****' sucks.
I despise phony phone calls -- unless they were being done in the golden years by Stuttering John or some other Stern miscreant. (What can I say? I'm a Stern fan.) Don Bleu does them and they are painfully mediocre. Lamont and Toe-Nail-y do them and they feel very fake and are a completely wast of time. I always turn them off. Let's hope they don't go that tired route.
ETA: CS on FB brings up a good point: If this is true, and he's coming over as "Tony" and not "Twitch," perhaps he's turning over some new on-air persona leaves and will be fairly decent...? let's hope.
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per a post on the radio-info.com SF thread: the "Tony" of the new KFOG "Morning After" is Tony Longo, aka Twitch of Kramer and Twitch, low-rent shock-jocks who have been fired and hired a number of times in the past decade. (They did an infamous Britney Spears death hoax in Dallas, were fired and ended up in Detroit.) Also worked briefly at KSJO a dozen years ago, most recenly on the air in Lexington, KY. This does *not* sound promising, either for quality listening or for the possible future of the KFOG format. Yeesh.
oh my lord in heaven, that f*****' sucks.
I despise phony phone calls -- unless they were being done in the golden years by Stuttering John or some other Stern miscreant. (What can I say? I'm a Stern fan.) Don Bleu does them and they are painfully mediocre. Lamont and Toe-Nail-y do them and they feel very fake and are a completely wast of time. I always turn them off. Let's hope they don't go that tired route.
ETA: CS on FB brings up a good point: If this is true, and he's coming over as "Tony" and not "Twitch," perhaps he's turning over some new on-air persona leaves and will be fairly decent...? let's hope.
It is certainly... possible. But I'm a cynic and I'm very skeptical. I'm picturing Gory on the Right and this Melanie person on the touchy-feely Left and "Tony" in the middle as the wise-guy referee.
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I see my other post was long eclipsed by this thread. I just heard a promo for the Morning After. Sooooo forced. Not looking forward to it.
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It's the overnight & they're playing "Walk" by the Foo Fighters. This was the single before "These Days" (which is currently in low rotation) but was not added then. As far as I know, neither of these made the AAA chart.
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sundaygal and I invaded the KFOG studio yesterday (actually we were invited... well, actually one was invited and one tagged along, heheh). It was pretty nice being there. My first time in a real big radio station! (thanks SG!)
AL was pretty accommodating, showing us all sorts of high-tech things, like the touch screen that brings up the sound FX for 10at10's the BeeepBoopBoop time machine sound, the choral "Ten At Ten!" inserts, the list of news and TV clips she has (I was *this close* to looking for the Bosom Buddies "Sunny Sunny Sunny" clip and erasing that bastard!). Super cool. The KFOG playlist is all digitized. The A-Z comes from a disc drive mostly. If they needed to, they could pop in a CD, but a station like KFOG w a defined (?) format has all that stuff digitized for easy access. Their CD library in the studio takes up one wall, full of Mark Knopfler, Steely Dan, Stones, etc. You know the drill. I espied the Kinks "Muswell Hillbillies" CD and thought of Urth, a true Twentieth/Twenty First Century Man. (I also saw their Train CD collection and naturally thought of all the deep sadness in the world. :( )
Renee was there, too. DC was around, heard his voice I think, but no face time w him.
We also got to meet the new morning show jock, Tony! Not surprisingly, he was pretty nice as SG as I chatted with him, I mean grilled him, about things, like what kind of music he liked.
SG: Ok, quick: Your top five bands.
Tony (without pause): Billy Joel.
Mike prob has a crush on him already! HAHAH :) He didn't name any other bands though.. damn. I hate not being to judge people on their taste in music!
Me: The last concert you attended as a FAN...?
T: Green Day. I drove three hours to see them. (He used to live in Kentucky, and he was used to, he said, "people putting their firearms on the table.")
I asked him how man different fart SFX the morning show would have. He answered "probably a dozen." (kidding! he said "only two or three...") ok, seriously, no fart SFX will be heard. I asked him about "Twitch" and (I think, anyway) he was pretty careful to imply that was his OLD self.
He's not too keen on certain popular "gimmicky" (I think he used that word, didn't he?) 80s music, and he cited one of the XM Satellite 80s stations -- the one that plays the pop hits, -- as something he didn't really like. (Frankly I would probably agree with him on some of that. That particular station isn't that earth-shattering and they play the obvious.)
I get the feeling he's pretty liberal. He seems to be in his mid 30s, married w a brand new baby. Thinks Florida is full of weirdos. Could be worse!
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sundaygal and I invaded the KFOG studio yesterday (actually we were invited... well, actually one was invited and one tagged along, heheh). It was pretty nice being there. My first time in a real big radio station! (thanks SG!)
AL was pretty accommodating, showing us all sorts of high-tech things, like the touch screen that brings up the sound FX for 10at10's the BeeepBoopBoop time machine sound, the choral "Ten At Ten!" inserts, the list of news and TV clips she has (I was *this close* to looking for the Bosom Buddies "Sunny Sunny Sunny" clip and erasing that bastard!). Super cool. The KFOG playlist is all digitized. The A-Z comes from a disc drive mostly. If they needed to, they could pop in a CD, but a station like KFOG w a defined (?) format has all that stuff digitized for easy access. Their CD library in the studio takes up one wall, full of Mark Knopfler, Steely Dan, Stones, etc. You know the drill. I espied the Kinks "Muswell Hillbillies" CD and thought of Urth, a true Twentieth/Twenty First Century Man. (I also saw their Train CD collection and naturally thought of all the deep sadness in the world. :( )
Renee was there, too. DC was around, heard his voice I think, but no face time w him.
We also got to meet the new morning show jock, Tony! Not surprisingly, he was pretty nice as SG as I chatted with him, I mean grilled him, about things, like what kind of music he liked.
SG: Ok, quick: Your top five bands.
Tony (without pause): Billy Joel.
Mike prob has a crush on him already! HAHAH :) He didn't name any other bands though.. damn. I hate not being to judge people on their taste in music!
Me: The last concert you attended as a FAN...?
T: Green Day. I drove three hours to see them. (He used to live in Kentucky, and he was used to, he said, "people putting their firearms on the table.")
I asked him how man different fart SFX the morning show would have. He answered "probably a dozen." (kidding! he said "only two or three...") ok, seriously, no fart SFX will be heard. I asked him about "Twitch" and (I think, anyway) he was pretty careful to imply that was his OLD self.
He's not too keen on certain popular "gimmicky" (I think he used that word, didn't he?) 80s music, and he cited one of the XM Satellite 80s stations -- the one that plays the pop hits, -- as something he didn't really like. (Frankly I would probably agree with him on some of that. That particular station isn't that earth-shattering and they play the obvious.)
I get the feeling he's pretty liberal. He seems to be in his mid 30s, married w a brand new baby. Thinks Florida is full of weirdos. Could be worse!
Allrighty. Good investigative work. Way to take one for the team. Thanks.
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Thanks super cool, Tinka and Sunday! How did you get invited?
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sundaygal and I invaded the KFOG studio yesterday (actually we were invited... well, actually one was invited and one tagged along, heheh). It was pretty nice being there. My first time in a real big radio station! (thanks SG!)
AL was pretty accommodating, showing us all sorts of high-tech things, like the touch screen that brings up the sound FX for 10at10's the BeeepBoopBoop time machine sound, the choral "Ten At Ten!" inserts, the list of news and TV clips she has (I was *this close* to looking for the Bosom Buddies "Sunny Sunny Sunny" clip and erasing that bastard!). Super cool. The KFOG playlist is all digitized. The A-Z comes from a disc drive mostly. If they needed to, they could pop in a CD, but a station like KFOG w a defined (?) format has all that stuff digitized for easy access. Their CD library in the studio takes up one wall, full of Mark Knopfler, Steely Dan, Stones, etc. You know the drill. I espied the Kinks "Muswell Hillbillies" CD and thought of Urth, a true Twentieth/Twenty First Century Man. (I also saw their Train CD collection and naturally thought of all the deep sadness in the world. :( )
Renee was there, too. DC was around, heard his voice I think, but no face time w him.
We also got to meet the new morning show jock, Tony! Not surprisingly, he was pretty nice as SG as I chatted with him, I mean grilled him, about things, like what kind of music he liked.
SG: Ok, quick: Your top five bands.
Tony (without pause): Billy Joel.
Mike prob has a crush on him already! HAHAH :) He didn't name any other bands though.. damn. I hate not being to judge people on their taste in music!
Me: The last concert you attended as a FAN...?
T: Green Day. I drove three hours to see them. (He used to live in Kentucky, and he was used to, he said, "people putting their firearms on the table.")
I asked him how man different fart SFX the morning show would have. He answered "probably a dozen." (kidding! he said "only two or three...") ok, seriously, no fart SFX will be heard. I asked him about "Twitch" and (I think, anyway) he was pretty careful to imply that was his OLD self.
He's not too keen on certain popular "gimmicky" (I think he used that word, didn't he?) 80s music, and he cited one of the XM Satellite 80s stations -- the one that plays the pop hits, -- as something he didn't really like. (Frankly I would probably agree with him on some of that. That particular station isn't that earth-shattering and they play the obvious.)
I get the feeling he's pretty liberal. He seems to be in his mid 30s, married w a brand new baby. Thinks Florida is full of weirdos. Could be worse!
I love it that TC skimmed over the fact that during the visit he mentioned Rush at every given moment possible. Good gawd. ::) ;) :-[
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Are people really that PO'd about the new morning show? I mean yeah, there's resistance to change, but what I saw at sfgate was ridiculous.
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Are people really that PO'd about the new morning show? I mean yeah, there's resistance to change, but what I saw at sfgate was ridiculous.
sfgate commenters are usually ridiculous, but in this case it pretty much mirrors what Facebook comments are like, too.
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Are people really that PO'd about the new morning show? I mean yeah, there's resistance to change, but what I saw at sfgate was ridiculous.
I mean, really...it's day one. Isn't there a 90 day probationary period when you start a job? Christ.
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Are people really that PO'd about the new morning show? I mean yeah, there's resistance to change, but what I saw at sfgate was ridiculous.
I mean, really...it's day one. Isn't there a 90 day probationary period when you start a job? Christ.
yes, but this is a diff direction from what's been there for, what? 20 years? I listened in the 6:00 hour today and it was actually WORSE than yesterday. It's Alice meets Live 105 and I say bollocks.
DC says "be patient" but this isn't just new people coming in to continue a tradition -- it's a completely different mindset and sound. If I want "I'm proud to be a conservative" I can listen to Greg Kihn; if I want "lick-ass" there's Lamont & Tonelli. I'm giving Renel a try tomorrow.
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Rich Lieberman (who continues to write about the KFOG/Cumulus debacle) points out that Ben Fong-Torres, in Sunday's Chron, wrotev a lengthy puff piece about Nikki Blakk of the Bone but failed to mention the Webster/Irish Greg firing, which was 2 weeks past and not a too-late-to-add "breaking" story.
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Rich Lieberman (who continues to write about the KFOG/Cumulus debacle) points out that Ben Fong-Torres, in Sunday's Chron, wrotev a lengthy puff piece about Nikki Blakk of the Bone but failed to mention the Webster/Irish Greg firing, which was 2 weeks past and not a too-late-to-add "breaking" story.
BF-T might be on vacation or might be on a pub sked that writes well (too far?) in advance. He might cover it -- probably will.
Then again, maybe he will softball the whole issue or ignore it in hopes of staying on sCumulus' good side so he can someday return to KFOG Wacky Zoo as the fart jokes guy.
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Rich Lieberman (who continues to write about the KFOG/Cumulus debacle) points out that Ben Fong-Torres, in Sunday's Chron, wrotev a lengthy puff piece about Nikki Blakk of the Bone but failed to mention the Webster/Irish Greg firing, which was 2 weeks past and not a too-late-to-add "breaking" story.
BF-T might be on vacation or might be on a pub sked that writes well (too far?) in advance. He might cover it -- probably will.
Then again, maybe he will softball the whole issue or ignore it in hopes of staying on sCumulus' good side so he can someday return to KFOG Wacky Zoo as the fart jokes guy.
Liberman is esp hard on BF-T (too hard, IMHO, for a guy who used to be "Big Vinnie"). But to Ben's credit, he did the Fogheads-are-pissed story last year when the music was tweaked. And I don't think KFOG had him back on again until Chinese New Years. Gung Hay Fat(head) Choy.
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Hey all, I wrote to Ben Fong-Torres, asked if he had any inside information. Here's his reply (and my original query below):
Greg's right. it's radio. it's ratings & revenue. It's change. (i don't think it was to cut costs, or they wouldn't have brought in three hosts.)
ben
From: Darryl
Message:
Hey Ben - is there a "story" behind what happened with KFOG's Morning Show? Axing 14-year veteran Irish Greg and Webster?
Is it as the radio-info.com boards surmise, just a cost-cutting measure?
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=212083.10
As Irish Greg writes: "Wow...after 14 years producing the Morning Show at KFOG I just got canned. Radio is a nasty business."
I listened a bit to Greg Gory, Tony Longo and Melanie Walker today. They self-graded their first show as B-/C+.
I wasn't that impressed, but I still long for Dave Morey. ;-{
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As parents with kids 4 and 8, we can sympathize with the FB and SFGate commenters that are unhappy with the direction the new jocks seem to be taking things. KFOG used to be a relatively safe thing to listen to. Peter Finch delivered news with an even hand, not sensationalizing it. Dave, then Webster, with Irish Greg and Renee would discuss things civilly, with a sense of humor. Guests were interesting, fun.
For all of some of y'all's hating on Renee, I do think she brought a balance to the team. A bit of whimsy and silliness that certainly Webster and Irish Greg don't have.
My wife commented that the "lick ass" story and "fear of swallowing a toothbrush" thing were the kind of things you might hear on Sarah and Vinnie. Don't get me wrong, I was a big fan of theirs for a while, and still sometimes flip over to them. But it's not really the kind of stuff I want my kids to hear. And apparently it's not just people with kids that dislike that kind of yammering.
But my wife cherishes the memory of bringing our 2-year old to one of the Live and Local events in San Jose at Gordon Biersch, and my son being confused as to what was going on until he heard Dave's voice over the speakers and asked "Are we home?"
*SIIIIIGH*
So I was looking at the WTF thing. Check out this schedule:
http://www.879harrisville.com/whens-the-frequency.html
Ben Fong-Torres has (had?) a show there? [Mentions that he's working on a book, so he's in re-runs.]
Ok, definitely seems interesting. Will check out next week for sure.
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Hey all, I wrote to Ben Fong-Torres, asked if he had any inside information. Here's his reply (and my original query below):
Greg's right. it's radio. it's ratings & revenue. It's change. (i don't think it was to cut costs, or they wouldn't have brought in three hosts.)
ben
From: Darryl
Message:
Hey Ben - is there a "story" behind what happened with KFOG's Morning Show? Axing 14-year veteran Irish Greg and Webster?
Is it as the radio-info.com boards surmise, just a cost-cutting measure?
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=212083.10
As Irish Greg writes: "Wow...after 14 years producing the Morning Show at KFOG I just got canned. Radio is a nasty business."
I listened a bit to Greg Gory, Tony Longo and Melanie Walker today. They self-graded their first show as B-/C+.
I wasn't that impressed, but I still long for Dave Morey. ;-{
I keep hearing that the ratings were sinking for Webster and Greg. Not sure if that was overall ratings of for their desired demographic, which now appears to be younger than before. The cost cutting measures will include station automation and content syndication --and then we can all really tell it goodbye.
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So the some folks in the Facebook thread have been busy beavers. They found Tony/Twitch's Facebook page where he says he will be on the air tomorrow in Lexington, KY at 10AM.
From Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=452853131409594&id=107995802561997&comment_id=5674717&offset=0&total_comments=149):
So I'm a little confused here - according to "Twitch," he's still on the air at his "former" station, Z-Rock 103 in Kentucky:
https://www.facebook.com/twitchradio/posts/360928950635972
It certainly would be interesting to tune into the REAL "Twitch" Monday morning...
According to "Twitch", starting tomorrow, he's going to be doing a show at 10 am on Z-Rock 103, Lexington, KY. That's 7 am, here, so is this show on tape, Dennis? Or is "Twitch" going to divide his time between here and there? Could you please answer, Dennis? BTW, here's the website for Z-Rock 103:
http://www.zrock103.com/
As you can see, it's very similar to KFOG. Let's all call in tomorrow and welcome "Twitch" back!
(If Dave is on this board, nice work!)
And another great comment (http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=452853131409594&id=107995802561997&comment_id=5675044&offset=0&total_comments=149) from Phil:
Anyone's guess as to where Twitch is actually going to be voice-tracking from next week.
Indeed.
Hopefully I'll be awake enough in the morning to remember to try tuning in here at 7AM:
http://zrock103.com/
But I also want to hear Magoo:
http://www.879harrisville.com/whens-the-frequency.html
Ooof, that'll be at 6AM PDT. Off to bed I go.
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Ok, I doubt that Twitch "chose" this song (since I still haven't heard anything but a 10-minute block of commercials, and then straight music), but right now ZRock 103 is playing the Foo Fighters version of Baker Street. ZOMG, *love*
Oh oh oh. I just heard "Twitch"! He just did no more than 10 seconds of front sell for whatever crap song they're playing now. (Oh well, the Foo thing was a fluke.)
He's on until 2PM, they call it "Shut Up and Rock Workday". So I guess it makes it pretty easy to voicetrack.
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Ok, I doubt that Twitch "chose" this song (since I still haven't heard anything but a 10-minute block of commercials, and then straight music), but right now ZRock 103 is playing the Foo Fighters version of Baker Street. ZOMG, *love*
Oh oh oh. I just heard "Twitch"! He just did no more than 10 seconds of front sell for whatever crap song they're playing now. (Oh well, the Foo thing was a fluke.)
He's on until 2PM, they call it "Shut Up and Rock Workday". So I guess it makes it pretty easy to voicetrack.
I tuned in and also heard "Twitch" do a very short intro. Cumulus wants to voice track as much as possible, I'm thinking (b/c they suck and are evil and that's the way corporate radio wants to save $$).
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I guess "we" could ask AL via Gsnipes page. Or SundayGal can get the inside scoop. Yeah, let's get SG to find out. :-*
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I guess "we" could ask AL via Gsnipes page. Or SundayGal can get the inside scoop. Yeah, let's get SG to find out. :-*
I know nada! :) :-X
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I guess "we" could ask AL via Gsnipes page. Or SundayGal can get the inside scoop. Yeah, let's get SG to find out. :-*
I know nada! :) :-X
What's to know? voice-tracking is very common; no surprise that Twitch is still being heard in KY. I mean, Renel is voice tracked on Kiss-FM's morning show and nobody seems to notice.
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I guess "we" could ask AL via Gsnipes page. Or SundayGal can get the inside scoop. Yeah, let's get SG to find out. :-*
Gsnipes?
On an unrelated note, have you guys heard WTFHarrisville? I keep tuning in at 6AM trying to hear those dulcet tones, but haven't had much luck. But whoever's at the board right now is *rockin* it: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wtfharrisville
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I guess "we" could ask AL via Gsnipes page. Or SundayGal can get the inside scoop. Yeah, let's get SG to find out. :-*
I know nada! :) :-X
What's to know? voice-tracking is very common; no surprise that Twitch is still being heard in KY. I mean, Renel is voice tracked on Kiss-FM's morning show and nobody seems to notice.
Probably not significant, but the new Morning team is still not shown on KFOG's airstaff page. They do have a page up specifically for KFOG in the Morning, featuring a mediocre cellphone pic of the trio and some bios that sound like they were written by Ned Flanders. Tony's says he spends his off-hours searching the city for "the best hole in the wall to get a beer and burger." Didn't Webster's bio say something similar when he came to the morning show?
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I guess "we" could ask AL via Gsnipes page. Or SundayGal can get the inside scoop. Yeah, let's get SG to find out. :-*
Gsnipes?
On an unrelated note, have you guys heard WTFHarrisville? I keep tuning in at 6AM trying to hear those dulcet tones, but haven't had much luck. But whoever's at the board right now is *rockin* it: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wtfharrisville
Just checked out their page again, and glad I did. The stream sounds good, but a banner on the home page says they're off the air for a week starting tomorrow through Wednesday the 13th.
Btw, "Gsnipes" is the Guttersnipes, a private facebook group consisting of a fair number of the people who post regularly on AL's Fbook page, including a few of our number. Lots more chatter than we have here. One of us can add you if you want to check it out.
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I guess "we" could ask AL via Gsnipes page. Or SundayGal can get the inside scoop. Yeah, let's get SG to find out. :-*
I know nada! :) :-X
What's to know? voice-tracking is very common; no surprise that Twitch is still being heard in KY. I mean, Renel is voice tracked on Kiss-FM's morning show and nobody seems to notice.
ah, but she used the "my lips are sealed" smiley!
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I guess "we" could ask AL via Gsnipes page. Or SundayGal can get the inside scoop. Yeah, let's get SG to find out. :-*
Gsnipes?
On an unrelated note, have you guys heard WTFHarrisville? I keep tuning in at 6AM trying to hear those dulcet tones, but haven't had much luck. But whoever's at the board right now is *rockin* it: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wtfharrisville
Just checked out their page again, and glad I did. The stream sounds good, but a banner on the home page says they're off the air for a week starting tomorrow through Wednesday the 13th.
Btw, "Gsnipes" is the Guttersnipes, a private facebook group consisting of a fair number of the people who post regularly on AL's Fbook page, including a few of our number. Lots more chatter than we have here. One of us can add you if you want to check it out.
Yes, I'd appreciate an add. The guy hosting right now is not him. But Magoo2You is occasionally chatting in the ustream chat, and since Magoo has the morning slot, I'm guessing that's him. But ugh, I've woken up at 6AM for the past two days and fired up the stream to get nada, so that's been disappointing.
But perusing the site, it looks like he's recruited some local volunteer jocks. I wonder just how low-powered his transmitter is. The current DJ joked that his signal reached all the way to the groundskeeper of such-and-such school. "Breaks over!" Cute.
The ustream has the annoying commercial breaks (that do *not* wait for gaps), but it's been enjoyable listening for the past few hours.
Say, do you think this is a photo of young him?
(http://www.879harrisville.com/uploads/4/7/7/7/4777481/1968806.jpg?298)
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I guess "we" could ask AL via Gsnipes page. Or SundayGal can get the inside scoop. Yeah, let's get SG to find out. :-*
Gsnipes?
On an unrelated note, have you guys heard WTFHarrisville? I keep tuning in at 6AM trying to hear those dulcet tones, but haven't had much luck. But whoever's at the board right now is *rockin* it: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wtfharrisville
Just checked out their page again, and glad I did. The stream sounds good, but a banner on the home page says they're off the air for a week starting tomorrow through Wednesday the 13th.
Btw, "Gsnipes" is the Guttersnipes, a private facebook group consisting of a fair number of the people who post regularly on AL's Fbook page, including a few of our number. Lots more chatter than we have here. One of us can add you if you want to check it out.
Yes, I'd appreciate an add. The guy hosting right now is not him. But Magoo2You is occasionally chatting in the ustream chat, and since Magoo has the morning slot, I'm guessing that's him. But ugh, I've woken up at 6AM for the past two days and fired up the stream to get nada, so that's been disappointing.
But perusing the site, it looks like he's recruited some local volunteer jocks. I wonder just how low-powered his transmitter is. The current DJ joked that his signal reached all the way to the groundskeeper of such-and-such school. "Breaks over!" Cute.
The ustream has the annoying commercial breaks (that do *not* wait for gaps), but it's been enjoyable listening for the past few hours.
Say, do you think this is a photo of young him?
(http://www.879harrisville.com/uploads/4/7/7/7/4777481/1968806.jpg?298)
Just added you, Darryl!
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I just heard him! He's playing just the vocal tracks of some Motown hits. Aw man, sweet.
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I just heard him! He's playing just the vocal tracks of some Motown hits. Aw man, sweet.
Just tuned in. Todd's "Onomotopoeia (In Proximity-a)", followed by Herb Alpert. Dee-lightful.
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I just heard him! He's playing just the vocal tracks of some Motown hits. Aw man, sweet.
I tuned in but heard no real voice, but it must have been his show, b/c I heard Jackie Wilson's Higher and Higher. That's like his all-time favorite song.
I also heard Michael Penn No Myth and the Cars' Magic. Pretty common stuff. Plus every ten minutes a 30-second ad takes over the stream, right in the middle of the song. I don't think I'll be back anytime soon, unless I hear about a show that plays some really different.
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I just heard him! He's playing just the vocal tracks of some Motown hits. Aw man, sweet.
I tuned in but heard no real voice, but it must have been his show, b/c I heard Jackie Wilson's Higher and Higher. That's like his all-time favorite song.
I also heard Michael Penn No Myth and the Cars' Magic. Pretty common stuff. Plus every ten minutes a 30-second ad takes over the stream, right in the middle of the song. I don't think I'll be back anytime soon, unless I hear about a show that plays some really different.
DUDE! MC5, "Back in the USA"! " '69 American terminal stasis. The air's so thick it's like breathin' in molasses." Followed by Bowie, "Win".
But if you click that "go to the new USTREAM" tab it takes you to a stream that appears to be commercial-free.
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Oooh, ad-free would be nice.
Chatted a bit more with "Magoo" and he remembered me and the family from Live and Locals down in San Jose...
Yeah, I heard a version of Roll Over Beethoven that rocked, sent an e-mail and he confirmed that it was also MC5. So yeah, definitely our man, right?
They're going to be applying for an FCC license later this year. Legit!
[Running his own radio station on lake -- living the dream, I guess. :-]
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damn, is KFOG playing Mumford's "The Cave" MORE than they have been recently?
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Rich Lieberman's latest Cumulus update:
http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2012/06/nervous-central-at-cumulus-sf-john.html
And TC, I agree his posts are rather rambling (well, it *is* a blog) and was interested in your FB comment that SFGate doesn't use him any more. Have they cleaned house, outside-blog-wise? I haven't seen that idiot Zennie62 lately either.
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damn, is KFOG playing Mumford's "The Cave" MORE than they have been recently?
It's at 11 spins/wk for the past two weeks. I've heard it more too, it probably had much less than that right before A-Z.
A few other post A-Z subtle genericization tweaks to their currents:
"Somebody That I Used to Know" is back.
The new cuts from Jack White ("I'm Shakin'"), Edward Sharpe/00s ("Man on Fire"), Bruce Springsteen ("Wrecking Ball") and yes, even Train ("This'll Be My Year"), which weren't added that long ago, are already gone. But we're still getting "Home" and "Drive By"... ::)
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Oh geez, some fogheads are really trying to make the morning show fiasco into a SF vs. Kentucky thing... :-\
A bunch of them have gone to the Twitch show's page, posted sarcastic comments (and then bragged about how they were banned for it), and now they wonder why Twitch's fans are getting angry. ::)
It does also seem that Twitch needs a thicker skin--i.e. it's not good form for Tony Twitch to "Like" posts that say things like "I wouldn't spend one minute of my life even thinking about going (to SF). They really are full of it."
I can't say I'm thrilled with the new morning show myself, yet, or Tony, but I wish people would leave his old fans out of it--he is a public figure and fair grounds for criticism, particularly on the KFOG page. His fans, on their home turf, are not.
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Oh geez, some fogheads are really trying to make the morning show fiasco into a SF vs. Kentucky thing... :-\
A bunch of them have gone to the Twitch show's page, posted sarcastic comments (and then bragged about how they were banned for it), and now they wonder why Twitch's fans are getting angry. ::)
It does also seem that Twitch needs a thicker skin--i.e. it's not good form for Tony Twitch to "Like" posts that say things like "I wouldn't spend one minute of my life even thinking about going (to SF). They really are full of it."
I can't say I'm thrilled with the new morning show myself, yet, or Tony, but I wish people would leave his old fans out of it--he is a public figure and fair grounds for criticism, particularly on the KFOG page. His fans, on their home turf, are not.
Agreed. Such a hullabaloo! (pardon my french)
Personally, I didn't listen to Webster et al that much, so I don't have that much of a stake in it. From what I've heard so far of the morning show, I say, meh. But I do find his voice to be less than pleasant. He's got a great voice for a mime, imo.
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Oh geez, some fogheads are really trying to make the morning show fiasco into a SF vs. Kentucky thing... :-\
A bunch of them have gone to the Twitch show's page, posted sarcastic comments (and then bragged about how they were banned for it), and now they wonder why Twitch's fans are getting angry. ::)
It does also seem that Twitch needs a thicker skin--i.e. it's not good form for Tony Twitch to "Like" posts that say things like "I wouldn't spend one minute of my life even thinking about going (to SF). They really are full of it."
I can't say I'm thrilled with the new morning show myself, yet, or Tony, but I wish people would leave his old fans out of it--he is a public figure and fair grounds for criticism, particularly on the KFOG page. His fans, on their home turf, are not.
Agreed. Such a hullabaloo! (pardon my french)
I agree that turning the whole thing into a Facebook pissing contest is silly and counter-productive. Meanwhile, Mrs Twitch and one of their friends apparently joined "Fogheads For the Old Format" with the express purpose of reporting back to him about what's being said. What is this, the 6th grade?
But here's the thing: Even if you take all of Twitch's past misbehaviors and put them in a 2-ply Hefty bag and toss them in the Bay and take them out of the equation entirely, they've still got a show that's something of a trainwreck and that appears to be at odds with what the station is currently doing the other 20 hours of the day. And maybe that's the idea, but if it is then they should own it and go from there, instead of DC issuing statements on the 'net and to the press that are insulting to anyone with a brain ("One thing the station has missed in recent years is talking about what's important"? What the what?) and that make him look stupid.
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Oh geez, some fogheads are really trying to make the morning show fiasco into a SF vs. Kentucky thing... :-\
A bunch of them have gone to the Twitch show's page, posted sarcastic comments (and then bragged about how they were banned for it), and now they wonder why Twitch's fans are getting angry. ::)
It does also seem that Twitch needs a thicker skin--i.e. it's not good form for Tony Twitch to "Like" posts that say things like "I wouldn't spend one minute of my life even thinking about going (to SF). They really are full of it."
I can't say I'm thrilled with the new morning show myself, yet, or Tony, but I wish people would leave his old fans out of it--he is a public figure and fair grounds for criticism, particularly on the KFOG page. His fans, on their home turf, are not.
Agreed. Such a hullabaloo! (pardon my french)
I agree that turning the whole thing into a Facebook pissing contest is silly and counter-productive. Meanwhile, Mrs Twitch and one of their friends apparently joined "Fogheads For the Old Format" with the express purpose of reporting back to him about what's being said. What is this, the 6th grade?
i just joined he group, for shits an giggles.
how do you know these specific people joined? can they be outed? does it matter?
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Yeah, I'm by no means thrilled by the changes to the morning show, but some of the comments I've seen.... sheesh.
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What the what?
I am so stealing this.
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What the what?
I am so stealing this.
I stole it from 30 Rock -- Tina Fey's way of saying WTF on network TV without really saying it.
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May ratings are in:
http://www.radio-info.com/markets/san-francisco
KFOG down slightly, again. (so, A-to-Z didn't do anything?)
Alice has been trending upward (wait -- people actually listen to Alice?)
KGO: all-time low.
And the Bone is treading water -- KNBR-FM on its way?
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I agree that turning the whole thing into a Facebook pissing contest is silly and counter-productive. Meanwhile, Mrs Twitch and one of their friends apparently joined "Fogheads For the Old Format" with the express purpose of reporting back to him about what's being said. What is this, the 6th grade?
Ok, that's also pretty obnoxious. But what could she have possibly accomplished by joining the group? You can read posts even if you're not a member. I doubt they would make it private because that'd defeat the purpose of the group. One of the posters said that Mrs. Twitch "reported" a bunch of the posts, but you can do that even if you're not a member too.
May ratings are in:
http://www.radio-info.com/markets/san-francisco
KFOG down slightly, again. (so, A-to-Z didn't do anything?)
How has KFOG fared during previous A-Zs? My guess is that the drop was, sadly, due to A-Z. These types of things sound cool but aren't particularly good for ratings. (While I normally wouldn't bat an eye at 2.8>2.6, I think 2.6 is actually the lowest I've seen the "new" KFOG.)
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Per FP's Facebook post, a major announcement will be made at 7:30. Only Gory and Melanie on the air.
Damn, I knew I should have played hooky today!
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Per FP's Facebook post, a major announcement will be made at 7:30. Only Gory and Melanie on the air.
Damn, I knew I should have played hooky today!
What the What??
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Per FP's Facebook post, a major announcement will be made at 7:30. Only Gory and Melanie on the air.
Damn, I knew I should have played hooky today!
What the What??
Holee crap: Tim Jeffries is the new morning host!!! Fogheads rule!!
He promises "intelligent" radio in the morning. Tony's gone but Melanie appears to still be there.
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Per FP's Facebook post, a major announcement will be made at 7:30. Only Gory and Melanie on the air.
Damn, I knew I should have played hooky today!
What the What??
Holee crap: Tim Jeffries is the new morning host!!! Fogheads rule!!
My faith in humanity has been restored.
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Per FP's Facebook post, a major announcement will be made at 7:30. Only Gory and Melanie on the air.
Damn, I knew I should have played hooky today!
What the What??
Holee crap: Tim Jeffries is the new morning host!!! Fogheads rule!!
My faith in humanity has been restored.
First comment on Rich Lieberman's blog post: Anonymous says "I'm so glad they didn't bring back Irish Greg" -- honestly, dude, THAT'S your takeway? I will never understand the hate for IG.
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I still think "Ding Dong the Twitch is Dead" is a funny line.
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I'm still gobsmacked over this... yeah, everybody thought the new show was awful, but I was afraid the effect would be to bring the rest of the station down with it. Yes, the music they play outside 10@10/Connected/Sunday Specialty Shows could be improved upon, but this is a major step.
The true surprise out of all of this is how quickly Dennis & Co. seemed to realize they had royally fucked up.
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I still think "Ding Dong the Twitch is Dead" is a funny line.
It's funny but cruel.
I am amazed at all of this. I have a theory that he may have quit. Yesterday, towards the end of the show (only time I listened) he said something like "We will *try* to bring you competent radio" or some such. He sounded pretty dispirited, and may have just thrown in the towel.
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I'm still gobsmacked over this... yeah, everybody thought the new show was awful, but I was afraid the effect would be to bring the rest of the station down with it. Yes, the music they play outside 10@10/Connected/Sunday Specialty Shows could be improved upon, but this is a major step.
The true surprise out of all of this is how quickly Dennis & Co. seemed to realize they had royally fucked up.
It's still not clear to me if the Twitch/Greg/Melanie clusterfuck was truly DC's idea alone (as he has claimed) or whether he had Twitch forced upon him by Mr Dickey. Clearly they have been hemorrhaging listeners these past 2 weeks. So whether Dickey came in yesterday and said "pull the plug" or DC told Dickey "your boy is ruining my station image" we may not ever know (tho' I'm sure Rich Lieberman is trying to find out).
I'm hearing alot of new "imaging" sounders this morning, tho' maybe it's just 'cause I haven't listened much this month.
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And here's Concrete Blonde's "Joey" -- I've barely been listening to KFOG the past week and this is the 4th or 5th time I've heard it since last Monday.
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Tim Jeffreys: "thank you for not hating me" --LOL!
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Geoff, KFOG's new basic player is here:
http://player.streamtheworld.com/liveplayer.php?CALLSIGN=KFOGFMAAC
Or this can be pasted into the address bar on a player like Winamp:
http://7269.live.streamtheworld.com/KFOGFM.mp3
Not sure if this last one works on WMP or not.
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Wow, that was fast!
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Just a random thought, but you don't suppose that the Tony-Melanie-Greg thing was a sort of a "new Coke" ploy by DC/Cumulus to draw attention to the Morning Show, and their real intent was to bring Tim Jeffreys in all along? Had KFOG done any major promotions to hype Twitch and crew (billboards, TV ads, other media buys)? The way things have turned out, the Fogheads will welcome Tim (or whoever they chose to anoint) with open arms simply because he's not nearly the neanderthal that Tony is.
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Just a random thought, but you don't suppose that the Tony-Melanie-Greg thing was a sort of a "new Coke" ploy by DC/Cumulus to draw attention to the Morning Show, and their real intent was to bring Tim Jeffreys in all along? Had KFOG done any major promotions to hype Twitch and crew (billboards, TV ads, other media buys)? The way things have turned out, the Fogheads will welcome Tim (or whoever they chose to anoint) with open arms simply because he's not nearly the neanderthal that Tony is.
The Conspiracy Theorist in me thinks that's a plausible scenario. And the fact that Twitch was allowed to be in 2 places at once (seriously, how long would that have been sustainable?) does give one pause. And as I've noted elsewhere, He now gets to go back to KY and dine out on this story for years, as they say. He can tell all his redneck listeners that us SF liberals are just as mean and intolerant as Fox News says we are, and the KY audience will eat it up with a spoon. Other than the 2 weeks of awfulness we got (and the casualties of Webster and IG), everybody wins!
ETA: I posted this little theory as a comment on Rich Lieberman's thread about today's KFOG happenings.
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Just a random thought, but you don't suppose that the Tony-Melanie-Greg thing was a sort of a "new Coke" ploy by DC/Cumulus to draw attention to the Morning Show, and their real intent was to bring Tim Jeffreys in all along? Had KFOG done any major promotions to hype Twitch and crew (billboards, TV ads, other media buys)? The way things have turned out, the Fogheads will welcome Tim (or whoever they chose to anoint) with open arms simply because he's not nearly the neanderthal that Tony is.
It's possible, but I can't imagine that that scenario would provide too many benefits vs. risks. Reading the hundreds of posts on the KFOG page it's clear they pissed off a LOT of Fogheads, which doesn't seem like a good strategy regardless of who you're going to eventually bring in.
T. Jeffreys probably would have been welcomed anyway. Someone on the FFtOF page posted: "Basically they replaced Webster with himself. Which is fine if you're not Webster."
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Just a random thought, but you don't suppose that the Tony-Melanie-Greg thing was a sort of a "new Coke" ploy by DC/Cumulus to draw attention to the Morning Show, and their real intent was to bring Tim Jeffreys in all along? Had KFOG done any major promotions to hype Twitch and crew (billboards, TV ads, other media buys)? The way things have turned out, the Fogheads will welcome Tim (or whoever they chose to anoint) with open arms simply because he's not nearly the neanderthal that Tony is.
I thought a little bit about that, until I remembered what an old manager once told me:
"The problem with these type of conspiracies is that they depend on everybody keeping their damn mouth shut. Which has been proven to be scientifically impossible".
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Just a random thought, but you don't suppose that the Tony-Melanie-Greg thing was a sort of a "new Coke" ploy by DC/Cumulus to draw attention to the Morning Show, and their real intent was to bring Tim Jeffreys in all along? Had KFOG done any major promotions to hype Twitch and crew (billboards, TV ads, other media buys)? The way things have turned out, the Fogheads will welcome Tim (or whoever they chose to anoint) with open arms simply because he's not nearly the neanderthal that Tony is.
It's possible, but I can't imagine that that scenario would provide too many benefits vs. risks. Reading the hundreds of posts on the KFOG page it's clear they pissed off a LOT of Fogheads, which doesn't seem like a good strategy regardless of who you're going to eventually bring in.
T. Jeffreys probably would have been welcomed anyway. Someone on the FFtOF page posted: "Basically they replaced Webster with himself. Which is fine if you're not Webster."
Yeah... although to a certain extent Twitch got a raw deal, the real victims are Irish Greg and Webster.
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T. Jeffreys probably would have been welcomed anyway. Someone on the FFtOF page posted: "Basically they replaced Webster with himself. Which is fine if you're not Webster."
I said something similar in a comment on Lieberman's thread. Jeffreys *IS* rather similar in age and voice to Webster, so all those "younger" listeners who supposedly found Webster boring are gonna suddenly love Tim? I dunno. (I'LL be listening but I'm not the target demo)
Again, I'll say that surely there are unemployed thirtysomethings in the biz who could've done a smart, interesting morning show without sounding like Tony & Melanie or babbling about baby poop. Whoever really came up with the Twitch idea (whether DC or Mr Dickey) was really not using their noggin.
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T. Jeffreys probably would have been welcomed anyway. Someone on the FFtOF page posted: "Basically they replaced Webster with himself. Which is fine if you're not Webster."
I said something similar in a comment on Lieberman's thread. Jeffreys *IS* rather similar in age and voice to Webster, so all those "younger" listeners who supposedly found Webster boring are gonna suddenly love Tim? I dunno. (I'LL be listening but I'm not the target demo)
Again, I'll say that surely there are unemployed thirtysomethings in the biz who could've done a smart, interesting morning show without sounding like Tony & Melanie or babbling about baby poop. Whoever really came up with the Twitch idea (whether DC or Mr Dickey) was really not using their noggin.
I think Jeffreys is older than Webster. My impressions right away is that Jeffreys has more energy and a quicker delivery. I'm sure he's amped up today of all days, but I think he'll be more spirited than Webster, who often seemed a little too chill for me. And Webster never really convinced me of his passion; if the show was discussing a topic in that "intelligent" way that Fogheads say they love so much, Webster consistently seemed like he was playing a role and reading his part(s) from a script instead of believing in his opinion and fearlessly leading a conversation.
I met Tony at the station that one time and got the feeling that he was honestly excited to be there. If there was a new coke conspiracy I don't think he was part of it. Voice-Tracking him simultaneously on Z-Rock does seem a little odd, though.
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My admittedly uneducated take on what happened and why:
1. The ratings for the morning show with Webster/Irish Greg were declining… gradually, but still on the way down.
2. Cumulus saw that KFOG was losing market share and wanted to reverse the trend.
3. Seeing that the likes of Alice were increasing in market share, ostensibly due to a morning show with “tude”, the braintrust decided that KFOG needed something like that.
4. The likes of Greg Gory and Melanie were brought in for ‘trials’, but while found to be adequate second and third fiddles, were found to be not quite ready for prime time.
5. A national search was conducted behind the scenes, and voila! They found Twitch.
6. Due to privacy concerns, Twitch doesn’t have any time to coalesce with Greg and Melanie.
7. The new show starts May 29, and it is immediately apparent what a huge mistake has been made.
8. In spite of attempts to tone it down,
a. The chemistry amongst Twitch/Greg/Melanie doesn’t improve.
b. Listeners bail in a New York Minute.
9. A new search is performed quickly (or a review of the first search occurs), and Tim is found to be eager and willing.
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Sounds feasible, although I'm not sure what this means:
6. Due to privacy concerns, Twitch doesn’t have any time to coalesce with Greg and Melanie.
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Per FP's Facebook post, a major announcement will be made at 7:30. Only Gory and Melanie on the air.
Damn, I knew I should have played hooky today!
Crap, I thought that voice sounded different as I flipped past it. But it wasn't saying anything interesting enough to listen to.
Who/what is "FP"?
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Per FP's Facebook post, a major announcement will be made at 7:30. Only Gory and Melanie on the air.
Damn, I knew I should have played hooky today!
Crap, I thought that voice sounded different as I flipped past it. But it wasn't saying anything interesting enough to listen to.
Who/what is "FP"?
FP is a fellow G-Snipe, who frequently posts links to Bruce Springsteen videos.
R/ #6, I probably should have rephrased, but my essential point was that Twitch/Greg/Melanie didn't have an adequate period of time to work together before going on the air.
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I work hard all day. Don't check FB or listen to radio and I miss a whole lotta shit goin on!
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Just heard an AL commercial:
"Just heard a commercial: "I'll be on 10@10, right after Tim & Greg."
Hmm...
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Just heard an AL commercial:
"Just heard a commercial: "I'll be on 10@10, right after Tim & Greg."
Hmm...
What you mean "hmm?" isn't that expected?
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Just heard an AL commercial:
"Just heard a commercial: "I'll be on 10@10, right after Tim & Greg."
Hmm...
What you mean "hmm?" isn't that expected?
Maybe the omission of Melanie earned the hmm. Although she seems to be present this morning.
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Just mentioned this on FB but in various forums the past 2 weeks throughout the Twitch debacle -- on FB, radio-info.com, Rich Lieberman's blog -- there've been many unkind comments about other KFOGgers. I'm kind of astounded how many people seem to HATE Irish Greg (!), Dred (!!) and Renee.
And even tho' Melanie is mentioned on the sounders ("KFOG in the Morning! With Tim, Greg, and Melanie!") I haven't heard her this morning -- stranded in the East Bay by the BART thing, perhaps?
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Just mentioned this on FB but in various forums the past 2 weeks throughout the Twitch debacle -- on FB, radio-info.com, Rich Lieberman's blog -- there've been many unkind comments about other KFOGgers. I'm kind of astounded how many people seem to HATE Irish Greg (!), Dred (!!) and Renee.
And even tho' Melanie is mentioned on the sounders ("KFOG in the Morning! With Tim, Greg, and Melanie!") I haven't heard her this morning -- stranded in the East Bay by the BART thing, perhaps?
The quality of comments on the Lieberman blog sometimes approach that of sfgate ("Morey or Dung coming back?" Take a reality pill... or "Radio is dead"), but yeah, the hate of Irish Greg, Renee and Dred really makes you wonder. Somewhat miraculously, AL seems to be mostly spared.
I swear I heard Melanie talking up a Rufus Wainwright album at about 5:20AM, but I may be wrong. Don't have KFOG on at work.
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The "hmm" was indeed directed at the omission of Melanie, although I heard her in minuscule amounts this morning so who knows. I'm honestly not sure what purpose she serves. I get the feeling that this one really was a DC hire. She's not that bad when she's talking about new music, though. She might actually make a pretty good APD or MD for DC's mission. Maybe this is what DC had in mind. Just get her off the morning show, please.
Yeah, I was also surprised that the richliebermann people really hate everyone, especially Dred. It's like if you're not M. Dung or Morey, then they're going to rip you to shreds. AL and Rosalie probably get a pass because they're close enough. More hate there than FB, but I guess it's not really PC to use your real name to post that you hate some of the generally respected DJ's.
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This week KFOG's 5 heavy rotation songs (~38x) are all sung by females -- Alabama Shakes, Joan Osborne, Grace Potter, Bonnie Raitt, & the M/F duet in Of Monsters & Men.
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This week KFOG's 5 heavy rotation songs (~38x) are all sung by females -- Alabama Shakes, Joan Osborne, Grace Potter, Bonnie Raitt, & the M/F duet in Of Monsters & Men.
I'm kinda surprised about the Bonnie Raitt Rafferty cover -- it struck me as one of those sops to the older demo that would never really become all that popular. It isn't even in the Triple-A Top 30 (tho' her new one has just charted).
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This week KFOG's 5 heavy rotation songs (~38x) are all sung by females -- Alabama Shakes, Joan Osborne, Grace Potter, Bonnie Raitt, & the M/F duet in Of Monsters & Men.
I'm kinda surprised about the Bonnie Raitt Rafferty cover -- it struck me as one of those sops to the older demo that would never really become all that popular. It isn't even in the Triple-A Top 30 (tho' her new one has just charted).
consider me successfully sopped!
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in the 6am hour, in the midst of the usual overplayed-ness (Adele, Sublime, Grouplove) we heard the "Here's a KFOG classic!" sounder followed by... Traffic's "40,000 Headmen". My stars! And an hour later they played the Beatles. So is this a new DC "tweak"? the once-an-hour really old oldie?
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in the 6am hour, in the midst of the usual overplayed-ness (Adele, Sublime, Grouplove) we heard the "Here's a KFOG classic!" sounder followed by... Traffic's "40,000 Headmen". My stars! And an hour later they played the Beatles. So is this a new DC "tweak"? the once-an-hour really old oldie?
Talking golf on the morning show! Sweet! *High fives the older demographic*
Tony never would do that! Nahnah! although GG got Webb Simpson's nationality wrong.
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Today they talked about the color of golfers' pants. ::)
Oh well, at least Tim Jeffreys's voice is less boring than Webster's.
Melanie now seems to be exclusively doing "The Scoop," music and entertainment news. Has my wish been granted? :o
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Today they talked about the color of golfers' pants. ::)
Oh well, at least Tim Jeffreys's voice is less boring than Webster's.
Melanie now seems to be exclusively doing "The Scoop," music and entertainment news. Has my wish been granted? :o
Melanie definitely has had her appearances scaled WAAAAY back. And the pace is surely a lot faster than it was in the Webster/Irish Greg days.
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Today they talked about the color of golfers' pants. ::)
Oh well, at least Tim Jeffreys's voice is less boring than Webster's.
Melanie now seems to be exclusively doing "The Scoop," music and entertainment news. Has my wish been granted? :o
heh... yeah, pretty light stuff. It's weird how I suddenly miss Webster and The Other Greg. If only NPR played a few great songs each hour.
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Today they talked about the color of golfers' pants. ::)
Oh well, at least Tim Jeffreys's voice is less boring than Webster's.
Melanie now seems to be exclusively doing "The Scoop," music and entertainment news. Has my wish been granted? :o
Well, the golf thing, while not in, or anywhere near my alley, is at least SF-topical. I'm willing to give it a pass, if grudgingly. And yeah, Melanie is scoop-worthy, I suppose! :o
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Today they talked about the color of golfers' pants. ::)
Oh well, at least Tim Jeffreys's voice is less boring than Webster's.
Melanie now seems to be exclusively doing "The Scoop," music and entertainment news. Has my wish been granted? :o
Well, the golf thing, while not in, or anywhere near my alley, is at least SF-topical. I'm willing to give it a pass, if grudgingly. And yeah, Melanie is scoop-worthy, I suppose! :o
yes, no problem there. The US Open was *really* local, like go down that street and take a left and you'll be there.
I was in a bar on Clement yesterday and they had the golf on one TV and the giants game was on the other. They turned off the golf and put the Giants on both TVs.
I was like "Hey, how come you turned off the golf?"
"There were more request for baseball...," said the bartendress, who obviously hated golf, but blamed the yuppies who came in from their motorcylce ride down to Alice's Restaurant in Woodside.
"Huh.. No one asked me..." I said under my breath, b/c you know, stranger in a strange bar.
It was a VERY local event on a very global stage. These hipster-meatheads should have been ALL OVER IT. Instead they chose to watch the Giants choke on all the available TVs in the bar, as well as listening to Kruk and Kuip call the game over the bar's speakers..
When Kuip said "Yeah, that was a tough way to lose a ballgame," I thought of all those *good* ways you could lose a ballgame.
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Just before 10@10 they played this just AWFUL J. Mraz tune. Yuck!
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Just before 10@10 they played this just AWFUL J. Mraz tune. Yuck!
ha -- it's actually one of his less-annoying ones (which isn't saying much).
BTW, Gory said tomorrow they'll be discussing a controversial new Sports bar in SF -- anybody have a clue what he's talking about? A gay sports bar, maybe? There's already a Hooters at Fisherman's Wharf, so that would be old news.
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Just before 10@10 they played this just AWFUL J. Mraz tune. Yuck!
ha -- it's actually one of his less-annoying ones (which isn't saying much).
BTW, Gory said tomorrow they'll be discussing a controversial new Sports bar in SF -- anybody have a clue what he's talking about? A gay sports bar, maybe? There's already a Hooters at Fisherman's Wharf, so that would be old news.
Old news, indeed:
http://sfist.com/2011/12/12/hooters_sf_closing_down.php
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Just before 10@10 they played this just AWFUL J. Mraz tune. Yuck!
I actually kinda like it. First song by him that doesn't annoy me since "You & I Both" back in 2003.
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Just before 10@10 they played this just AWFUL J. Mraz tune. Yuck!
ha -- it's actually one of his less-annoying ones (which isn't saying much).
BTW, Gory said tomorrow they'll be discussing a controversial new Sports bar in SF -- anybody have a clue what he's talking about? A gay sports bar, maybe? There's already a Hooters at Fisherman's Wharf, so that would be old news.
Old news, indeed:
http://sfist.com/2011/12/12/hooters_sf_closing_down.php
wow, how did I miss that story??
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Just before 10@10 they played this just AWFUL J. Mraz tune. Yuck!
ha -- it's actually one of his less-annoying ones (which isn't saying much).
BTW, Gory said tomorrow they'll be discussing a controversial new Sports bar in SF -- anybody have a clue what he's talking about? A gay sports bar, maybe? There's already a Hooters at Fisherman's Wharf, so that would be old news.
Old news, indeed:
http://sfist.com/2011/12/12/hooters_sf_closing_down.php
wow, how did I miss that story??
wow, I guess no one gave a hoot.
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Just before 10@10 they played this just AWFUL J. Mraz tune. Yuck!
ha -- it's actually one of his less-annoying ones (which isn't saying much).
BTW, Gory said tomorrow they'll be discussing a controversial new Sports bar in SF -- anybody have a clue what he's talking about? A gay sports bar, maybe?
DING DING DING! A gay sports bar is opening in the Castro -- SF's first true "gay sports bar", apparently:
http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2012/06/17/san-francisco-to-gets-its-first-gay-sports-bar-hi-tops/
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Just before 10@10 they played this just AWFUL J. Mraz tune. Yuck!
ha -- it's actually one of his less-annoying ones (which isn't saying much).
BTW, Gory said tomorrow they'll be discussing a controversial new Sports bar in SF -- anybody have a clue what he's talking about? A gay sports bar, maybe?
DING DING DING! A gay sports bar is opening in the Castro -- SF's first true "gay sports bar", apparently:
http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2012/06/17/san-francisco-to-gets-its-first-gay-sports-bar-hi-tops/
someone commented "the Pilsner Inn is a sports bar; not sure why this bar is said to be the first."
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Just before 10@10 they played this just AWFUL J. Mraz tune. Yuck!
ha -- it's actually one of his less-annoying ones (which isn't saying much).
BTW, Gory said tomorrow they'll be discussing a controversial new Sports bar in SF -- anybody have a clue what he's talking about? A gay sports bar, maybe?
DING DING DING! A gay sports bar is opening in the Castro -- SF's first true "gay sports bar", apparently:
http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2012/06/17/san-francisco-to-gets-its-first-gay-sports-bar-hi-tops/
someone commented "the Pilsner Inn is a sports bar; not sure why this bar is said to be the first."
Yeah I saw that. The Pilsner is a gay bar that happens to show sports (which most other gay bars tend not to do, or only do very grudgingly). It's a fine, friendly, laid-back place but it's not a "sports bar" in the sense of sports being the main focus/theme, with 24 TVs all tuned to a different game and a kitchen with an extensive menu. Which, presumably is what "Hi-Tops" will be.
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Just before 10@10 they played this just AWFUL J. Mraz tune. Yuck!
ha -- it's actually one of his less-annoying ones (which isn't saying much).
BTW, Gory said tomorrow they'll be discussing a controversial new Sports bar in SF -- anybody have a clue what he's talking about? A gay sports bar, maybe?
DING DING DING! A gay sports bar is opening in the Castro -- SF's first true "gay sports bar", apparently:
http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2012/06/17/san-francisco-to-gets-its-first-gay-sports-bar-hi-tops/
someone commented "the Pilsner Inn is a sports bar; not sure why this bar is said to be the first."
Yeah I saw that. The Pilsner is a gay bar that happens to show sports (which most other gay bars tend not to do, or only do very grudgingly). It's a fine, friendly, laid-back place but it's not a "sports bar" in the sense of sports being the main focus/theme, with 24 TVs all tuned to a different game and a kitchen with an extensive menu. Which, presumably is what "Hi-Tops" will be.
I wonder how the new gay sports bar will affect the SF rankings in the "manliest city" category?
http://blog.sfgate.com/ontheblock/2012/06/18/sf-ranked-49th-manliest-city/
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Just before 10@10 they played this just AWFUL J. Mraz tune. Yuck!
ha -- it's actually one of his less-annoying ones (which isn't saying much).
BTW, Gory said tomorrow they'll be discussing a controversial new Sports bar in SF -- anybody have a clue what he's talking about? A gay sports bar, maybe?
DING DING DING! A gay sports bar is opening in the Castro -- SF's first true "gay sports bar", apparently:
http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2012/06/17/san-francisco-to-gets-its-first-gay-sports-bar-hi-tops/
BTW did anyone hear the discussion of this topic on Wed morning? I missed it.
And I'm baffled by this post in AL's post-10@10 "best of set" thread: "I'm not sure what Summah is, can you let me know? I am not predijust, yet always curious." er... huh?
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Just before 10@10 they played this just AWFUL J. Mraz tune. Yuck!
ha -- it's actually one of his less-annoying ones (which isn't saying much).
BTW, Gory said tomorrow they'll be discussing a controversial new Sports bar in SF -- anybody have a clue what he's talking about? A gay sports bar, maybe?
DING DING DING! A gay sports bar is opening in the Castro -- SF's first true "gay sports bar", apparently:
http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2012/06/17/san-francisco-to-gets-its-first-gay-sports-bar-hi-tops/
BTW did anyone hear the discussion of this topic on Wed morning? I missed it.
And I'm baffled by this post in AL's post-10@10 "best of set" thread: "I'm not sure what Summah is, can you let me know? I am not predijust, yet always curious." er... huh?
Did not hear the KFOG discussion, but I'm sure it was nothing earth shattering. The level of discourse there is superficial.
"Summah" is he Boston accent pronunciation of "summer." AL played up the Boston angle and this guy didn't recognize her joke but tried to acknowledge that he's not prejudiced. or something...
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Renee has a girlfriend?
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Renee has a girlfriend?
not in that way.
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My first time hearing this new DMB tune. Damn, it's awful.
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In the past half hour we got "Put the Gun Down" by ZZ Ward and "Next to Me" by Emeli Sande, the latter which is apparently in regular rotation now.
The onslaught of Adelealikes has begun.
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In the past half hour we got "Put the Gun Down" by ZZ Ward and "Next to Me" by Emeli Sande, the latter which is apparently in regular rotation now.
The onslaught of Adelealikes has begun.
I'm amazed it took this long! I'd much rather hear Rumer than 10 women who sound exactly like Adele.
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Props to Ben Fong-Torres, whose current column addresses the KFOG in the Morning about-face and Constantine's mea culpa. Considering it has taken him a month or more to cover past developments, this update is as timely as we can hope for.
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/radiowaves/article/KUSF-sale-OKd-after-FCC-s-50-000-fine-3653646.php#page-2
Btw, KFOG's own web site no longer mentions the departed Twitch, but neither is there any reference to his replacement, Tim Jeffries. Gory and Melanie have bios on the KFOG in the Morning page, but Tim doesn't, and none of them are listed on the airstaff page.
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So, is this a new tradition? Today was the 4th weekday in a row that KFOG played an old Stones song just before 6am. "Six O'Clock Stones" kinda has a nice ring to it. (tho' they haven't actually called it that on-air)
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BTW, Gory said tomorrow they'll be discussing a controversial new Sports bar in SF -- anybody have a clue what he's talking about? A gay sports bar, maybe? There's already a Hooters at Fisherman's Wharf, so that would be old news.
Is it just me, or is the new morning show, and KFOG in general, relying on more bullshit "teases" than they used to? A quick Google search would've turned up the gay sports bar story. But it's like the old local TV news ploy, "When we come back from the break, a surprising/shocking/alarming new study/scam/crime that you'll want to hear about. [Please don't turn the channel.]"
I'm almost positive I heard Twitch use that tired old, "In the next hour we'll be playing a classic by The Rolling Stones..." bullshit line.
I know it's standard operating procedure for radio stations, or it was like 10-20-30 years ago. But god it feels so dated -- such a transparent ploy (plea) to keep people from switching.
Also, the goddamn 10 minute blocks of commercials are awful. Also, the new 3-second commercials that make no goddamn sense. "This is Kaiser Permanente -- THRIVE" and then boom, a song starts. God. Damn. Cumulus.
But can I really complain? Tim and Greg gave me tickets to the Harmony Festival this morning. It was after the sounder -- they had an extra pair and did a "dramatic interpretations of lyrics" quiz around 8:15AM. For one thing they weren't nearly as good/cheesey as Peter Finch, but for another thing, I *suucked* and was not ready at all. I recognized "I Can See Clearly Now" by Jimmy Cliff, but had no clue on Tegan & Sara's "Walking With The Ghost" (they essentially prompted me to say it), and then I guessed that the overly intellectual lyrics "Could be there's nothing else in our lives so critical..." were the Shins (I was pretty damned sure Allyson Krauss never used the word "critical" in a tune), but I didn't know the title. Again, prompting, "Oh, this one is so *simple*... It should be *simple* for you to get this..."
Oy. Then 10 minutes of editing later I sounded like a genius answering correctly right after they read the lyrics. While I appreciate the "win", it sure did feel like they didn't really want to play the game and make it hard for folks, like in the Morey era. Just give him the tickets and get off the phone. Does anybody remember any recent contests going past one contestant?
Oh wait, I bet I will be able to complain... I'm guessing they're going to be lawn seats. We'll see when they arrive in the mail. ;-}
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In the past half hour we got "Put the Gun Down" by ZZ Ward and "Next to Me" by Emeli Sande, the latter which is apparently in regular rotation now.
The onslaught of Adelealikes has begun.
I'm amazed it took this long! I'd much rather hear Rumer than 10 women who sound exactly like Adele.
Huh, I'm checking out Rumer now. But just because Emeli Sande's first name is actually also Adele and she's also British, please don't write her off. I really dug this performance of hers on NPR http://www.npr.org/event/music/154158636/emeli-sande-a-pop-belter-for-everyone (broken now, but hopefully fixed soon). Also, c'mon, she was a Neuroscience Major. That's gotta count for something!
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Also, the goddamn 10 minute blocks of commercials are awful.
Yes, yes, yes! Especially when there's a "KAY FOGGGG" teaser right in the middle. The block right before 10@10 seems particularly obnoxious.
Also, the new 3-second commercials that make no goddamn sense. "This is Kaiser Permanente -- THRIVE" and then boom, a song starts.
I can handle this a lot easier than I can the 10 minute blocks.
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Listening to the first Rumer track that popped up on YouTube. Is this Karen Carpenter?
Also, she's not related to Bruce Willis, right? :-}
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Listening to the first Rumer track that popped up on YouTube. Is this Karen Carpenter?
she sounds a LOT like Karen, yes.
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Listening to the first Rumer track that popped up on YouTube. Is this Karen Carpenter?
she sounds a LOT like Karen, yes.
Ok, on this Aretha track I'm hearing a little Laura Nyro.
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Oh, so re: Melanie's absence.
Back when she was still there, it was often Renee who took down our name/address/phone number after we won a contest. Today it was somebody who sounded like an intern, not Melanie. But I can't be positive.
Interestingly, I had spoken to this voice before, when trying to be the 10th caller for another contest, she kindly picked up to tell me they already had a winner. In the past they would just let the phones ring, and the on-air winner announcement was the signal to stop calling.
At any rate, what does it all mean? Maybe Melanie is phoning her "Daily Scoop" reports in from remote? (Also I hate that they use "Scoop", as I always get excited that I'll hear something from Mr. Nisker.) They don't have a producer anymore, but do have an enthusiastic intern? I dunno. Just a little more data.
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Oh, so re: Melanie's absence.
Back when she was still there, it was often Renee who took down our name/address/phone number after we won a contest. Today it was somebody who sounded like an intern, not Melanie. But I can't be positive.
Interestingly, I had spoken to this voice before, when trying to be the 10th caller for another contest, she kindly picked up to tell me they already had a winner. In the past they would just let the phones ring, and the on-air winner announcement was the signal to stop calling.
At any rate, what does it all mean? Maybe Melanie is phoning her "Daily Scoop" reports in from remote? (Also I hate that they use "Scoop", as I always get excited that I'll hear something from Mr. Nisker.) They don't have a producer anymore, but do have an enthusiastic intern? I dunno. Just a little more data.
I suspect you're right -- intern (cheap) replaces producer (expensive). As to Melanie, I thought I heard interaction between her and Tim/Greg, tho' she clearly appears in small doses. I can't decide if that's a function of (a) a lot of Fogheads complained about her and so they've given her much less air-time, or (b) they're giving her intensive "how to talk on the radio like an adult" lessons.
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This hour's "classic": Macca, "1985". Nice.
ETA: meanwhile, per the sounder KFOG just played, Black Crowes are not my idea of a "musical pick-me-up".
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"KFOG plays *that*??" Heh. Dred just played Space's "Female of the Species", which was a nice treat.
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"KFOG plays *that*??" Heh. Dred just played Space's "Female of the Species", which was a nice treat.
Rockwell, actually. That one has been getting a few spins lately, along with Electronic's "Getting Away With It" which the DC & Renee show played today.
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So the 6am Stones song is clearly a thing -- happened yet again today. So why not promote it as such? They never reference it; it's just... there.
Meanwhile it's a tad embarassing hearing Tim mis-pronounce the names of current artists. He was plugging New Releases Thurs and mentioned "The IMAGINE Dragons" (it's "Imagine DRAGONS" I believe, no "the") and said the "AH-vett" Brothers instead of "AY-vett". That's what happens when you don't have a producer, I suppose, but isn't Gory paying attention to his co-host?
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So the 6am Stones song is clearly a thing -- happened yet again today. So why not promote it as such? They never reference it; it's just... there.
Meanwhile it's a tad embarassing hearing Tim mis-pronounce the names of current artists. He was plugging New Releases Thurs and mentioned "The IMAGINE Dragons" (it's "Imagine DRAGONS" I believe, no "the") and said the "AH-vett" Brothers instead of "AY-vett". That's what happens when you don't have a producer, I suppose, but isn't Gory paying attention to his co-host?
I think it's Melanie's job to do that. She's the one who supposedly knows music. But it's easy to imagine that no one at the KFOG offices or in mgt actually listens to what is said on the air. I know I rarely do! HAHAHA! :)
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"KFOG plays *that*??" Heh. Dred just played Space's "Female of the Species", which was a nice treat.
Rockwell, actually. That one has been getting a few spins lately, along with Electronic's "Getting Away With It" which the DC & Renee show played today.
Heard "Getting Away With It" last night (~6:45). I do wish they'd play the single version, but I won't complain too much.
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Today's 6:00 Stones song was "Angie". Are they, like, waiting for someone to notice before they start calling it "6:00 Stones" on-air?
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Today's 6:00 Stones song was "Angie". Are they, like, waiting for someone to notice before they start calling it "6:00 Stones" on-air?
I'd say that's your cue!
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Today's 6:00 Stones song was "Angie". Are they, like, waiting for someone to notice before they start calling it "6:00 Stones" on-air?
I'd say that's your cue!
I have literally been in the shower at 6 each morning, or I'd've called. By the time I get dry and shaved, the moment has passed.
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today's 6:00 Stones: "Tumbling Dice" -- should we have a separate thread for this? ;)
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Today's 6:00 Stones was "Satisfaction". How long before they run out of obvious hits and start going deep?
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Today's 6:00 Stones was "Satisfaction". How long before they run out of obvious hits and start going deep?
And that would be a bad thing? :) ;) :D ;D
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Today's 6:00 Stones was "Satisfaction". How long before they run out of obvious hits and start going deep?
And that would be a bad thing? :) ;) :D ;D
No it would be great. (today's was "Lets Spend the Nite Together", BTW). But it's been all big hits so far.
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Today's 6:00 Stones was "Satisfaction". How long before they run out of obvious hits and start going deep?
And that would be a bad thing? :) ;) :D ;D
No it would be great. (today's was "Lets Spend the Nite Together", BTW). But it's been all big hits so far.
That's the thing about the Stones. They have enough big hits that they might not need to dig deeper; they'll just start repeating the ones they've already played.
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Is it just me, or does the new Dave Matthews Band song (yawn) sound a ton like Joan Armatrading's Love and Affection? Will link YouTube clips shortly.
Dave Mumblows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kww33eLc6Cs
Joan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTIs-TBwcbk (hopefully this plays for you, fails on my iPad)
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Is it just me, or does the new Dave Matthews Band song (yawn) sound a ton like Joan Armatrading's Love and Affection? Will link YouTube clips shortly.
Dave Mumblows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kww33eLc6Cs
Joan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTIs-TBwcbk (hopefully this plays for you, fails on my iPad)
Yeah, I can def hear it.
This morning they played the new Shawn Colvin, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHGZF8alJ9E which (to my ears) cribs a melody from Cat Stevens' "Where Do the Children Play" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPr_WQm0-UY
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Today's 6:00 Stones was "Satisfaction". How long before they run out of obvious hits and start going deep?
And that would be a bad thing? :) ;) :D ;D
No it would be great. (today's was "Lets Spend the Nite Together", BTW). But it's been all big hits so far.
That's the thing about the Stones. They have enough big hits that they might not need to dig deeper; they'll just start repeating the ones they've already played.
Thurs 7/5: "Happy"
Fri 7/6: "Just My Imagination"
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Just wondering: does Cumulus own SweetJack?
damn, I really hate Snow Patrol.
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Dred played the new Snow Patrol song last night, "In the End." Love it. Each song of theirs continues being *just* different & interesting enough to keep me a fan.
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Just wondering: does Cumulus own SweetJack?
Yeah. http://jobs.sweetjack.com/about/
SweetJack is the social commerce division of Cumulus Media, America’s second largest owner and operator of radio stations and the premier local marketing company with 570 stations. The rapidly growing daily deals platform provides local merchants—including the best restaurants, spas, salons, stores and venues—the promotional power of radio.
But weird, this badly written article says that Cumulus is now part of IHeartRadio, ClearChannel's streaming thing:
http://blog.sweetjack.com/press-2/sweetjack-and-clear-channel-2/
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But weird, this badly written article says that Cumulus is now part of IHeartRadio, ClearChannel's streaming thing:
http://blog.sweetjack.com/press-2/sweetjack-and-clear-channel-2/
Yeah, it's strange, Cumulus stations like KFOG still have their own streaming players, BUT if you go to iHeartRadio and search for KFOG you can listen via that platform too. Unlike, say Kiss-FM, which links to iHeart from their station website.
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But weird, this badly written article says that Cumulus is now part of IHeartRadio, ClearChannel's streaming thing:
http://blog.sweetjack.com/press-2/sweetjack-and-clear-channel-2/
Yeah, it's strange, Cumulus stations like KFOG still have their own streaming players, BUT if you go to iHeartRadio and search for KFOG you can listen via that platform too. Unlike, say Kiss-FM, which links to iHeart from their station website.
Thanks for the tip; I didn't know I had KFOG in my iHeart app too. It also has KNBR, but I presume the ball games probably don't stream?
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Interesting read about the new morning show: http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/KFOG-rebuilds-show-after-Fogheads-slam-anchor-3686371.php
Re: Irish Greg and Webster's departures:
"I loved Webster and Irish Greg, too," Constantine said. "Both of them came to me at different points and said they were having a hard time with the show. Particularly Webster, who wasn't used to the morning hours, and it was affecting his overall well-being."
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The article got me to wondering whether Webster and Greg landed on their feet. So far Webster's LinkedIn doesn't show anything new, but Greg does have a new gig:
Producer, Don Bleu Show, KOSF 103.7
Clear Channel Radio
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; CCU; Broadcast Media industry
July 2012 – Present (1 month) San Francisco Bay Area
Clear Channel? Don Bleu? Ooof, may god have mercy on his soul.
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=35063250&pid=23822523&authType=name&authToken=OplI&trk=pbmap
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It'd be funny if Tim Goodman started doing his TV reports on KKSF though. (Wait, they changed their call letters to KOSF?)
Man, I kinda remember liking KKSF when it first started.
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It'd be funny if Tim Goodman started doing his TV reports on KKSF though. (Wait, they changed their call letters to KOSF?)
Man, I kinda remember liking KKSF when it first started.
yeah, KOSF is supposed to stand for "Oldies San Francisco" or something. The KKSF calls were moved to 910 AM which used to be KNEW.
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June ratings out -- KFOG remains stable at a 2.6. I'm surprised the morning fiasco didn't make them take a hit-- at least a couple of tenths-of-a-point downward woulda made sense. Odd.
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June ratings out -- KFOG remains stable at a 2.6. I'm surprised the morning fiasco didn't make them take a hit-- at least a couple of tenths-of-a-point downward woulda made sense. Odd.
That might be an indication of how well the morining show was doing prior to the fiasco.
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"it started with a wheesper
and then I grabbed her keester"
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DC, after playing the new Alex Clare song:
"He's, uhh, a British singer-songwriter, from, uhh, England."
???.
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Played at ~9:40 last night, 3 Doors Down's "Kryptonite". I recall in Y2K wondering why KFOG wouldn't touch it then.
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I just heard him! He's playing just the vocal tracks of some Motown hits. Aw man, sweet.
I tuned in but heard no real voice, but it must have been his show, b/c I heard Jackie Wilson's Higher and Higher. That's like his all-time favorite song.
I also heard Michael Penn No Myth and the Cars' Magic. Pretty common stuff. Plus every ten minutes a 30-second ad takes over the stream, right in the middle of the song. I don't think I'll be back anytime soon, unless I hear about a show that plays some really different.
DUDE! MC5, "Back in the USA"! " '69 American terminal stasis. The air's so thick it's like breathin' in molasses." Followed by Bowie, "Win".
But if you click that "go to the new USTREAM" tab it takes you to a stream that appears to be commercial-free.
Hey, do you have a link for this new USTREAM? I'd love to go ad-free.
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I just heard him! He's playing just the vocal tracks of some Motown hits. Aw man, sweet.
I tuned in but heard no real voice, but it must have been his show, b/c I heard Jackie Wilson's Higher and Higher. That's like his all-time favorite song.
I also heard Michael Penn No Myth and the Cars' Magic. Pretty common stuff. Plus every ten minutes a 30-second ad takes over the stream, right in the middle of the song. I don't think I'll be back anytime soon, unless I hear about a show that plays some really different.
DUDE! MC5, "Back in the USA"! " '69 American terminal stasis. The air's so thick it's like breathin' in molasses." Followed by Bowie, "Win".
But if you click that "go to the new USTREAM" tab it takes you to a stream that appears to be commercial-free.
Hey, do you have a link for this new USTREAM? I'd love to go ad-free.
I don't see that tab there any more. Just tuned in -- Jonathan Richman, "Here Come the Martian Martians". Followed by John Prine -- "oh my stars, Melinda's gone to Mars". Cute.
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Just heard on Morey's WTF:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_9iqWIaTKI
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SFGate catches up with M.Dung. Ay-waaay, or something.
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ex-DJ-M-Dung-plugging-aaywaay-on-podcast-3735480.php
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SFGate catches up with M.Dung. Ay-waaay, or something.
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ex-DJ-M-Dung-plugging-aaywaay-on-podcast-3735480.php
you might dig his podcasts:
http://www.idiotshow.net/
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SFGate catches up with M.Dung. Ay-waaay, or something.
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ex-DJ-M-Dung-plugging-aaywaay-on-podcast-3735480.php
you might dig his podcasts:
http://www.idiotshow.net/
I know you expect nothing less from a Crankypants like me, but I don't quite get his appeal. His tenure at KFOG was before my time, more or less, but I remember the month that I arrived in SF, the Bammies (remember them?) were being broadcast live and he was there, interviewing people backstage and whatnot. And it seemed like Every. Other. Word was "Oh-DAY!!" and "ay-WAYY!" and I'm sitting there going "whothefuck is this MORON??" He truly came across (to the un-initiated, at least) as brain-damaged. No wonder he did "The Idiot Show". But people really liked that schtick, I guess.
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SFGate catches up with M.Dung. Ay-waaay, or something.
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ex-DJ-M-Dung-plugging-aaywaay-on-podcast-3735480.php
you might dig his podcasts:
http://www.idiotshow.net/
I know you expect nothing less from a Crankypants like me, but I don't quite get his appeal. His tenure at KFOG was before my time, more or less, but I remember the month that I arrived in SF, the Bammies (remember them?) were being broadcast live and he was there, interviewing people backstage and whatnot. And it seemed like Every. Other. Word was "Oh-DAY!!" and "ay-WAYY!" and I'm sitting there going "whothefuck is this MORON??" He truly came across (to the un-initiated, at least) as brain-damaged. No wonder he did "The Idiot Show". But people really liked that schtick, I guess.
I guess you'd have to say he grew on me. I met him once or twice, and found him to be a very sincere person. I can't describe why that matters, but it did.
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per this thread at radio-info.com, Greg Gory will be doing weekend fill-in work on KGO. I'm assuming this is in addition to KFOG in the Morning.
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=217451.0
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Just looked at the Triple-A chart. "Some Nights" by Fun(period) is Top Ten but KFOG doesn't seem to be playing it much or at all (thank gawd). Meanwhile the Alanis song "Guardian" which KFOG has been playing incessantly isn't even in the Triple-A Top 50.
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Just looked at the Triple-A chart. "Some Nights" by Fun(period) is Top Ten but KFOG doesn't seem to be playing it much or at all (thank gawd). Meanwhile the Alanis song "Guardian" which KFOG has been playing incessantly isn't even in the Triple-A Top 50.
And while we're on the subject:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/08/worst_hipster_bands_all_time_c.php
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Just looked at the Triple-A chart. "Some Nights" by Fun(period) is Top Ten but KFOG doesn't seem to be playing it much or at all (thank gawd). Meanwhile the Alanis song "Guardian" which KFOG has been playing incessantly isn't even in the Triple-A Top 50.
And while we're on the subject:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/08/worst_hipster_bands_all_time_c.php
nice. I put this link on the FB GS page.
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Just looked at the Triple-A chart. "Some Nights" by Fun(period) is Top Ten but KFOG doesn't seem to be playing it much or at all (thank gawd). Meanwhile the Alanis song "Guardian" which KFOG has been playing incessantly isn't even in the Triple-A Top 50.
Yeah, thankfully it's only getting 10x/week. DC can't ignore anything that gets into the Top 15 these days, but thankfully he's keeping "Some Nights" to a minimum. Now all he needs to do is dump Ed Sheeran because that left the Top 10 long ago.
The Alanis Morissette song barely made the Top 30 awhile back...it looks like it's still hanging around, but just barely.
He apparently LOVES the new Muse song, too. 49 spins and it hasn't been out a week, sheesh.
Mediabase charts (free registration required:)
http://www.allaccess.com/triple-a/mediabase
http://www.allaccess.com/mediabase/q/report/playlist/station/KFOG-FM
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Just heard that Annalisa will be back from vacation on Wednesday. That means a new 10@10 then!
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Just heard that Annalisa will be back from vacation on Wednesday. That means a new 10@10 then!
Yay!
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Just looked at the Triple-A chart. "Some Nights" by Fun(period) is Top Ten but KFOG doesn't seem to be playing it much or at all (thank gawd). Meanwhile the Alanis song "Guardian" which KFOG has been playing incessantly isn't even in the Triple-A Top 50.
And while we're on the subject:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/08/worst_hipster_bands_all_time_c.php
nice. I put this link on the FB GS page.
Just don't click on the link to 20 Worst Bands of All Time and look at #9.
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was browsing thru radio-info's Denver board looking for stuff on KBCO and came across this post from Oct 2010:
There was a time when KBCO was Denver's only Boulder radio station--and Boulder's only Denver station. A lot of credit belongs to Dennis Constantine the visionary musicologist and programming wunderkind who had people in places like Castle Rock trying to get KBCO because the station was s-o-o-o good.
Dennis just got the 21st century axe in Portland. I bet he'd love to go back to Colorado!
"visionary musicologist and programming wunderkind"?? How times have changed.
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was browsing thru radio-info's Denver board looking for stuff on KBCO and came across this post from Oct 2010:
There was a time when KBCO was Denver's only Boulder radio station--and Boulder's only Denver station. A lot of credit belongs to Dennis Constantine the visionary musicologist and programming wunderkind who had people in places like Castle Rock trying to get KBCO because the station was s-o-o-o good.
Dennis just got the 21st century axe in Portland. I bet he'd love to go back to Colorado!
"visionary musicologist and programming wunderkind"?? How times have changed.
Well, I still think that describes him just fine.
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was browsing thru radio-info's Denver board looking for stuff on KBCO and came across this post from Oct 2010:
There was a time when KBCO was Denver's only Boulder radio station--and Boulder's only Denver station. A lot of credit belongs to Dennis Constantine the visionary musicologist and programming wunderkind who had people in places like Castle Rock trying to get KBCO because the station was s-o-o-o good.
Dennis just got the 21st century axe in Portland. I bet he'd love to go back to Colorado!
"visionary musicologist and programming wunderkind"?? How times have changed.
Well, I still think that describes him just fine.
If the ratings drop again in the August book that might take the shine off of "programming wunderkind" ;)
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Just looked at the Triple-A chart. "Some Nights" by Fun(period) is Top Ten but KFOG doesn't seem to be playing it much or at all (thank gawd). Meanwhile the Alanis song "Guardian" which KFOG has been playing incessantly isn't even in the Triple-A Top 50.
And while we're on the subject:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/08/worst_hipster_bands_all_time_c.php
nice. I put this link on the FB GS page.
Just don't click on the link to 20 Worst Bands of All Time and look at #9.
yes, I like anchovies, too.
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was browsing thru radio-info's Denver board looking for stuff on KBCO and came across this post from Oct 2010:
There was a time when KBCO was Denver's only Boulder radio station--and Boulder's only Denver station. A lot of credit belongs to Dennis Constantine the visionary musicologist and programming wunderkind who had people in places like Castle Rock trying to get KBCO because the station was s-o-o-o good.
Dennis just got the 21st century axe in Portland. I bet he'd love to go back to Colorado!
"visionary musicologist and programming wunderkind"?? How times have changed.
Well, I still think that describes him just fine.
If the ratings drop again in the August book that might take the shine off of "programming wunderkind" ;)
Ok, you have a point.
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Couple nice surprises in the 6:00 hour this morning: Wailing Souls' "Shark Attack", which I hadn't heard in quite a while -- it was a KFOG staple when it was new and I still can't understand why they don't play it at Sharks games. Around 6:40 they treated us to macca's "Junior's Farm" for no particular reason. They're also running a new liner, something like "in touch with the past, but in tune with the new!"
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Have we discussed this Mayer Hawthorne "Dreaming" song and its similarity to "Mr Blue Sky"?
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Omg Greg Gory.
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Omg Greg Gory.
was that a good OMG or a bad OMG?
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was browsing thru radio-info's Denver board looking for stuff on KBCO and came across this post from Oct 2010:
There was a time when KBCO was Denver's only Boulder radio station--and Boulder's only Denver station. A lot of credit belongs to Dennis Constantine the visionary musicologist and programming wunderkind who had people in places like Castle Rock trying to get KBCO because the station was s-o-o-o good.
Dennis just got the 21st century axe in Portland. I bet he'd love to go back to Colorado!
"visionary musicologist and programming wunderkind"?? How times have changed.
Well, I still think that describes him just fine.
If the ratings drop again in the August book that might take the shine off of "programming wunderkind" ;)
Ok, you have a point.
and lo: perhaps he's a "programming wunderkind" after all (even if he's never heard of Cornershop's "Brimful of Asha"): KFOG bounced back in August, up from a 2.2 to a 2.9. I'm stunned. Did the old people all come back at once?
I haven't seen the entire ratings chart, so I don't yet know what Live 105, Alice, The Bone and K-Fox did.
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and lo: perhaps he's a "programming wunderkind" after all (even if he's never heard of Cornershop's "Brimful of Asha"): KFOG bounced back in August, up from a 2.2 to a 2.9. I'm stunned. Did the old people all come back at once?
I haven't seen the entire ratings chart, so I don't yet know what Live 105, Alice, The Bone and K-Fox did.
UPDATE...
Live 105: down from 2.0 to 1.6 -- surprising since they've been really trying to be better lately (tho' this rating period is actually mid-July to mid-Aug so the new morning show hasn't really kicked in)
Alice: down nearly an entire point since May (from 3.8 to 2.9)
K-Fox down slightly to a 2.3; The Bone stagnant at 1.7
While I'm sure Cumulus is pleased about KFOG, the Bone looks more & more like a candidate to become KNBR-FM.
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and lo: perhaps he's a "programming wunderkind" after all (even if he's never heard of Cornershop's "Brimful of Asha"): KFOG bounced back in August, up from a 2.2 to a 2.9. I'm stunned. Did the old people all come back at once?
I haven't seen the entire ratings chart, so I don't yet know what Live 105, Alice, The Bone and K-Fox did.
While I'm sure Cumulus is pleased about KFOG, the Bone looks more & more like a candidate to become KNBR-FM.
Which would possibly mean the Giants and Warriors will finally appear on FM. And I'll be able to follow via ipod.
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Omg Greg Gory.
was that a good OMG or a bad OMG?
Neither really. Just surprised that he came out.
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Omg Greg Gory.
was that a good OMG or a bad OMG?
Neither really. Just surprised that he came out.
wait... WHAT?? Came out as what? Gay? a Republican? I wasn't listening at that hour. No one mentioned it on FB, which is odd.
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Omg Greg Gory.
was that a good OMG or a bad OMG?
Neither really. Just surprised that he came out.
wait... WHAT?? Came out as what? Gay? a Republican? I wasn't listening at that hour. No one mentioned it on FB, which is odd.
Gay. He mentioned it during the Tegan or Sara interview.
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Omg Greg Gory.
was that a good OMG or a bad OMG?
Neither really. Just surprised that he came out.
wait... WHAT?? Came out as what? Gay? a Republican? I wasn't listening at that hour. No one mentioned it on FB, which is odd.
Gay. He mentioned it during the Tegan or Sara interview.
maybe a gay Republican?
;D
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Now that the school year has started, I get to hear about every other day's Stones song. This morning was one of my favorites, "Heaven." Love Keith's phased guitar sound.
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It's official: Melanie has left KFOG. (I wondered why Greg was doing "The Scoop") They're looking for a new morning show producer...
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/110036/melanie-walker-exits-kfog-searching-for-new-mornin
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I posted about this on FB too, but KFOG is doing yet another radio-thon for yet another semi-questionable charity. Today it's Red Light Partners, who supposedly rescue children in India from human trafficking. Given Rich Lieberman's expose on the World Concern deal (Cumulus' previous radio-thon charity recipient, see: http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2012/09/sources-kgo-radio-charity-was-client-of.html ), I'm way skeptical... and oddly, there's no menttion of this all-day event on either the KFOG website or their FB page. Strange.
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I'm confused as to the wording of this in the KFOG email
KFOG is turning 30 this year! We're celebrating by playing 30 years of music in 30 hours, starting Friday at 5PM. We'll also feature the return of M. Dung's Idiot Show on Saturday at 6PM!
Archival M. Dung, or new M. Dung?
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I'm confused as to the wording of this in the KFOG email
KFOG is turning 30 this year! We're celebrating by playing 30 years of music in 30 hours, starting Friday at 5PM. We'll also feature the return of M. Dung's Idiot Show on Saturday at 6PM!
Archival M. Dung, or new M. Dung?
I'm guessing new, since the promos have said there'll be "former KFOG deejays" (plural) and other than Dave Morey, who I assume will also appear, everyone else "former" is working for the competition! Guess that article about him in the Chron (?) was a good idea. And there were all those "bring back Dung" comments during the Twitch debacle.
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I'm confused as to the wording of this in the KFOG email
KFOG is turning 30 this year! We're celebrating by playing 30 years of music in 30 hours, starting Friday at 5PM. We'll also feature the return of M. Dung's Idiot Show on Saturday at 6PM!
Archival M. Dung, or new M. Dung?
I'm guessing new, since the promos have said there'll be "former KFOG deejays" (plural) and other than Dave Morey, who I assume will also appear, everyone else "former" is working for the competition! Guess that article about him in the Chron (?) was a good idea. And there were all those "bring back Dung" comments during the Twitch debacle.
so this thing kicks off tomo'w at 5pm:
"Friday: 5PM: After 'Weekend Salute' Dave Morey introduces the first song played on KFOG, 'Rock The Town' and we'll finish out the hour with music from 1982."
And then each hour will feature one of the subsequent years, '83-'12.
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I'm confused as to the wording of this in the KFOG email
KFOG is turning 30 this year! We're celebrating by playing 30 years of music in 30 hours, starting Friday at 5PM. We'll also feature the return of M. Dung's Idiot Show on Saturday at 6PM!
Archival M. Dung, or new M. Dung?
I'm guessing new, since the promos have said there'll be "former KFOG deejays" (plural) and other than Dave Morey, who I assume will also appear, everyone else "former" is working for the competition! Guess that article about him in the Chron (?) was a good idea. And there were all those "bring back Dung" comments during the Twitch debacle.
so this thing kicks off tomo'w at 5pm:
"Friday: 5PM: After 'Weekend Salute' Dave Morey introduces the first song played on KFOG, 'Rock The Town' and we'll finish out the hour with music from 1982."
And then each hour will feature one of the subsequent years, '83-'12.
As our good friend DC puts it, "It'll be like 10@10 for 30 hours".
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Gotta say, the Psychedelic Psupper is Pslammin!
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Well, I got in trouble on FB for this, but M Dung is... an acquired taste. The music was great, but his shtick is pretty limited (and I say that as a fan of guys like Wolfman Jack and Cousin Brucie). At least he didn't scream "O-DAY!!" 87 times. I get that he's something of a parody of a '50s deejay, but he's a fairly amateurish one to my ears. Not alot of depth. Sorry.
That said, it would not surprise me if DC gives him a Sat nite slot -- an hour or 2 to do his thing (with an approved playlist of course).
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Hey all - got Dave's very short segment from yesterday:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zd7v2f6sk3o77q7/Dave%20Morey%20on%20KFOG%27s%20Format%20Switch%20in%201982.mp3
Working on getting Psychadelic Psupper cut and posted. I didn't hear the whole thing, but the first couple of tracks definitely rocked. But duh, Janis.
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Did anybody here happen to record M. Dung?
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Big bad news: AL leaving KFOG; Renee takes over middays. :'(
Maybe it'll be Webster and Annalisa in the morning on K-FOX?
ETA: no sooner did I type that than I saw a comment on Rich Lieberman's blog post about the Greg Kihn firing that says AL is indeed taking over mornings at K-Fox. Unconfirmed but sounds like it makes sense.
ETA2: apparently we'll be getting 2 weeks of "vintage" Dave Morey 10@10s as a 30th Anniversary bonus, before Renee, DC and Icky take over 10@10 full-time.
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Big bad news: AL leaving KFOG; Renee takes over middays. :'(
Maybe it'll be Webster and Annalisa in the morning on K-FOX?
ETA: no sooner did I type that than I saw a comment on Rich Lieberman's blog post about the Greg Kihn firing that says AL is indeed taking over mornings at K-Fox. Unconfirmed but sounds like it makes sense.
ETA2: apparently we'll be getting 2 weeks of "vintage" Dave Morey 10@10s as a 30th Anniversary bonus, before Renee, DC and Icky take over 10@10 full-time.
Icky?
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Big bad news: AL leaving KFOG; Renee takes over middays. :'(
Maybe it'll be Webster and Annalisa in the morning on K-FOX?
ETA: no sooner did I type that than I saw a comment on Rich Lieberman's blog post about the Greg Kihn firing that says AL is indeed taking over mornings at K-Fox. Unconfirmed but sounds like it makes sense.
ETA2: apparently we'll be getting 2 weeks of "vintage" Dave Morey 10@10s as a 30th Anniversary bonus, before Renee, DC and Icky take over 10@10 full-time.
Icky?
oy, must we explain everything? ;)
He's formerly of Alice and has (at least temporarily) replaced Melanie on the Morning Show..
Interestingly, I just noticed that the (anonymous) comment on Rich Lieberman's blog post I referenced above was made Friday night just after 6pm. So clearly it was made by somebody who knew something. Sorry I didn't see it sooner.
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Big bad news: AL leaving KFOG; Renee takes over middays. :'(
Maybe it'll be Webster and Annalisa in the morning on K-FOX?
ETA: no sooner did I type that than I saw a comment on Rich Lieberman's blog post about the Greg Kihn firing that says AL is indeed taking over mornings at K-Fox. Unconfirmed but sounds like it makes sense.
ETA2: apparently we'll be getting 2 weeks of "vintage" Dave Morey 10@10s as a 30th Anniversary bonus, before Renee, DC and Icky take over 10@10 full-time.
Icky?
oy, must we explain everything? ;)
He's formerly of Alice and has (at least temporarily) replaced Melanie on the Morning Show..
Interestingly, I just noticed that the (anonymous) comment on Rich Lieberman's blog post I referenced above was made Friday night just after 6pm. So clearly it was made by somebody who knew something. Sorry I didn't see it sooner.
Sorry to be old man clueless, but of course I wouldn't know anything about Alice. So, is this Icky supposed to have a role on 10@10?
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Sorry to be old man clueless, but of course I wouldn't know anything about Alice. So, is this Icky supposed to have a role on 10@10?
Yeah, at Acoustic Sunrise they announced that Dennis Constantine would be helping with picking the music, Renee would be hosting, and Icky would be doing the production (which they glossed as "finding the funny news clips, etc.").
I'm an occasional listener to Sarah and Vinny (and No-Name), so yeah, Icky's name was familiar -- as I recall he didn't talk a lot. More of a boring straight man. So uh yeah, no Irish Greg. :-{
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By the way, lovely meeting Melissa and John today at the show. And Annalisa! Wah.
And of course great to see Rosalie, Renee, and Peter. I was wondering what that young guy was doing up there with them -- has anybody actually *heard* Icky on the Morning Show? Tim and Greg Gory are not really doing it for me. It's like the opposite of a Twitch show. Safe and boring. Some might argue that was what Dave Morey & Co were, but I really miss that mix of Peter & Renee's sunniness vs Irish Greg and Dave's crankyness, but overall engaging banter. I get that Tim and Greg Gory are *trying* to talk more intelligently, but god it really feels like they're dialing it in/trying too hard. I especially hate that "What did you learn today" wrap up at 9:45AM, which I often hear after dropping off the kids off, etc. So. Lame.
In happier news, it was nice to remind Rosalie that she had actually given both boys some shout-outs on the radio after they were born. She is so sweet. Even after I gave her a hard time about backselling Dixie the Tiny Dog as by Peter Gabriel instead of Himmelman. She corrected herself on the air later, and said she can't wait for Gabriel's cover, laughing. Later she thanked me, insisting that it's far better to catch the errors and correct and laugh at them, because otherwise you take them to the grave and you can't get them back. She was getting deep. ;-}
ANYways, I may have posted her dedications before, but:
http://www.gladlee.com/Nkfog/Nkfog.mp3
http://www.gladlee.com/L/acousticluke.mp3
http://gladlee.com/L1/luke1year.mp3
Sniff. (Boys are 4 and 8 now)
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By the way, lovely meeting Melissa and John today at the show. And Annalisa! Wah.
And of course great to see Rosalie, Renee, and Peter. I was wondering what that young guy was doing up there with them -- has anybody actually *heard* Icky on the Morning Show? Tim and Greg Gory are not really doing it for me. It's like the opposite of a Twitch show. Safe and boring. Some might argue that was what Dave Morey & Co were, but I really miss that mix of Peter & Renee's sunniness vs Irish Greg and Dave's crankyness, but overall engaging banter. I get that Tim and Greg Gory are *trying* to talk more intelligently, but god it really feels like they're dialing it in/trying too hard. I especially hate that "What did you learn today" wrap up at 9:45AM, which I often hear after dropping off the kids off, etc. So. Lame.
In happier news, it was nice to remind Rosalie that she had actually given both boys some shout-outs on the radio after they were born. She is so sweet. Even after I gave her a hard time about backselling Dixie the Tiny Dog as by Peter Gabriel instead of Himmelman. She corrected herself on the air later, and said she can't wait for Gabriel's cover, laughing. Later she thanked me, insisting that it's far better to catch the errors and correct and laugh at them, because otherwise you take them to the grave and you can't get them back. She was getting deep. ;-}
I was wondering what that Peter Gabriel joke was about. I missed the context, but happy to know it was for your benefit!
So nice meeting you, too, Darryl, and your wife and kiddoes! I would tend to agree on on your read of the current KFOG morning show, but I'm afraid i don't have enough evidence to go on: I never really listen in the mornings. I pass by briefly at times and it never grabs me as compelling, interesting, funny or fun. I'd rather be informed by listening to national progressing, er public, radio or the Bone, which plays music I like better.
The KFOG morning show's "What did we learn today" bit has been the only time I consistently hear them, too, although I've started to avoid that b/c it sounds phony and forced. (And since10at110 is usually late to start, waiting until 10:03 or so to tune in is a safe bet.)
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Ah, right, we met you too, Tinka Cat! Sorry, it was all of a bit of a blur. ;-}
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Forgive me if someone else has already posted this conclusion, but it would seem that KFOX is going after the disenfranchised Fogheads that DC kicked to the curb a year ago--or at least they want to try to recreate the vibe with ex-KFOG jocks, if not their playlist. They've already picked up Big Rick, Webster and now AL. If they sign Irish Greg or steal Peter Finch from KGO, it's a lock.
I'll be curious to see what sort of a show AL does--and if they give her a chance to do a 10@10-like retro feature set-9@9 maybe?
Oh, and did someone post a link to a recording of AL's farewell from yesterday morning, or am I confusing it with one of the other clips that have been posted? I was away all weekend and trying to follow the updates via my phone so couldn't download anything til now?
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Forgive me if someone else has already posted this conclusion, but it would seem that KFOX is going after the disenfranchised Fogheads that DC kicked to the curb a year ago--or at least they want to try to recreate the vibe with ex-KFOG jocks, if not their playlist. They've already picked up Big Rick, Webster and now AL. If they sign Irish Greg or steal Peter Finch from KGO, it's a lock.
I'll be curious to see what sort of a show AL does--and if they give her a chance to do a 10@10-like retro feature set-9@9 maybe?
A "KFOG Vibe" doesn't come from the playlist they've got. I don't see why they'd abandon the pure Classic Rock they've been doing for decades -- they've been beating the Bone (heh) pretty consistently lately. As I said on FB, this new incarnation is like Oldies 103.7 without the disco and cheezy pop.
BTW, a guy commented on one of Rich Lieberman's posts with this ridiculous put-down of AL:
So, Annalisa is taking over for Greg Kihn? She will be a self fulfilling prophecy. She barely had the chops at KFOG, and (imo) was an EPIC FAIL when she took over Dave Morey's 10@10.
KFOX has made a HUGE screwup in this particular instance. Although I didn't agree with Kihn's politics, he was otherwise a VERY good morning ride guy, and was entirely entertaining. He had great stories, great guests (whom he had actually played with, so could completely relate to their anecdotes) and was in general a lot of fun to kisten to.
In NO way can Annalisa compare to any of that. Aside from her time as a radio jock, and using the radio station credentials to get into music venues, she has NO street cred.
I wish I could punch that guy in the face. I replied (not that it makes a diff):
You must be kidding: Annalisa did 10@10 brilliantly for the first 2 years after Morey left -- bringing much-needed new blood, with both her own musical knowledge and her addition of daily audience input via Facebook. (Dave was a creative genius but he was a tad cranky when it came to people making requests/suggestions). When Constantine came in last year and started trying to control what songs Annalisa could play and which years would be featured (and how frequently), quality sufferered somewhat but she still did a fine job.
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A "KFOG Vibe" doesn't come from the playlist they've got. I don't see why they'd abandon the pure Classic Rock they've been doing for decades -- they've been beating the Bone (heh) pretty consistently lately. As I said on FB, this new incarnation is like Oldies 103.7 without the disco and cheezy pop.
It's funny, I've been listening to KFOX a lot over the last month or so (since I started listening to the radio at work, rather than streaming). Have they really made a change already, or are they waiting for Annalisa? Because here's Boston again, and I'll bet that I hear either "Stairway..." or "Freebird" before lunch. Someone on facebook mentioned that they played "Basket Case" (Green Day) the other day, and I've yet to hear anything quite that "new" yet, but I'm not always paying that close attention.
ETA: And how long will 9 til noon commercial free last? (don't say 3 hours :o )
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A "KFOG Vibe" doesn't come from the playlist they've got. I don't see why they'd abandon the pure Classic Rock they've been doing for decades -- they've been beating the Bone (heh) pretty consistently lately. As I said on FB, this new incarnation is like Oldies 103.7 without the disco and cheezy pop.
It's funny, I've been listening to KFOX a lot over the last month or so (since I started listening to the radio at work, rather than streaming). Have they really made a change already, or are they waiting for Annalisa? Because here's Boston again, and I'll bet that I hear either "Stairway..." or "Freebird" before lunch. Someone on facebook mentioned that they played "Basket Case" (Green Day) the other day, and I've yet to hear anything quite that "new" yet, but I'm not always paying that close attention.
ETA: And how long will 9 til noon commercial free last? (don't say 3 hours :o )
apparently Entercom (the owners) have been doing this 9-noon commercial-free thing on alot of their rock stations and it's working -- each hour is "brought to you commercial-free by _________" so there IS some money being made. They've supposedly added '90s stuff (Green Day, Nirvana, RHCPs) as well as older songs that would've been considered too wimpy before (America).
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Is it me or have the people calling in to win stuff on KFOG lately sound like they're on downers? No enthusiasm.
Tim: "Hey! you just won tickets to _____ !!!"
Foghead: "oh... great... thanks."
Dude, get excited!
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Rich Lieberman has a blog post today about why he hasn't really gotten excited about the AL-to-KFOX story.
http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2012/09/why-i-have-ignored-kfog.html#comment-form
and that's his perogative, but there are some interesting comments down below, including a funny slam of Renee.
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Here's the quote:
Several of you have written me and asked why I have not written about KFOG lately and that why I have ignored "Analissa" moving over to KFOX to replace Greg Kihn.
I'll be short and sweet: After Dave Morey left I pretty much tuned out KFOG. I wrote about the morning show shenanigans of a few months back, but after that, I've been silent--for a reason.
And no disrespect to Analissa, but when Cumulus took over the KFOG reign, I was done. I was never a foghead, but I enjoyed Morey and liked the playlist. The nudnick they hired and blew out after only a few weeks, (courtesy Mr. Constantine, who clearly doesn't know how to run a radio station), was the final straw.
Then again, I never listened to the new team. Remember, it's Cumulus
And I'm tired of people's "Get Off My Lawn" type of pronouncements r/ KFOG. Is Lieberman actually Fred?
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BTW, what's with those 2 comments on KFOG's FB page about hearing Irish Greg yesterday morning around 11? Did they accidentally play an old promo with his voice? He didn't actually leave 103.7 after less than 2 months did he?
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BTW, what's with those 2 comments on KFOG's FB page about hearing Irish Greg yesterday morning around 11? Did they accidentally play an old promo with his voice? He didn't actually leave 103.7 after less than 2 months did he?
It turns out Rosalie played part of an old playspace perf during Acoustic Sunrise and Irish Greg was interviewing the artist. And clueless Fogheads immediately jumped to the wrong conclusion.
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Now playing: "Madness" by Muse. First time I've heard this song on KFOG since they added it at 60x first week over a month ago.
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For all those who were e-mailing KFOG GM Bungeroth... he's been replaced.
http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2012/10/source-bungeroth-out-as-sf-market.html
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Tim: (after playing the band Vertical Horizon) "what is a 'vertical horizon'?"
Greg: "it's a play on words! it's gotta be!"
er, sure, Gory, whatever you say.
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Tim: (after playing the band Vertical Horizon) "what is a 'vertical horizon'?"
Greg: "it's a play on words! it's gotta be!"
er, sure, Gory, whatever you say.
Egads... Don't like the morning show.
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In addition to doing 10@10, Renee is now officially the Music Director.
http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n25582
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In addition to doing 10@10, Renee is now officially the Music Director.
http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n25582
Caught a bit of Dred last nite, apparently they'll be premiering the new Adele 007 theme today for NRT.
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In addition to doing 10@10, Renee is now officially the Music Director.
http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n25582
So Annalisa was the DJ equivalent of Joe Montana? Way to go, AL! (No way do I buy Renee as Steve Young though, unless they mean *after* the concussions.)
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In addition to doing 10@10, Renee is now officially the Music Director.
http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n25582
So Annalisa was the DJ equivalent of Joe Montana? Way to go, AL! (No way do I buy Renee as Steve Young though, unless they mean *after* the concussions.)
she's more like the water boy/girl.
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In addition to doing 10@10, Renee is now officially the Music Director.
http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n25582
So Annalisa was the DJ equivalent of Joe Montana? Way to go, AL! (No way do I buy Renee as Steve Young though, unless they mean *after* the concussions.)
she's more like the water boy/girl.
Montana --> Druckenmiller
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In addition to doing 10@10, Renee is now officially the Music Director.
http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n25582
So Annalisa was the DJ equivalent of Joe Montana? Way to go, AL! (No way do I buy Renee as Steve Young though, unless they mean *after* the concussions.)
she's more like the water boy/girl.
Montana --> Druckenmiller
If she has the job for several years and suddenly improves to 'mediocre', Alex Smith
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Damn, they're playing "Skyfall" a lot. I *like* it -- best Bond theme in years -- but it's gonna get old quickly at this rate...
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I like this Jack White cover of "Shakin'" but why does he change the lyric from "St Vitus dance" to "St Rita dance"? Is St Rita Dance even a thing?
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Damn, they're playing "Skyfall" a lot. I *like* it -- best Bond theme in years -- but it's gonna get old quickly at this rate...
heard it today for the first time. It's very good! Reminiscent of some other Bond theme or incidnetal music used in one of the movies ... Thunderball, if I'm not mistaken. It's got great tension, drama, and they work in some strains of the 007 Theme, too.
can't wait for the movie!
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So this morning Greg Gory mentions that today (Friday) is National Coming Out Day. Tim Jeffries comments how great that is, asks how Greg and his partner will be celebrating the day.
Gory jokes (?) that they'll just hang out at home and catch up on "Project Runway" (or maybe it was "America's Top Model"). Or no wait, they'll fire up the DVR and watch "Glee".
Jeffries chuckles and they move on.
Thing is... did Jeffries just "out" Gory? Was Gory making a joke about stereotypical "gayness", but then he really is gay?
I mean, if this was a morning zoo show, this could not have been a more scripted exchange between two totally hetero shock jocks. But I seem to recall reading a rumor that Gory was in fact gay. (If so, definitely a Log Cabin Republican or Libertarian... Yeesh.)
Anyways, anybody else hear it? Thoughts or comments?
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So this morning Greg Gory mentions that today (Friday) is National Coming Out Day. Tim Jeffries comments how great that is, asks how Greg and his partner will be celebrating the day.
Gory jokes (?) that they'll just hang out at home and catch up on "Project Runway" (or maybe it was "America's Top Model"). Or no wait, they'll fire up the DVR and watch "Glee".
Jeffries chuckles and they move on.
Thing is... did Jeffries just "out" Gory? Was Gory making a joke about stereotypical "gayness", but then he really is gay?
I mean, if this was a morning zoo show, this could not have been a more scripted exchange between two totally hetero shock jocks. But I seem to recall reading a rumor that Gory was in fact gay. (If so, definitely a Log Cabin Republican or Libertarian... Yeesh.)
Anyways, anybody else hear it? Thoughts or comments?
No, Gory is "out" -- at least as of a few months back. It wasn't a big announcement, more like offhand comments. I think he mentioned being gay during his interview with Teegan & Sara. And I'm told that on his FB page vthere are tons of pics of him and his partner.
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Yeah, I had heard about photos on Facebook as well. Well, I guess it was just yet another awkward Jeffries/Gory moment. Ugh, when I listen to them it always feels like they are trying too hard. (And Icky's "What's Trending?" Uuugh.)
Hey I'm a big fan of sarcasm/crankiness, but I always felt that at his core, Irish Greg was a good guy. I don't get that vibe with Gory. He's nice enough in person, but on-air he kind of grates. Like, is he consciously trying to bring a right-wingnut "viewpoint" to KFOG or does it just naturally come out?
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Icky's subbing for Rosalie this morning -- hoping he's not doing Acoustic Sunrise tomorrow. Does this mean Rosalie will be in for Renee all this week?
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Live from the Archives Vol. 19 tracklisting is up.
1. Keane - Silenced By The Night
Ex'pression College for Digital Arts 6/30/12
2. Eric Hutchinson - Watching You Watch Him
KFOG PlaySpace 2/9/12
3. Fitz & The Tantrums - Don't Gotta Work It Out
KFOG PlaySpace 10/3/11
4. Train - Drive By
KFOG PlaySpace 4/11/12
5. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Never Go Back
KFOG PlaySpace 7/16/12
6. Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark
KFOG PlaySpace 11/30/11
7. Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks
KFOG PlaySpace 3/22/12
8. Florence & The Machine - Shake It Out
KFOG PlaySpace 10/12/11
9. Thomas Dolby - Europa & The Pirate Twins
KFOG PlaySpace 10/13/12
10. Mayer Hawthorne - The Walk
KFOG PlaySpace 10/14/11
11. World Party - Is It Like Today?
KFOG PlaySpace 4/24/12
12. The Shins - Simple Song
KFOG PlaySpace 2/9/12
13. Delta Spirit - California
KFOG PlaySpace 5/10/12
14. The Fray - How To Save A Life
KFOG PlaySpace 11/2/11
15. Ingrid Michaelson - The Way I Am
KFOG PlaySpace 2/16/12
16. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home
KFOG PlaySpace 5/2/12
17. Graffiti 6 - Free
KFOG PlaySpace 6/21/12
18. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
KFOG PlaySpace 10/14/11
19. The Airborne Toxic Event - All I Ever Wanted
KFOG's Concert for Kids 12/9/11
20. Amos Lee - El Camino
KFOG PlaySpace 8/17/11
http://kfog.com/music/LFTAVolume19/tabid/2095/Default.aspx
14, 15, and 16 get LN's for already being on at least 6 other AAA samplers by this point (in fact, I could've sworn that that Edward Sharpe song is on a previous KFOG one) but overall it looks pretty good this year. Especially tracks 1,5,6,9,11,13,19,20.
It's also on Peet's website, although for some reason it has a slightly different tracklisting. There are tracks by Emeli Sande and Jimmy Cliff that aren't listed on the one on KFOG's website.
http://www.peets-coffee.net/shop/gifts_detail.asp?sid=03E0A493102CF57E60B25D50114C4667&id=1862&cid=3008
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Tuned in early (9:45-ish), Tim played Green Day ("Oh Love"), Portishead (!) and Tower of Power's "What is Hip?" -- not bad, I must say.
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mentioned this on FB... listened to the KFOG Morning show today -- they had a traffic woman added to the mix, Heather, who I assume is Heather Hommin (or however it's spelled) a longtime Metro Traffic person. So they now have four voices competing with each other (Icky's there too).
However, Tim intro'ed Heather by saying "she's been with us all week" which seems to imply this is another we're-auditioning-people-a-week-at-a-time scenario.
ETA: Heather's still there this week (10/29) so presumably she's a permanent hire. Smart, I think, for them to beef up news/traffic and the whole multiple-voices-in-the-studio thing. I love AL but she sounds so ... isolated in the morning on K-FOX with no newsperson.
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They've been spinning Thomas Dolby's "I Love You Goodbye" a LOT lately. This is the second time this week I've heard it. My wish (one of them, at least) has finally been granted, it seems.
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Another radio-thon?? Jeezus.
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They've been spinning Thomas Dolby's "I Love You Goodbye" a LOT lately. This is the second time this week I've heard it. My wish (one of them, at least) has finally been granted, it seems.
The Foo Fighters' "Walk" has suddenly become a frequent flier too.
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They've been spinning Thomas Dolby's "I Love You Goodbye" a LOT lately. This is the second time this week I've heard it. My wish (one of them, at least) has finally been granted, it seems.
The Foo Fighters' "Walk" has suddenly become a frequent flier too.
Interesting -- it appeared on A-Z but they never added it when it was out (although they did spin the follow-up, "These Days" in low rotation.)
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Worth mentioning, I suppose: KFOG has re-designed their website yet again. It's clearly a Cumulus corporate template that all their stations are using -- there's actually a built-in SweetJack Link at the top of the page (!) as well as separate links for KFOG's own player and for iHeartRadio.
ETA: after someone posted on FB about the user-unfriendliness of the new website, soemone at KFOG replied:
"The sites were dropped on us yesterday with little information...but our web director is working as fast as he can to make updates. At the top of our list is to move the 'just played' featured to a more prominent spot."
so, your typical corporate clusterfuck, then.
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Is Icky still around? Heather's doing the scoop now.
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Is Icky still around? Heather's doing the scoop now.
I figured he was just subbing in that capacity until they found a (female) replacement for... damn i've forgotten her name, the chick from Minnesota. I assume Icky's still with KFOG, but I haven't listened in the morning for a while.
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Hearing Steely Dan's Kid Charlemagne on the morning show rignt now--I don't think I've heard many (if any) tunes from this era get played during regular (i.e. non-10@10) programming since AL left.
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Hearing Steely Dan's Kid Charlemagne on the morning show rignt now--I don't think I've heard many (if any) tunes from this era get played during regular (i.e. non-10@10) programming since AL left.
I think about once an hour they play the "It's a KFOG Classic!" sounder and then something old pops up.
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Is Icky still around? Heather's doing the scoop now.
Now Greg Gory is doing the scoop. I haven't heard Heather for the past week.
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Heard at 6:05 AM: "Brick" by Ben Folds Five. The song's opening line: "6 AM, day after Christmas..."
Well played, KFOG.
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Heard at 6:05 AM: "Brick" by Ben Folds Five. The song's opening line: "6 AM, day after Christmas..."
Well played, KFOG.
Obviously not a Renee idea.
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so, the new KFOG website has been up for over a month and the "Now Playing" widget in the upper left corner STILL doesn't work?
At least they're back to posting the 10@10 set-lists on that page.
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Renee made #22 on the list of Top 22 players in Triple-A radio
http://www.thetop22.com/2013/01/the-top-22-players-in-aaa-and-adult-rock-2012-22-18/
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so, the new KFOG website has been up for over a month and the "Now Playing" widget in the upper left corner STILL doesn't work?
At least they're back to posting the 10@10 set-lists on that page.
Small gripe: They're posting the new ones at the bottom of the list, so you need to scroll down to see the latest setlist. Picky-picky-picky, but they should put the latest content at the top.
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so, the new KFOG website has been up for over a month and the "Now Playing" widget in the upper left corner STILL doesn't work?
At least they're back to posting the 10@10 set-lists on that page.
Small gripe: They're posting the new ones at the bottom of the list, so you need to scroll down to see the latest setlist. Picky-picky-picky, but they should put the latest content at the top.
agreed, it's totally ass-backward but then that's not really surprising.
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Gotta love the Foghead on their FB page who asked if they were going to play "Alices Restaurant" yesterday. He actually thought it was a New Year's thing. Did he ever actually listen to the song? Yikes.
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The "Now Playing" widget in the upper-left corner of the KFOG website STILL doesn't work, nearly 2 months after the re-design. And the revolving screen with the 5 diff ads/promos is flashing "Happy Holidays". Srsly?
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Is it me or are they playing "She Talks to Angels" a LOT lately?
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Is it me or are they playing "She Talks to Angels" a LOT lately?
I hadn't noticed and it is a favorite of mine, so i hope so.
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The "Now Playing" widget in the upper-left corner of the KFOG website STILL doesn't work, nearly 2 months after the re-design. And the revolving screen with the 5 diff ads/promos is flashing "Happy Holidays". Srsly?
the iPhone app works, the in-car tuners work. How hard is it to make their web site work?
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The "Now Playing" widget in the upper-left corner of the KFOG website STILL doesn't work, nearly 2 months after the re-design. And the revolving screen with the 5 diff ads/promos is flashing "Happy Holidays". Srsly?
the iPhone app works, the in-car tuners work. How hard is it to make their web site work?
TANC: it is (finally) working this morning. only took, what? 3 months?
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A little while ago they played "Belly of the Whale" by Burning Sensation. I can't remember the last time I heard that outside of a 10 @ 10.
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Write a song called "San Francisco", get featured on KFOG. Well played, Mowgli's, whoever you are.
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Meanwhile, this new Train song, "Bruises", sounds like they're trying to cross over to Hot New Young Country. Of course, you could say the same about Mumford, Lumineers, et al.
Perhaps that's Cumulus' grand plan--to merge AAA and Hot Country formats? Ya think?
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Meanwhile, this new Train song, "Bruises", sounds like they're trying to cross over to Hot New Young Country. Of course, you could say the same about Mumford, Lumineers, et al.
more likely Pat "musical manwhore" Monahan is jumping on the Mumford bandwagon. I like the Mumfords but the 87 bands trying to sound just like them get to be a bit much. What on earth is "alternative" about banjos and mandolins? Especially when EVERYBODY is using them. The Mumford/Avett Sons/Brothers Head and Heartineers. Sheesh.
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Meanwhile, this new Train song, "Bruises", sounds like they're trying to cross over to Hot New Young Country. Of course, you could say the same about Mumford, Lumineers, et al.
more likely Pat "musical manwhore" Monahan is jumping on the Mumford bandwagon. I like the Mumfords but the 87 bands trying to sound just like them get to be a bit much. What on earth is "alternative" about banjos and mandolins? Especially when EVERYBODY is using them. The Mumford/Avett Sons/Brothers Head and Heartineers. Sheesh.
Groups of singers all singing in unison seems to be on the rise too (Youngblood Hawke, Fun., probably others). The Polyphonic Spree was just a decade ahead of their time.
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So, has anyone entered the KFOG contest for an eight-day getaway to an unknown (presumably exotic) locale with your DJ pal, Renee? I hope DW wins.
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So, has anyone entered the KFOG contest for an eight-day getaway to an unknown (presumably exotic) locale with your DJ pal, Renee? I hope DW wins.
Bwahaha! that would be hilarious. Someone on FB noted that Renee has changed her Twitter handle from KFOGRenee to Renadio -- WTF?
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So, has anyone entered the KFOG contest for an eight-day getaway to an unknown (presumably exotic) locale with your DJ pal, Renee? I hope DW wins.
I thought they announced the winner... to Brussels. With Renee? ???
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So, has anyone entered the KFOG contest for an eight-day getaway to an unknown (presumably exotic) locale with your DJ pal, Renee? I hope DW wins.
I thought they announced the winner... to Brussels. With Renee? ???
Different contest I think. I did not realize Renee was going to be the chaperone for both--maybe it's a good excuse to get her out of the office for a week at a time?
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So, has anyone entered the KFOG contest for an eight-day getaway to an unknown (presumably exotic) locale with your DJ pal, Renee? I hope DW wins.
I thought they announced the winner... to Brussels. With Renee? ???
Different contest I think. I did not realize Renee was going to be the chaperone for both--maybe it's a good excuse to get her out of the office for a week at a time?
I look forward to Rosalie's 10@10s when these trips occur.
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more likely Pat "musical manwhore" Monahan is jumping on the Mumford bandwagon. I like the Mumfords but the 87 bands trying to sound just like them get to be a bit much. What on earth is "alternative" about banjos and mandolins? Especially when EVERYBODY is using them. The Mumford/Avett Sons/Brothers Head and Heartineers. Sheesh.
Groups of singers all singing in unison seems to be on the rise too (Youngblood Hawke, Fun., probably others). The Polyphonic Spree was just a decade ahead of their time.
OMG...Yes and yes. We were just discussing that these are two of the three hot current trends at alternative, the third being electro-rock (i.e. Capital Cities, Passion Pit. M83 -- all of which KFOG has apparently also added.)
Bands that sound like the Lumimumfettbros have been on AAA forever, but the Mumfords just slickly packaged it and threw in an F-bomb to get it on alternative...and look at what followed.
It's such a change from the 2000s, when were were inundated with Redhotfoostonetempleriseagainstthenirvanamachinefighterpilots.
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So, has anyone entered the KFOG contest for an eight-day getaway to an unknown (presumably exotic) locale with your DJ pal, Renee? I hope DW wins.
I thought they announced the winner... to Brussels. With Renee? ???
Must be a different contest. Here are the details on the KFOG page:
http://kfog.listenernetwork.com/Contest/2iWGuu
Horrible misuse of "their" for "they're" in the ad, BTW.
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Bands that sound like the Lumimumfettbros have been on AAA forever, but the Mumfords just slickly packaged it and threw in an F-bomb to get it on alternative...and look at what followed.
They really fooked it oop this time.
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wow, has it really been a year-and-a-half since Mayer Hawthorne's "The Walk" first started getting airplay? Time flies.
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wow, has it really been a year-and-a-half since Mayer Hawthorne's "The Walk" first started getting airplay? Time flies.
Seriously? This is the first time I've heard it and I'm rather digging it. Wonderful homage to 60s soul acts like Smokey and the Miracles and the like.
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wow, has it really been a year-and-a-half since Mayer Hawthorne's "The Walk" first started getting airplay? Time flies.
Seriously? This is the first time I've heard it and I'm rather digging it. Wonderful homage to 60s soul acts like Smokey and the Miracles and the like.
It was "most overplayed song ever" for a while last year. And there was much discussion here, re: howcum KFOG plays a white hipster from LA doing retro-soul but ignores black artists like Rafael Saddiq, Sharon Jones et.
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Renee says the new Matt Nathanson song "has an edge to it". uh, Renee... "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means"
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Renee says the new Matt Nathanson song "has an edge to it". uh, Renee... "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means"
Dull edge
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Renee says the new Matt Nathanson song "has an edge to it". uh, Renee... "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means"
Dull edge
Yeah, an edge like a basketball.
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Renee says the new Matt Nathanson song "has an edge to it". uh, Renee... "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means"
Dull edge
Yeah, an edge like a basketball.
oh sheeeeet.. good one, urth. I listen to KFOG only at 10at10 (and very occasionally at 8 PM for Connected) and I'm starting to dislike the DJ banter with extreme prejudice. Maybe I'm in crankypants overdrive or something, because I used to be pretty easy about it an let it slide, but now I find myself getting stressed out and angry when R is talking.
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I listen to KFOG only at 10at10 (and very occasionally at 8 PM for Connected) and I'm starting to dislike the DJ banter with extreme prejudice. Maybe I'm in crankypants overdrive or something, because I used to be pretty easy about it an let it slide, but now I find myself getting stressed out and angry when R is talking.
Yep, it seems very scripted, not at all genuine or spontaneous.
Tim: "OK, Greg on the next break we need to talk about [inane topic/sponsor here] so you say blahblah, and then I'll come back with blahblahblah, OK?"
And Renee is worse.
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Renee says the new Matt Nathanson song "has an edge to it". uh, Renee... "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means"
Dull edge
Yeah, an edge like a basketball.
oh sheeeeet.. good one, urth. I listen to KFOG only at 10at10 (and very occasionally at 8 PM for Connected) and I'm starting to dislike the DJ banter with extreme prejudice. Maybe I'm in crankypants overdrive or something, because I used to be pretty easy about it an let it slide, but now I find myself getting stressed out and angry when R is talking.
I agree. I don't think she needs her own show, and especially not something like 10@10. At least when she was on air with DC they cancelled each other out.
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KFOG (and Triple-A generally) is really flogging that "Hero" song by Family of the Year. To me, it's 12 Triple-A hits of the past 18 months thrown into a blender.
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The promotional spots for the mystery vacation contest always remind me
of an old joke:
First prize: one week vacation with Renee
Second prize: two weeks!
(I'm sure Renee would be a lovely vacation companion -- just be sure you
get to chose the music!)
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So... Yelp ratings are boring, reactionary, and stupid. Can somebody get me KFOG's Arbitron numbers over the years? :-}
(http://rudebadmood.com/stats.png)
--Darryl
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On G. Dunn's friends page, I saw that SillyFoghead has a new picture. And apparently lives in Tennessee now. Figures that we haven't heard anything from him in awhile.
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On G. Dunn's friends page, I saw that SillyFoghead has a new picture. And apparently lives in Tennessee now. Figures that we haven't heard anything from him in awhile.
he's always been in Tenn., actually. Which makes his KFOG/AL obsession weirder, but explains his right-wing nutjobbery.
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damn, I am very sick of this ZZ Ward "Put the Gun Down" song -- what a blatant attempt to synthesize Adele and Florence.
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KFOG beefing up on the "classic alt" in reaction to Live 105's recent tweaks? seems so to my ears.
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KFOG beefing up on the "classic alt" in reaction to Live 105's recent tweaks? seems so to my ears.
I'd actually say it's the other way around. I've been hearing tracks such as "This is the Day," "So in Love," "There is a Light That Never Goes Out" fairly often on KFOG before Live brought Masters back.
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Someone's not paying attention to the playlist again. Two songs before 10@10 this am, Tim J. played Clocks by Coldplay, and then less than an hour later, the song coming out of 10@10 was also Coldplay, Every Teardrop is a Water(something). (Tunegenie cut off the name.)
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Someone's not paying attention to the playlist again. Two songs before 10@10 this am, Tim J. played Clocks by Coldplay, and then less than an hour later, the song coming out of 10@10 was also Coldplay, Every Teardrop is a Water(something). (Tunegenie cut off the name.)
"every teardrop is another piece of jewelry for Gwynneth"
in switching back'n'forth between KFOG and Live 105 today I've heard "Clocks" twice and also "Bittersweet Symphony" twice. Not to mention all the shared currents. I'm already sick of that new Of Monsters & Men "Hold Your Horses" song.
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Someone's not paying attention to the playlist again. Two songs before 10@10 this am, Tim J. played Clocks by Coldplay, and then less than an hour later, the song coming out of 10@10 was also Coldplay, Every Teardrop is a Water(something). (Tunegenie cut off the name.)
"every teardrop is another piece of jewelry for Gwynneth"
in switching back'n'forth between KFOG and Live 105 today I've heard "Clocks" twice and also "Bittersweet Symphony" twice. Not to mention all the shared currents. I'm already sick of that new Of Monsters & Men "Hold Your Horses" song.
Another song I caught pre-10@10 this am was the imaginately named Philip Philips (Bob Roberts, anyone?) who struck me as a second-rate Mumford & Clone. Mike, it's probably safe to say this is what has taken over for the Feist-alikes of a couple years ago.
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Another song I caught pre-10@10 this am was the imaginately named Philip Philips (Bob Roberts, anyone?) who struck me as a second-rate Mumford & Clone. Mike, it's probably safe to say this is what has taken over for the Feist-alikes of a couple years ago.
yes, absolutely. He's also last years' American Idol winner, which makes him even more annoying. You win that contest, you get a record deal -- and your sole ambition is to SOUND EXACTLY, SLAVISHLY LIKE SOMEONE ELSE? I realize imitation is nothing new -- there were hundreds of Elvis soundalikes in the late '50s and so on... but these days it seems that's all there is.
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Someone's not paying attention to the playlist again. Two songs before 10@10 this am, Tim J. played Clocks by Coldplay, and then less than an hour later, the song coming out of 10@10 was also Coldplay, Every Teardrop is a Water(something). (Tunegenie cut off the name.)
"every teardrop is another piece of jewelry for Gwynneth"
in switching back'n'forth between KFOG and Live 105 today I've heard "Clocks" twice and also "Bittersweet Symphony" twice. Not to mention all the shared currents. I'm already sick of that new Of Monsters & Men "Hold Your Horses" song.
Another song I caught pre-10@10 this am was the imaginately named Philip Philips (Bob Roberts, anyone?) who struck me as a second-rate Mumford & Clone. Mike, it's probably safe to say this is what has taken over for the Feist-alikes of a couple years ago.
Ahh, be nice. He's a good 3% more tolerable than Mumford.
And remember, the original "Sea Of Love" was done by Phil Phillips.
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Another song I caught pre-10@10 this am was the imaginately named Philip Philips (Bob Roberts, anyone?) who struck me as a second-rate Mumford & Clone. Mike, it's probably safe to say this is what has taken over for the Feist-alikes of a couple years ago.
yes, absolutely. He's also last years' American Idol winner, which makes him even more annoying. You win that contest, you get a record deal -- and your sole ambition is to SOUND EXACTLY, SLAVISHLY LIKE SOMEONE ELSE? I realize imitation is nothing new -- there were hundreds of Elvis soundalikes in the late '50s and so on... but these days it seems that's all there is.
Ok, annoying as they may be (and I do understand they're not an AI winner), who does Foster The People sound like?
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Someone's not paying attention to the playlist again. Two songs before 10@10 this am, Tim J. played Clocks by Coldplay, and then less than an hour later, the song coming out of 10@10 was also Coldplay, Every Teardrop is a Water(something). (Tunegenie cut off the name.)
"every teardrop is another piece of jewelry for Gwynneth"
in switching back'n'forth between KFOG and Live 105 today I've heard "Clocks" twice and also "Bittersweet Symphony" twice. Not to mention all the shared currents. I'm already sick of that new Of Monsters & Men "Hold Your Horses" song.
Another song I caught pre-10@10 this am was the imaginately named Philip Philips (Bob Roberts, anyone?) who struck me as a second-rate Mumford & Clone. Mike, it's probably safe to say this is what has taken over for the Feist-alikes of a couple years ago.
Yes...that song is terrible. It's in my bottom 5 of 2012 (along with Ed Sheeran "A Team," Jack White "I'm Shakin," and Green Day "Oh Love"). Who thought it was a good idea for an American Idol contestant to re-record what sounds like a near-exact re-arrangement of the Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes song of the same name. >:(
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Someone's not paying attention to the playlist again. Two songs before 10@10 this am, Tim J. played Clocks by Coldplay, and then less than an hour later, the song coming out of 10@10 was also Coldplay, Every Teardrop is a Water(something). (Tunegenie cut off the name.)
"every teardrop is another piece of jewelry for Gwynneth"
in switching back'n'forth between KFOG and Live 105 today I've heard "Clocks" twice and also "Bittersweet Symphony" twice. Not to mention all the shared currents. I'm already sick of that new Of Monsters & Men "Hold Your Horses" song.
Another song I caught pre-10@10 this am was the imaginately named Philip Philips (Bob Roberts, anyone?) who struck me as a second-rate Mumford & Clone. Mike, it's probably safe to say this is what has taken over for the Feist-alikes of a couple years ago.
Yes...that song is terrible. It's in my bottom 5 of 2012 (along with Ed Sheeran "A Team," Jack White "I'm Shakin," and Green Day "Oh Love").
heh. TANC: Green Day's "Oh Love" on Live 105 just now. Dude, either your heart's "on a noose" or it's "on the loose" -- it can't be both.
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KFOG beefing up on the "classic alt" in reaction to Live 105's recent tweaks? seems so to my ears.
I'd actually say it's the other way around. I've been hearing tracks such as "This is the Day," "So in Love," "There is a Light That Never Goes Out" fairly often on KFOG before Live brought Masters back.
I do suspect that the lack of '60s on 10@10 (if it is indeed a permanent thing) is a reaction to Live 105's tweaks. Switching back'n'forth between the 2 stations it's often impossible to tell the difference, save for that new Crapton blooze-you-can-snooze song that KFOG's been playing, which of course Live 105 will never touch. But I'll go from one to the other and hear the song KFOG just played, 5 mins later on 105.
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KFOG beefing up on the "classic alt" in reaction to Live 105's recent tweaks? seems so to my ears.
I'd actually say it's the other way around. I've been hearing tracks such as "This is the Day," "So in Love," "There is a Light That Never Goes Out" fairly often on KFOG before Live brought Masters back.
I do suspect that the lack of '60s on 10@10 (if it is indeed a permanent thing) is a reaction to Live 105's tweaks. Switching back'n'forth between the 2 stations it's often impossible to tell the difference, save for that new Crapton blooze-you-can-snooze song that KFOG's been playing, which of course Live 105 will never touch. But I'll go from one to the other and hear the song KFOG just played, 5 mins later on 105.
I think there is something to the theory that, in DC's mind, '70 and '71 count as sets from that era. Since we only ever (rarely) go back to '64, '64 through '73 are really the first decade of 10 @ 10s. Personally, I prefer '70 thru '75 to the sixties sets, but that was my sweet spot in music development (I turned 16 in '75).
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I think there is something to the theory that, in DC's mind, '70 and '71 count as sets from that era. Since we only ever (rarely) go back to '64, '64 through '73 are really the first decade of 10 @ 10s. Personally, I prefer '70 thru '75 to the sixties sets, but that was my sweet spot in music development (I turned 16 in '75).
Musically I would also put '70 & '71 in with the sixties. (To put it
more accurately, I think '67 through '71 is a distinct period.) A
little bit of 1972 might also fit in there, but by then things were
starting to change.
I had one of those "gee, I'm getting old" experiences a few years ago
when I was in a record store and discovered The Supremes, The Monkees,
and The Mama & The Papas were all in a section explicitly labeled
"oldies." That used to be for '50s/doo-wop. Anyway, that mind set is
probably why we're not seeing as many sixties sets -- to the younger
listener that they're trying to attract, it's "oldies" music.
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KFOG doing yet another World Concern radio-thon tomorrow. Can't wait to see the Facebook comments.
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KFOG doing yet another World Concern radio-thon tomorrow. Can't wait to see the Facebook comments.
So instead of having commercials, it's like a day-long pledge break?
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Gotta say I like that new OMD song "Metroland" -- very much a throwback to their early-'80s stuff. Like it better than the new Depeche Mode.
also noticed they're playing "a KFOG classic" at apx :45 past the hour. This morning I heard the Staples' "I'll Take You There" and EJ's "Take me To the Pilot". Well, you won't hear either of those on Live 105. ;)
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Gotta say I like that new OMD song "Metroland" -- very much a throwback to their early-'80s stuff. Like it better than the new Depeche Mode.
also noticed they're playing "a KFOG classic" at apx :45 past the hour. This morning I heard the Staples' "I'll Take You There" and EJ's "Take me To the Pilot". Well, you won't hear either of those on Live 105. ;)
ah, they played this in concert, and to a casual fan like myself, it fit right in with their setlist -- because as you say, it's a throwback... and if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Their show was really good, btw, and the crowd was really appreciative and they were appreciative in turn.
Dayum, the main singer guy has a lot of energy! During Maid of Orleans, he did a credible imitation of Ian Curtis with arms flailing in time to the drum fills.
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"Here's something NEW, on KFOG..." and they played that "Stompa" song they've been ignoring lo these many months. Betta late Stompa than neva, I guess.
OTOH, they're also playing "Recovery", which I like a lot (and which Live 105 beat them on by a month)
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Nice... Rosalie is playing Richie Havens' cover of "San Francisco Bay Blues".
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Are we sick of this Mowglis "San Francisco" song yet? Someone commented recently about choral singing being a trend (see also: Fun.) and it occurs to me that these bands are thinking "let's do songs that will sound good on Glee"
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Are we sick of this Mowglis "San Francisco" song yet? Someone commented recently about choral singing being a trend (see also: Fun.) and it occurs to me that these bands are thinking "let's do songs that will sound good on Glee"
It's so obvious, now that you mention it.
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Are we sick of this Mowglis "San Francisco" song yet? Someone commented recently about choral singing being a trend (see also: Fun.) and it occurs to me that these bands are thinking "let's do songs that will sound good on Glee"
It's so obvious, now that you mention it.
I think I may have been the one who first made that observation, although missed the Glee connection (not surprisingly since I have never watched that show). But it would make perfect sense.
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I will be very glad when Bottle Rock Napa Valley is over. Jus' sayin'.
OTOH, I like that new Fleetwood Mac they just played.
Oy: Sara Paralysis has a new one too.
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I will be very glad when Bottle Rock Napa Valley is over. Jus' sayin'.
Amen to that.
Btw, I haven't heard a peep about the BottleRock folks offering any kind of refund or discount in light of their losing one of their headliners when Further bailed out last week. They scrubbed any mention of the band off their website quickly enough but I gotta imagine that they sold a lot of tix on the strength of the post-Dead playing so it would behoove them to make good with those people. Anyone heard anything that I haven't?
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I will be very glad when Bottle Rock Napa Valley is over. Jus' sayin'.
Amen to that.
Btw, I haven't heard a peep about the BottleRock folks offering any kind of refund or discount in light of their losing one of their headliners when Further bailed out last week. They scrubbed any mention of the band off their website quickly enough but I gotta imagine that they sold a lot of tix on the strength of the post-Dead playing so it would behoove them to make good with those people. Anyone heard anything that I haven't?
the other "big" names scheduled that day are extending their sets and the head honcho said he had something up his sleeve.
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I will be very glad when Bottle Rock Napa Valley is over. Jus' sayin'.
Amen to that.
Btw, I haven't heard a peep about the BottleRock folks offering any kind of refund or discount in light of their losing one of their headliners when Further bailed out last week. They scrubbed any mention of the band off their website quickly enough but I gotta imagine that they sold a lot of tix on the strength of the post-Dead playing so it would behoove them to make good with those people. Anyone heard anything that I haven't?
It seems like it would be kind of messy if they did that...especially since they have 75+ acts, roughly have of which have decent-sized notoriety. Perhaps they could give the option for a refund for people who only bought that day (but not for all-week passes, as people who bought those are going for more than 1 act.)
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I will be very glad when Bottle Rock Napa Valley is over. Jus' sayin'.
Amen to that.
Btw, I haven't heard a peep about the BottleRock folks offering any kind of refund or discount in light of their losing one of their headliners when Further bailed out last week. They scrubbed any mention of the band off their website quickly enough but I gotta imagine that they sold a lot of tix on the strength of the post-Dead playing so it would behoove them to make good with those people. Anyone heard anything that I haven't?
It seems like it would be kind of messy if they did that...especially since they have 75+ acts, roughly have of which have decent-sized notoriety. Perhaps they could give the option for a refund for people who only bought that day (but not for all-week passes, as people who bought those are going for more than 1 act.)
Yeah, it could be messy but that's show biz. They sold tickets predicated on Further being one of the headline acts playing, and now that they're not I think he is obligated to make good in some fashion. You're right that the single-day ticket holders are definitely more owed compensation than the full-week passholders, but none of them are going to get something they essentially paid for. A festival on this scale should be insured for cancellations anyway, so it's insurance company's burden as much as his.
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Other than Prince... is there anybody at the Billboard Music Awards (which KFOG is flogging/giving away tix for) that the average Foghead cares about? I mean seriously: Pitbull? Chris Brown? Nicki Minaj?
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"Oye Como Va" and "Levon" within 20 minutes of each other. Is this typical of where KFOG is at these days?
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man, this new Michael Franti thing has instantly become the Most Annoying Song In the World.
Like John
And Yoko
Like Ice-T
And Coco
Oy vey.
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KFOG's top songs are down to 27-28x/week.
Last night after Lost & Found they played Stars' "Give It." I wonder if they actually added it, or just stuck it at the end of L&F because they had a few extra minutes. I'd love for that song to be in their regular rotation.
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KFOG's top songs are down to 27-28x/week.
interesting. New ratings will be released sometime today.
another oddity: Heard Rosalie play Frank Turner's "Recovery" Saturday morning and it occurred to me I hadn't heard Live 105 play it in over a week.
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Holy crap: listening to Greg & Tim talk about the new Star Trek movie and they are beyond clueless -- Greg didn't know this is the SECOND in the new "younger cast" ST flicks and Tim got him even more confused when he tried to explain. Oy.
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Holy crap: listening to Greg & Tim talk about the new Star Trek movie and they are beyond clueless -- Greg didn't know this is the SECOND in the new "younger cast" ST flicks and Tim got him even more confused when he tried to explain. Oy.
I have zero patience for GG
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What?
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/118591/bill-pugh-named-om-for-kfog-and-ksan-pd-for-kfog
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What?
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/118591/bill-pugh-named-om-for-kfog-and-ksan-pd-for-kfog
yeah. interesting. He replaces Dennis as PD but will he also handle the PM-drive jock shift? Curiouser and curiouser.
ETA: oh, and tonite's Connected theme is "change". Bwahahaha!!
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We also have Dred and Renee out today...hmm...
Best case scenario, DC takes Renee with him & Dred moves into Renee's slot.
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:) ;) :D ;D
We also have Dred and Renee out today...hmm...
Best case scenario, DC takes Renee with him & Dred moves into Renee's slot.
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What?
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/118591/bill-pugh-named-om-for-kfog-and-ksan-pd-for-kfog
I was looking up some info about Constantine, and it turns out he has been in the business for almost 50 years and is pushing 70. I never would have guessed that.
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What?
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/118591/bill-pugh-named-om-for-kfog-and-ksan-pd-for-kfog
I was looking up some info about Constantine, and it turns out he has been in the business for almost 50 years and is pushing 70. I never would have guessed that.
Seriously? I'd have guessed late 50s or maybe 60ish at the most.
Anyway, we'll have to tune in and see what comes of all this. At this point, two PDs removed from the Salvatore/Morey era, I'm not sure even 10@10 would be considered sacred anymore.
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We also have Dred and Renee out today...hmm...
Best case scenario, DC takes Renee with him & Dred moves into Renee's slot.
So Rockwell has been pulling Dred's shift for a few days now. Who's been doing Dennis's?
I'd love to see Dred (or anybody, really) take Renee's midday show.
And what do we know about Pugh? Where's he from, what's his background?
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What?
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/118591/bill-pugh-named-om-for-kfog-and-ksan-pd-for-kfog
I was looking up some info about Constantine, and it turns out he has been in the business for almost 50 years and is pushing 70. I never would have guessed that.
Seriously? I'd have guessed late 50s or maybe 60ish at the most.
Anyway, we'll have to tune in and see what comes of all this. At this point, two PDs removed from the Salvatore/Morey era, I'm not sure even 10@10 would be considered sacred anymore.
DC used to have a blog ( http://www.blogger.com/profile/02212240391531157811 ) and indeed as of 2008 or thereabouts he said he'd been in radio for "over 44 years". So even if he started as an 18-year-old, that would put him in his late 60s. Wow. I cannot even imaging pretending to like Foster then people or Florence & the Machine at age 68, much less actually being into them.
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And what do we know about Pugh? Where's he from, what's his background?
Bill Pugh was most recently in San Diego. His background looks like a lot of sports radio. Hope this doesn't mean The Game 104.5/97.7. :-\
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bill-pugh/a/115/9a
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And what do we know about Pugh? Where's he from, what's his background?
Bill Pugh was most recently in San Diego. His background looks like a lot of sports radio. Hope this doesn't mean The Game 104.5/97.7. :-\
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bill-pugh/a/115/9a
Hee. The Game (95.7) is owned by Entercom and is doing poorly. There will come a day when KNBR will want an FM simulcast but not yet, IMHO.
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On the schedule, it simply says "KFOG Music" from 3-7 PM...same thing that it says for 12:30-5 AM.
http://www.kfog.com/common/more.php?m=10&mode=schedule&r=1
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The FB feed on my phone just pulled up a post that reads "Annalisa Kfox added work to her timeline" and the link that's posted is for The Bone. But I can't click through to it, and there's nothing on her FB page that backs this up. So wtf? A misfired post? Hacked account? Wishful thinking?
Btw, I took a look at the KFOG site and it seems that all evidence of DC has been scrubbed. And Rockwell has gone bye-bye, too. Dred is now on from 7 until midnight (or was that always his shift?) and everything else seems unchanged, save for the "KFOG music" in the afternoon drive slot that radical pointed out.
ETA: Dug a little deeper on AL's page and if you go to her "About" page, then hit "see all employers" down at the bottom of the list, with no dates, is The Bone. So...did she work her regular shift(s) today?
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Rockwell is still on the schedule as a weekend guy but he does not have a bio.
DRED is on air at 3:00!
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The FB feed on my phone just pulled up a post that reads "Annalisa Kfox added work to her timeline" and the link that's posted is for The Bone. But I can't click through to it, and there's nothing on her FB page that backs this up. So wtf? A misfired post? Hacked account? Wishful thinking?
ETA: Dug a little deeper on AL's page and if you go to her "About" page, then hit "see all employers" down at the bottom of the list, with no dates, is The Bone. So...did she work her regular shift(s) today?
that's weird. I assume you're talking about her "Annalisa KFOX" page and not the page with her real name (which i won't post here). This was mentioned on the Gsnipes page too. Assuming it's true, I'm guessing KFOG is about to go really "young" (or else become "NASH Country") and 10@10 will move to the Bone and cover roughly '67-'89.
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DRED is on air at 3:00!
"Dred of... Twilight?" Good move, clearly you gotta have a DJ in PM drive.
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The FB feed on my phone just pulled up a post that reads "Annalisa Kfox added work to her timeline" and the link that's posted is for The Bone. But I can't click through to it, and there's nothing on her FB page that backs this up. So wtf? A misfired post? Hacked account? Wishful thinking?
ETA: Dug a little deeper on AL's page and if you go to her "About" page, then hit "see all employers" down at the bottom of the list, with no dates, is The Bone. So...did she work her regular shift(s) today?
that's weird. I assume you're talking about her "Annalisa KFOX" page and not the page with her real name (which i won't post here). This was mentioned on the Gsnipes page too. Assuming it's true, I'm guessing KFOG is about to go really "young" (or else become "NASH Country") and 10@10 will move to the Bone and cover roughly '67-'89.
If she's putting it on her public page, it can't be too far from becoming a reality. And if that's the case I would almost expect her to disappear from KFOX soon if not immediately.
Hmmm. Which of those would be likely to pull better numbers than what KFOG is currently getting? 'Cause my impression that The Bone's 107.9 was more the second-string frequency, not as desirable as 104.5 or 97.7. It will be really interesting to see how this plays out.
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The FB feed on my phone just pulled up a post that reads "Annalisa Kfox added work to her timeline" and the link that's posted is for The Bone. But I can't click through to it, and there's nothing on her FB page that backs this up. So wtf? A misfired post? Hacked account? Wishful thinking?
ETA: Dug a little deeper on AL's page and if you go to her "About" page, then hit "see all employers" down at the bottom of the list, with no dates, is The Bone. So...did she work her regular shift(s) today?
that's weird. I assume you're talking about her "Annalisa KFOX" page and not the page with her real name (which i won't post here). This was mentioned on the Gsnipes page too. Assuming it's true, I'm guessing KFOG is about to go really "young" (or else become "NASH Country") and 10@10 will move to the Bone and cover roughly '67-'89.
If she's putting it on her public page, it can't be too far from becoming a reality. And if that's the case I would almost expect her to disappear from KFOX soon if not immediately.
Hmmm. Which of those would be likely to pull better numbers than what KFOG is currently getting? 'Cause my impression that The Bone's 107.9 was more the second-string frequency, not as desirable as 104.5 or 97.7. It will be really interesting to see how this plays out.
Update: AL is still posting as "Annalisa KFOX" as of 40 minutes ago so I suspect that Bone thing is meaningless. Leaving KFOX after less than 9 months doesn't really make sense, to be honest. Cumulus would have to buy out Entercom for her contract, so... doubtful. But I've been wrong before.
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The FB feed on my phone just pulled up a post that reads "Annalisa Kfox added work to her timeline" and the link that's posted is for The Bone. But I can't click through to it, and there's nothing on her FB page that backs this up. So wtf? A misfired post? Hacked account? Wishful thinking?
ETA: Dug a little deeper on AL's page and if you go to her "About" page, then hit "see all employers" down at the bottom of the list, with no dates, is The Bone. So...did she work her regular shift(s) today?
that's weird. I assume you're talking about her "Annalisa KFOX" page and not the page with her real name (which i won't post here). This was mentioned on the Gsnipes page too. Assuming it's true, I'm guessing KFOG is about to go really "young" (or else become "NASH Country") and 10@10 will move to the Bone and cover roughly '67-'89.
If she's putting it on her public page, it can't be too far from becoming a reality. And if that's the case I would almost expect her to disappear from KFOX soon if not immediately.
Hmmm. Which of those would be likely to pull better numbers than what KFOG is currently getting? 'Cause my impression that The Bone's 107.9 was more the second-string frequency, not as desirable as 104.5 or 97.7. It will be really interesting to see how this plays out.
Update: AL is still posting as "Annalisa KFOX" as of 40 minutes ago so I suspect that Bone thing is meaningless. Leaving KFOX after less than 9 months doesn't really make sense, to be honest. Cumulus would have to buy out Entercom for her contract, so... doubtful. But I've been wrong before.
Annalisa posted the following in the gs thread:
pssst...this just happened to pop up in my feed-no time to read all thread now, but a quick answer...you know what that was? a stupid Facebook glitch. There's some prompt that just started showing up, showing "so & so says they worked w/you..." one worked at cumulus for the bone --I had no idea that would show up-until i saw Fred's WTH (heck;) comment ...yes, another week for the radio records book of SF, but no news on my end. Just hoping for best for all.Hope to catch up proper sometime soon, too. take good care of your good selves. x
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Annalisa posted the following in the gs thread:
pssst...this just happened to pop up in my feed-no time to read all thread now, but a quick answer...you know what that was? a stupid Facebook glitch. There's some prompt that just started showing up, showing "so & so says they worked w/you..." one worked at cumulus for the bone --I had no idea that would show up-until i saw Fred's WTH (heck;) comment ...yes, another week for the radio records book of SF, but no news on my end. Just hoping for best for all.Hope to catch up proper sometime soon, too. take good care of your good selves. x
She really is our Radio Sweetheart. (Seriously, would RR go out of her way to explain a FB glitch?). Love her.
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Annalisa posted the following in the gs thread:
pssst...this just happened to pop up in my feed-no time to read all thread now, but a quick answer...you know what that was? a stupid Facebook glitch. There's some prompt that just started showing up, showing "so & so says they worked w/you..." one worked at cumulus for the bone --I had no idea that would show up-until i saw Fred's WTH (heck;) comment ...yes, another week for the radio records book of SF, but no news on my end. Just hoping for best for all.Hope to catch up proper sometime soon, too. take good care of your good selves. x
She really is our Radio Sweetheart. (Seriously, would RR go out of her way to explain a FB glitch?). Love her.
Talk about effective damage control. She bangs out a quick couple of hundred words, tells us what really happened, and any controversy is resolved and everyone feels all warm and fuzzy (except maybe Dennis). No, Renee would not have taken that path. She'd get all pissy and defensive.
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What?
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/118591/bill-pugh-named-om-for-kfog-and-ksan-pd-for-kfog
I was looking up some info about Constantine, and it turns out he has been in the business for almost 50 years and is pushing 70. I never would have guessed that.
Seriously? I'd have guessed late 50s or maybe 60ish at the most.
Anyway, we'll have to tune in and see what comes of all this. At this point, two PDs removed from the Salvatore/Morey era, I'm not sure even 10@10 would be considered sacred anymore.
DC used to have a blog ( http://www.blogger.com/profile/02212240391531157811 ) and indeed as of 2008 or thereabouts he said he'd been in radio for "over 44 years". So even if he started as an 18-year-old, that would put him in his late 60s. Wow. I cannot even imaging pretending to like Foster then people or Florence & the Machine at age 68, much less actually being into them.
Scanning thru DC's blog, I found a post that made reference to him having been 19 in the summer of 1967, which would make him around 65 this year. If he's been in radio for nearly 50 years, he must have started in high school.
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Scanning thru DC's blog, I found a post that made reference to him having been 19 in the summer of 1967, which would make him around 65 this year. If he's been in radio for nearly 50 years, he must have started in high school.
Well, that makes sense. Still even 65 is pretty old to be programming a station that your corporate overlords want to appeal to young'uns. Of course, Mr Pugh is no kid either. Which is why I fear a major change is in the offing.
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I'm guessing KFOG is about to go really "young" (or else become "NASH Country") and 10@10 will move to the Bone and cover roughly '67-'89.
TANC: KFOG is not named in this article, and I'm not saying it will happen, but apparently Cumulus is going national with NASH.
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/118749/cumulus-takes-nash-fm-national-country-brand-launc?ref=mail_news
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I'm guessing KFOG is about to go really "young" (or else become "NASH Country") and 10@10 will move to the Bone and cover roughly '67-'89.
TANC: KFOG is not named in this article, and I'm not saying it will happen, but apparently Cumulus is going national with NASH.
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/118749/cumulus-takes-nash-fm-national-country-brand-launc?ref=mail_news
Yeah, there've been rumblings about this all week in the radio trades. Of course those are stations that are already country that are being "re-branded". Whether Cumulus would really blow up either KFOG or the Bone to get NASH on the air in SF is a good question.
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More Rich Lieberman, in this case speculating that KFOG will be either country of KGO-FM:
http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2013/05/friday-rumor-mill-kfog-flipping-to.html
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More Rich Lieberman, in this case speculating that KFOG will be either country of KGO-FM:
http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2013/05/friday-rumor-mill-kfog-flipping-to.html
I am admittedly not much of a radio nerd, and certainly not as knowledgeable
about the industry as others on this board. But San Francisco, along with
perhaps Portland, Oregon, and some East coast cities like Boston, Philadelphia,
and Baltimore, strikes me as a particularly poor market for a country music
station. It's not that there aren't fans of the genre here, but I suspect they
constitute a fairly small segment of the population, given the large number and
variety of other ethnic groups.
My own suburban Bay Area community has sizable numbers of Afghans, Indians,
Japanese, Chinese, Sikhs, and Persians -- and that's just off the top of my
head. And while many of them are second and even third generation Americans, I
really doubt most of them have even heard of Tim McGraw or Taylor Swift, much
less are fans of their music.
Wasn't there a country music station here a few years ago? Called itself "The
Bear," if memory serves. I don't think it lasted very long.
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More Rich Lieberman, in this case speculating that KFOG will be either country of KGO-FM:
http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2013/05/friday-rumor-mill-kfog-flipping-to.html
I am admittedly not much of a radio nerd, and certainly not as knowledgeable
about the industry as others on this board. But San Francisco, along with
perhaps Portland, Oregon, and some East coast cities like Boston, Philadelphia,
and Baltimore, strikes me as a particularly poor market for a country music
station. It's not that there aren't fans of the genre here, but I suspect they
constitute a fairly small segment of the population, given the large number and
variety of other ethnic groups.
My own suburban Bay Area community has sizable numbers of Afghans, Indians,
Japanese, Chinese, Sikhs, and Persians -- and that's just off the top of my
head. And while many of them are second and even third generation Americans, I
really doubt most of them have even heard of Tim McGraw or Taylor Swift, much
less are fans of their music.
Wasn't there a country music station here a few years ago? Called itself "The
Bear," if memory serves. I don't think it lasted very long.
KSAN, during its country period (early-to-mid '90s, when it was at 94.9) did quite well. Thery had a wonderful show on sunday nites where they played "All Kinds of Country" -- everything from Hank Williams to bluegrass to Steve Earle. arounf '96 KNEW went classic country and were really gaining traction (amazing for a music station on AM) but then the owners pulled the plug.
KRTY does pretty good in the South Bay; SF itself has had The Bear, which then became MAX-FM which then became The Wolf (also country) and is now The Game.
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I don't question that a country station could exist in the Bay Area, but I would think it would have to be on a second-tier station. Certainly not KFOG.
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So far, status quo, one week into the new KFOG PD. Still hearing a couple of older (pre-1980) "classics" per hour (Bowie's"Changes", the Dead "Casey Jones").
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So far, status quo, one week into the new KFOG PD. Still hearing a couple of older (pre-1980) "classics" per hour (Bowie's"Changes", the Dead "Casey Jones").
Have to wonder if some of the KFOG airstaff have not already begun shopping their resumes/tapes around, just in case?
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Oy: "Fast Car" for the third time in less than 24 hours? Seriously?
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Oy: "Fast Car" for the third time in less than 24 hours? Seriously?
yes, I thought of you this morning when I heard it!
;D
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Oy: "Fast Car" for the third time in less than 24 hours? Seriously?
yes, I thought of you this morning when I heard it!
;D
Not that this is anything new, of course, but there was a time when radio stations had continuity people to make sure stuff like that didn't happen. KFOG has often played a song from 10@10 20 minutes before the replay airs. And when it's a '90s set that's mostly KFOG playlist staples, the odds rise exponentially.
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I mentioned this on the GS page but it seems to me that KFOG has pulled back from that whole "let's be more alternative than Live 105" shtick that was DC's whole raison d'etre for so long. Or maybe it's just my imagination.
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I mentioned this on the GS page but it seems to me that KFOG has pulled back from that whole "let's be more alternative than Live 105" shtick that was DC's whole raison d'etre for so long. Or maybe it's just my imagination.
Assuming that "let's be more alternative than Live 105" was DC's strategy (and I think it's pretty safe to say it was), and given that he was shown the door, I'd say it was the view of the Cumulus higher ups that that strategy wasn't working. So at the very least, they'd be expected to go some other direction. Just hope it's not much more drastic than what you've described.
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I mentioned this on the GS page but it seems to me that KFOG has pulled back from that whole "let's be more alternative than Live 105" shtick that was DC's whole raison d'etre for so long. Or maybe it's just my imagination.
Assuming that "let's be more alternative than Live 105" was DC's strategy (and I think it's pretty safe to say it was), and given that he was shown the door, I'd say it was the view of the Cumulus higher ups that that strategy wasn't working. So at the very least, they'd be expected to go some other direction. Just hope it's not much more drastic than what you've described.
I've noticed that too. Linkin Park and Capital Cities seem to be gone from their playlist. I listened most of this afternoon and only heard about one current per hour and one or two other recurrents. Everything else was 90s and before. It's starting to sound like it did in around 09-10 when they hardly added any new songs, and that (IMO) is not a good thing. Although I'll take that over flipping to country or sports. :-\
When they first tried to out-Live105 Live105, it actually worked. They played the alternative songs that Live 105 should have been playing but wasn't. But Live 105 wised up to that, dumped most of the overplayed 90s grungeskater rock that they should have dumped years ago, picked up a lot more new music as well as the golds that made them the station they are, and actually started sounding like a real alternative station again. I credit DC for giving Live the kick in the @$$ that it needed, but eventually it became pointless for KFOG to add the top non-folky alternative songs anymore because Live 105 had finally added them all and KFOG began to sound like Live-lite, at the same time making a lame attempt at trying to be everything to everyone, putting back overplayed golds in the mix but with no discernible rhythm or public explanations on why they were doing what they did (i.e. a simple 'we're celebrating 5 decades of music with _____, _____' to introduce an upcoming set would have helped...or, even better, they could have played new songs back to back with older songs they were obviously influenced by). It began to sound like a train wreck.
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Listening to KFOG this morning and they just played CSN "Southern Cross" which was a staple in the pre-DC era. Back to the Future!
Also: lengthy discussions are back, apparently... Tim, Greg and Mud just spent five minutes on movie pet peeves.
ETA: and now we just got 3 minutes on Gory's living room couch and why he never sits on it. or something.
Oh, and "Levon" is the new "Rocket Man"
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This just in: More changes for KFOG and the rest of the SF Cumulus "cluster": they have a new GM:
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/119059/cumulus-s-f-names-steve-sklenar-market-manager-kev?ref=mail_bulletin
Btw, I have often thought "cluster" is an ironic choice for what these conglomerates call their groups of stations in each market, since the word I most often follow "cluster" with is "fuck."
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This just in: More changes for KFOG and the rest of the SF Cumulus "cluster": they have a new GM:
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/119059/cumulus-s-f-names-steve-sklenar-market-manager-kev?ref=mail_bulletin
Btw, I have often thought "cluster" is an ironic choice for what these conglomerates call their groups of stations in each market, since the word I most often follow "cluster" with is "fuck."
Interesting...two from (relatively) independent San Diego conglomerations. Finest City Broadcasting is what a Clear Channel exec created when they had to dump the Mexican stations in 06, including 91X which is a perfect example of how an alternative station can handle PPM and still sound good. Lincoln Financial isn't too big...they only have 15 stations nationwide and I'm not really sure what they want to do with them. For many years they operated the two best stations in San Diego by far, KBZT (Alternative) and KIFM (Smooth Jazz). But unlike 91X, unfortunately both of them went completely down the gutter with PPM. :(
Edit: It appears that the three San Diego X stations were handed over to "Local Media San Diego," another mysterious small radio company backed by a private investment firm.
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New Releases Thurs:
KT Tunstall - I kinda liked, in spite of some Feistalike overtones.
Langhorn Slim and the Law (?) - like Lumineers meets Alabama Shakes. I suspect this will be big.
Booker T - doing the "beloved veteran teams up with special guests" thing, in this case Mayer Hawthorne (who sounds like a total hipster douchebag on those Chipotle promos).
None of these is really in the "Live 105ish" wheelhouse DC was promoting, FWIW.
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This morning they had both Aisha Tyler (sorry I missed her) AND Bob saget -- who apparently hung out for over an hour. A big change from the "fewer, shorter interviews" model of the last couple years, no? I may actually switch back to KFOG from Live 105 next week just to see what else is different.
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This morning they had both Aisha Tyler (sorry I missed her) AND Bob saget -- who apparently hung out for over an hour. A big change from the "fewer, shorter interviews" model of the last couple years, no? I may actually switch back to KFOG from Live 105 next week just to see what else is different.
Listened to the last 20min or so of the morning show today, and heard a third voice, female, kind of nasal, and def not Renee. She sounded a little tentative, but I'm sure if she sticks around her role will increase. So the new guy has started putting a few changes in place.
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This morning they had both Aisha Tyler (sorry I missed her) AND Bob saget -- who apparently hung out for over an hour. A big change from the "fewer, shorter interviews" model of the last couple years, no? I may actually switch back to KFOG from Live 105 next week just to see what else is different.
Listened to the last 20min or so of the morning show today, and heard a third voice, female, kind of nasal, and def not Renee. She sounded a little tentative, but I'm sure if she sticks around her role will increase. So the new guy has started putting a few changes in place.
that was "Mud". their producer, she's actually been there for some months now.
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KFOG is almost, uh, boring now -- but I don't mean that in a bad way. I guess what i really mean is they're sounding a tad more "adult", bringing back alot of '90s staples like Kenny Wayne Shepard and DMB. It's as if somebody suddenly decided "we've been sharing so many songs with Live 105 that people can't tell us apart, and we need to differentiate ourselves." At least that's my take.
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KFOG is almost, uh, boring now -- but I don't mean that in a bad way. I guess what i really mean is they're sounding a tad more "adult", bringing back alot of '90s staples like Kenny Wayne Shepard and DMB. It's as if somebody suddenly decided "we've been sharing so many songs with Live 105 that people can't tell us apart, and we need to differentiate ourselves." At least that's my take.
with Steve Masters off for a few days (at some gaming convo), I listened to Tim & Greg this morning. Sure enuf, we've heard DMB twice in the last 2 hours. KT Tunstall has made a big comeback in the rotay as well.
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KFOG is almost, uh, boring now -- but I don't mean that in a bad way. I guess what i really mean is they're sounding a tad more "adult", bringing back alot of '90s staples like Kenny Wayne Shepard and DMB. It's as if somebody suddenly decided "we've been sharing so many songs with Live 105 that people can't tell us apart, and we need to differentiate ourselves." At least that's my take.
with Steve Masters off for a few days (at some gaming convo), I listened to Tim & Greg this morning. Sure enuf, we've heard DMB twice in the last 2 hours. KT Tunstall has made a big comeback in the rotay as well.
KTT has a new record out (Renee played a track for New Music Thurs last week) so that might affect her frequency in the rotation.
And likely Masters is at E3, which is the big gaming tradeshow of the year, and which, along with the Apple wingding in SF right now has been making my work life a real joy for the last few days.
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I see that KFOG's "6 o'clock Stones" is no longer a thing.
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I see that KFOG's "6 o'clock Stones" is no longer a thing.
well, since school is out, I wouldn't have found this out until the middle of August!
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More playlist staples return: "Joey", "Barely Breathing", "Meet Virginia"...
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More playlist staples return: "Joey", "Barely Breathing", "Meet Virginia"...
aka "Three songs that were LN upon release".
Wait, that's not fair... "Barely Breathing" was a decent song that just got overplayed. "Meet Virginia" was, um, different enough to be listenable.
"Joey", OTOH I can not stand, which is unfortunate because generally I kinda like Concrete Blonde. It's their "Luka", I suppose.
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New Releases Thursday: they're playing the DMB track from the John Denver tribute CD and now here's the new Family of the Year tune, which sounds like a Triple-A consultant's dream.
You bring the ocean
I'll bring the motion
Together we'll make a love potion
Oy.
meanwhile, Gory didn't know what "yacht rock" is. And I can't believe Duffy's "Mercy" is 5 years old. She was Adele before Adele was Adele.
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More playlist staples return: "Joey", "Barely Breathing", "Meet Virginia"...
add the Lemonheads' "Mrs Robinson" -- all of these I've heard twice this week in the 6a-10a time period.
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Trying to de-Live 105 yourself is counterproductive in my opinion when the songs you're re-adding have been overplayed for over a decade. I also hear a lot less music in the morning. Gah, I miss DC. :'(
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Trying to de-Live 105 yourself is counterproductive in my opinion when the songs you're re-adding have been overplayed for over a decade. I also hear a lot less music in the morning. Gah, I miss DC. :'(
Yeah, they have really ratcheted up the chit-chat in the AM.
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OMFG: Cinema Sam is like fingernails on a blackboard times infinity. If Mr Pugh really want to make the morning show more "adult" then she needs to GO.
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Peter Tork on the Morning Show was a delight. Too bad he had to be followed by DMB "What Would You Say", for the second time on the morning show this week -- so, how many times per week do they play it, then? Sheesh.
ETA: nearly every non-current song I've heard this morning I've heard at least once before this week during the 6-10 hours. They're very "generic Triple-A" right now and I'm hearing a little less pre-'80s classics than a week or 2 ago.
ETA2: a quick look at TuneGenie shows NO pre-1980 songs played in the last 6 hours. Wait: "Sultans of Swing" at 9:50, first '70s song of the day.
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Trying to de-Live 105 yourself is counterproductive in my opinion when the songs you're re-adding have been overplayed for over a decade. I also hear a lot less music in the morning. Gah, I miss DC. :'(
Yeah, they have really ratcheted up the chit-chat in the AM.
which wouldn't be so bad if Gory wasn't so clue-impaired!
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Trying to de-Live 105 yourself is counterproductive in my opinion when the songs you're re-adding have been overplayed for over a decade. I also hear a lot less music in the morning. Gah, I miss DC. :'(
Yeah, they have really ratcheted up the chit-chat in the AM.
which wouldn't be so bad if Gory wasn't so clue-impaired!
I'm not his biggest fan but i was impressed that he said (and that they let him say) that he thinks Sublime really sucks. Because they play Sublime multiple times a day.
And while I wouldn't go so far as to say I miss DC I *do* think he did EVERYTHING Cumulus asked him to. Really. Maybe if they weren't so cheap and hadn't insisted that he do an airshift that he wasn't terribly suited for, instead of letting him hire a kickass PM Drive jock... the station would be doing better.
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Apparently they've brought back "Cloud Cover" too, tho' I'm not sure what time of day they do it.
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Damn, they really are repeating non-currents a LOT. BNLs "The Old Apartment" for the 3rd time in a week. Sheesh.
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Yeesh: I don't remember them playing "Collide" by Howie Day when it was new, but they're playing it now.
was also somewhat surprised to see that Frank Turner's "Recovery", which is one of my faves of the year so far, is #4 on the Triple-A chart ... so of course Live 105 and KFOG both seem to have stopped playing it.
http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=16700
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damn, the repetition on KFOG -- not of currents but of the older tracks -- is really starting to grate. How many times a week does anybody need to hear "Sex & Candy". Or "The Walk"? Or [insert DMB song title here]?
Oh, and I just DETEST that song "Royals" by that woman who sounds like Florence Machine and the Of Monsters & Men chick had a baby. From the "let's find somebody who sounds like ______" page of the Lazy Record Exec's Handbook.
ETA: they just played the new Pearl Jam, "Mind Your manners" -- it's loud and fast and I actually kinda like it, somewhat to my surprise. But given how snoozy KFOG's new incarnation is, will they put it into regular rotay?
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And now Webster is back...apparently just got started at 4:00. Some gal called in to say welcome back, and he said "Why wouldn't I want to come back? I get to play Jellyfish." Which he promptly did.
And then he played another caller saying welcome back, but this guy also asked him where he'd been, and Webster said, "It depends on who you ask..." and then something about how kfog.com says he was on a sabbatical or whatever, and then Webster said "...or unpaid leave. I'll take that."
So apparently neither KFOG nor KFOX can hire someone unless they've previously worked for the other station, but then they're not allowed to admit it?
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So apparently neither KFOG nor KFOX can hire someone unless they've previously worked for the other station, but then they're not allowed to admit it?
Maybe it's just a no-no for them to mention the competition by name. (When Peter left to go to KGO, they did tell listeners that, I think, but that's another Cumulus station and not one that plays rock. And Tim J. did say this morning he'd be doing afternoons on The Bone.)
Btw, nice to see you back Mark!
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So, Gory is apparently the "star" of the morning show now and Mr Pugh is the sidekick. Makes sense, since Pugh is personality-free.
ETA: good gawd, how many times a week do they play 4 Non-Talents? Oy.
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So, Gory is apparently the "star" of the morning show now and Mr Pugh is the sidekick. Makes sense, since Pugh is personality-free.
So you're implying that Gory has one?
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So, Gory is apparently the "star" of the morning show now and Mr Pugh is the sidekick. Makes sense, since Pugh is personality-free.
So you're implying that Gory has one?
LOL. Compared to Pugh, Gory is Dr. Don Rose.
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So, Gory is apparently the "star" of the morning show now and Mr Pugh is the sidekick. Makes sense, since Pugh is personality-free.
So you're implying that Gory has one?
LOL. Compared to Pugh, Gory is Dr. Don Rose.
Been listening for the last 45 min. or so, but thanks to a succession of phone calls and other interruptions, I haven't yet actually heard him -- or GG. (Perhaps I should be thankful.)
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So, Gory is apparently the "star" of the morning show now and Mr Pugh is the sidekick. Makes sense, since Pugh is personality-free.
So you're implying that Gory has one?
LOL. Compared to Pugh, Gory is Dr. Don Rose.
Been listening for the last 45 min. or so, but thanks to a succession of phone calls and other interruptions, I haven't yet actually heard him -- or GG. (Perhaps I should be thankful.)
I think Pugh, as PD, gets to bail after 9:00.
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So, Gory is apparently the "star" of the morning show now and Mr Pugh is the sidekick. Makes sense, since Pugh is personality-free.
So you're implying that Gory has one?
LOL. Compared to Pugh, Gory is Dr. Don Rose.
Been listening for the last 45 min. or so, but thanks to a succession of phone calls and other interruptions, I haven't yet actually heard him -- or GG. (Perhaps I should be thankful.)
I think Pugh, as PD, gets to bail after 9:00.
Guess that makes sense. I was wondering how he was going to juggle being PD for two stations with being the morning drive jock on one of them. He must not need a lot of sleep.
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This isn't exactly a news flash, but gah-DAMN, all these Of Mumford and Men Magnetic Lumineers bands sound alike. Their songs could have all been written by the same person. (Is there maybe some neo-folkie Diane Warren hack, holed up in a studio somewhere cranking out soundalike songs for these clones?)
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As snoozy and boring as KFOG has been lately, I must say today's New Releases picks were quite good IMHO: new Franz Ferdinand, Travis and Jamie Commons (?).
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As snoozy and boring as KFOG has been lately, I must say today's New Releases picks were quite good IMHO: new Franz Ferdinand, Travis and Jamie Commons (?).
I don't listen much, but happened to hear those as well. They were good! And the little I heard of Bill Pugh was fine. He didn't seem ancient -- isn't he like 70 or something? egads!
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As snoozy and boring as KFOG has been lately, I must say today's New Releases picks were quite good IMHO: new Franz Ferdinand, Travis and Jamie Commons (?).
I don't listen much, but happened to hear those as well. They were good! And the little I heard of Bill Pugh was fine. He didn't seem ancient -- isn't he like 70 or something? egads!
aren't you thinking of DC, who was in his late '60s? Pugh sounds pretty vanilla-to-the-point-of-flavorless to me.
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As snoozy and boring as KFOG has been lately, I must say today's New Releases picks were quite good IMHO: new Franz Ferdinand, Travis and Jamie Commons (?).
I don't listen much, but happened to hear those as well. They were good! And the little I heard of Bill Pugh was fine. He didn't seem ancient -- isn't he like 70 or something? egads!
aren't you thinking of DC, who was in his late '60s? Pugh sounds pretty vanilla-to-the-point-of-flavorless to me.
you know, I'm not even sure who I heard today, it was on in the background mostly. I heard Greg Gory interviewing Gregg Proops at one point, and then a little later they did New Release Thursday, and I *think* there was another voice in there, and I assumed it was Bill Pugh whom I thought was old (yes, I know DC is older, too).
It did seem like Greg Gory was certainly driving the chatter, I heard his voice more than the other one. But I feel that you're on to something there, nothing really jumped out at me from the other voice -- as in, I cannot remember what it sounded like, or what was said.
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They're playing Fred Neil's "The Dolphins" right now!
[later: I know it was Acoustic Sunrise, but I was still surprised to hear it!]
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Nice to hear "Recovery" just now -- glad it's back in rotay after having disappeared for a while. It *is* either #1 or #2 in Triple-A airplay, depending on the chart you're looking at.
OTOH: They surely play "You Get What You Give" 87 times a week.
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another reason to dislike Renee: she thinks Kings of Leon "can do no wrong".
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another reason to dislike Renee: she thinks Kings of Leon "can do no wrong".
To be fair, it's not entirely their fault that "Use Somebody" got about 5 million spins. But ya know, everybody can do wrong at some point, and KOL is certainly not immune.
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another reason to dislike Renee: she thinks Kings of Leon "can do no wrong".
To be fair, it's not entirely their fault that "Use Somebody" got about 5 million spins. But ya know, everybody can do wrong at some point, and KOL is certainly not immune.
unlike last week, when i was impressed by the New Releases, today I didn't much care for the KOL or the new Michael Franti, which sounds like every other Michael Franti.
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That new Mayer Hawthorne sounds kinda Steely Dan and/or McDoobs-ish.
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Someone on the KFOG FB page was complaining about that "Events & Adventures" commercial, which runs incessantly. I feel her pain.
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Someone on the KFOG FB page was complaining about that "Events & Adventures" commercial, which runs incessantly. I feel her pain.
that was me. I wanna punch that guy.
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Someone on the KFOG FB page was complaining about that "Events & Adventures" commercial, which runs incessantly. I feel her pain.
that was me. I wanna punch that guy.
He sounds like such a dork -- a millionaire dork. Feh.
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Someone on the KFOG FB page was complaining about that "Events & Adventures" commercial, which runs incessantly. I feel her pain.
Ugh. It's among a small group of commercials that make me get out of my chair and switch
to something else immediately.
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Someone on the KFOG FB page was complaining about that "Events & Adventures" commercial, which runs incessantly. I feel her pain.
that was me. I wanna punch that guy.
He sounds like such a dork -- a millionaire dork. Feh.
There is big money to be made from the lonely...
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That commercial needs to go.
KFOG sounds like it's starting to skew back to slightly newer. The 90s (and 00s) sets have returned to 10 at 10, and we have the new songs by Franz Ferdinand and Beck in rotation. Are they trying to out-alternative Live 105 again? It could have worked if, by the end they hadn't been so blatant about ripping them off, esp. to the point of sounding like a train wreck (i.e. Capital Cities next to Bonnie Raitt.) What they should do IMO, and what DC did do for his first few months, is add songs by alternative but lighter acts (i.e. Belle & Sebastian, Noah & the Whale, Fleet Foxes, The National.)
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That commercial needs to go.
KFOG sounds like it's starting to skew back to slightly newer. The 90s (and 00s) sets have returned to 10 at 10, and we have the new songs by Franz Ferdinand and Beck in rotation. Are they trying to out-alternative Live 105 again? It could have worked if, by the end they hadn't been so blatant about ripping them off, esp. to the point of sounding like a train wreck (i.e. Capital Cities next to Bonnie Raitt.) What they should do IMO, and what DC did do for his first few months, is add songs by alternative but lighter acts (i.e. Belle & Sebastian, Noah & the Whale, Fleet Foxes, The National.)
I think your idea is a good one but honestly? I don't think they know what they're doing.
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That commercial needs to go.
KFOG sounds like it's starting to skew back to slightly newer. The 90s (and 00s) sets have returned to 10 at 10, and we have the new songs by Franz Ferdinand and Beck in rotation. Are they trying to out-alternative Live 105 again? It could have worked if, by the end they hadn't been so blatant about ripping them off, esp. to the point of sounding like a train wreck (i.e. Capital Cities next to Bonnie Raitt.) What they should do IMO, and what DC did do for his first few months, is add songs by alternative but lighter acts (i.e. Belle & Sebastian, Noah & the Whale, Fleet Foxes, The National.)
I think your idea is a good one but honestly? I don't think they know what they're doing.
I heard Echo/B'men "Killing Moon" this morning around 6. That was a nice treat.
But please, KFOG, you shouldn't play the "New Releases Thursday" sounder and then follow it with DMB's "Ants Marching" for the 18th time this week. Oy.
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That commercial needs to go.
KFOG sounds like it's starting to skew back to slightly newer. The 90s (and 00s) sets have returned to 10 at 10, and we have the new songs by Franz Ferdinand and Beck in rotation. Are they trying to out-alternative Live 105 again? It could have worked if, by the end they hadn't been so blatant about ripping them off, esp. to the point of sounding like a train wreck (i.e. Capital Cities next to Bonnie Raitt.) What they should do IMO, and what DC did do for his first few months, is add songs by alternative but lighter acts (i.e. Belle & Sebastian, Noah & the Whale, Fleet Foxes, The National.)
I think your idea is a good one but honestly? I don't think they know what they're doing.
I heard Echo/B'men "Killing Moon" this morning around 6. That was a nice treat.
But please, KFOG, you shouldn't play the "New Releases Thursday" sounder and then follow it with DMB's "Ants Marching" for the 18th time this week. Oy.
yeah, heard that DMB segue, too. oy.
I thought I missed the very start of 10at10 and Chris Isaak's Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing was part of it, but it turns out that it was just a lucky coincidence that they played a song from 1995 right before a 1995 10at10.
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Harry Connick Jr on the morning show next week? Performing? uh... why?
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Harry Connick Jr on the morning show next week? Performing? uh... why?
Because his publicist is a hell of a salesman?
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Luke Crampton's "Lost And Found" did not air last night. Checked KFOG's homepage, and the schedule excludes the show, although it still has a link on the homepage. >:(
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Luke Crampton's "Lost And Found" did not air last night. Checked KFOG's homepage, and the schedule excludes the show, although it still has a link on the homepage. >:(
hrm. I didn't listen often (I'm elsewhere at that hour) but I think it's a fine show -- it's one that DC brought to the station, so I'm guessing the contract was up and Pugh decided not to renew.
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Always nice to hear them play James' orig of "Laid" rather than the remake.
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Luke Crampton's "Lost And Found" did not air last night. Checked KFOG's homepage, and the schedule excludes the show, although it still has a link on the homepage. >:(
hrm. I didn't listen often (I'm elsewhere at that hour) but I think it's a fine show -- it's one that DC brought to the station, so I'm guessing the contract was up and Pugh decided not to renew.
aw man, that sucks if true. I might spend some time listening here: http://www.lostandfoundradio.com/
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Harry Connick Jr on the morning show next week? Performing? uh... why?
Because his publicist is a hell of a salesman?
I'm digging the interview, actually, and I like his stuff when I'm in that kinda mood. But I'm guessing this samba-ish track they're playing right now has had a lot of Fogheads changing the station. ;)
Gory clearly finds him hella sexy but is trying not to drool too much.
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"KFOG: Musical discovery, every day" -- yeah, esp if you've just arrived from Mars and have never heard "Sweet Dreams" before.
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Luke Crampton's "Lost And Found" did not air last night. Checked KFOG's homepage, and the schedule excludes the show, although it still has a link on the homepage. >:(
And it's official, Cumulus has pulled the plug >:(
https://www.facebook.com/LostAndFoundRadio
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Having commented recently about whether Gory is "allowed" to be gay on-the-air, I note that he referred to himself this morning as "happily partnered", so I guess that's reasonable.
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lawd, that K-Mart rap commercial sounds HELLA out-of-place on KFOG. Eeek.
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Percy's "Gone Gone Gone" > Phil Phillips' "Gone Gone Gone"
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the repetition of non-currents on KFOG is becoming mind-numbing -- and I don't even listen all day. Jesus Jones, Ben Harper... oy.
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the repetition of non-currents on KFOG is becoming mind-numbing -- and I don't even listen all day. Jesus Jones, Ben Harper... oy.
Meanwhile, this morning it seemed they were playing a lot more older "classics" -- between 5:45 and 7 I heard Van's "Wavelength", "Sunset Grill", Cars "Bye Bye Love", "The Weight" (!), Sinead O, Pete T... I see they also played "Kodachrome" around 7:30. Too early to call it a trend?
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The latest Kaiser Permanente commercial makes me want to punch that lady spokesperson in the face. She's really starting to get on my nerves.
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The latest Kaiser Permanente commercial makes me want to punch that lady spokesperson in the face. She's really starting to get on my nerves.
as a KP employee, I apologize.
That's Alison Janney, BTW, the actress of West Wing fame and many many movies.
(http://atlantablackstar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Allison-Janney-241x300.jpg)
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The latest Kaiser Permanente commercial makes me want to punch that lady spokesperson in the face. She's really starting to get on my nerves.
as a KP employee, I apologize.
That's Alison Janney, BTW, the actress of West Wing fame and many many movies.
(http://atlantablackstar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Allison-Janney-241x300.jpg)
While she's a good, professional supporting actress, I would concur that anything with her and only her is grating.
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The latest Kaiser Permanente commercial makes me want to punch that lady spokesperson in the face. She's really starting to get on my nerves.
as a KP employee, I apologize.
That's Alison Janney, BTW, the actress of West Wing fame and many many movies.
(http://atlantablackstar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Allison-Janney-241x300.jpg)
I was driving home from the Kaiser lab this morning when I heard another of her commercials (the most recent one, about how Kaiser doctors didn't become doctors because they like reading insurance forms) and it struck me how tired I was of her caring so deeply for us Kaiser members. One line, I can't recall it exactly, was so heavily inflected with empathy that I wanted to throw up. Blorf.
*To be clear, I would never actually punch her (or anyone else) in the face. And I'm sure she's very talented and looks like a nice person.
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KFOG's running the old "We have applied for a renewal of our broadcast license" announcement -- I haven't heard one of those in ages, on any station, and they used to be fairly ubiquitous.
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KFOG's running the old "We have applied for a renewal of our broadcast license" announcement -- I haven't heard one of those in ages, on any station, and they used to be fairly ubiquitous.
KQED did that this morning, too.
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KFOG is starting to sound like Alice on a bad day. We heard "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia, which I don't think I've ever heard in regular rotation on that station. Same with Imagine Dragons "Radioactive," their second single which KFOG skipped over for "Demons."
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KFOG has discovered that slowed-down version of Dolly's "Jolene" and is apparently gonna run it into the ground.
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They're running that Reno-Tahoe commercial again -- the one with the chick with the uber-country, shitkicker accent talkin' 'bout "partyin' till the cows come home, y'all!" Honestly, this spot would be fine on KRTY but it's just awful anywhere else.
OTOH... they've finally got a different Events & Adventures commercial without the dweeby founder in it.
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They're running that Reno-Tahoe commercial again -- the one with the chick with the uber-country, shitkicker accent talkin' 'bout "partyin' till the cows come home, y'all!" Honestly, this spot would be fine on KRTY but it's just awful anywhere else.
OTOH... they've finally got a different Events & Adventures commercial without the dweeby founder in it.
the Reno-Tahoe ad campaign has been HORRIBLE in every incarnation I can think of. The fake concert settings -- whether it's country or hard rockin', or R&B soul lady -- I DETEST the faux crowd excitement with the call-and-response "RENO! TA-HOE!" It's absolute torture every single time.
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New Releases Thurs: Mike Doughty is "reworking" his Soul Coughing songs. Oh Joy. (Translation: he was too lazy to write new stuff).
also: new John Mayer, "Wildfire" (NOT the Michael Murphey song). Kinda country-ish, continuing his Allmans-y phase. Not bad.
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New Releases Thurs: Mike Doughty is "reworking" his Soul Coughing songs. Oh Joy. (Translation: he was too lazy to write new stuff).
also: new John Mayer, "Wildfire" (NOT the Michael Murphey song). Kinda country-ish, continuing his Allmans-y phase. Not bad.
I sorta liked them all. the third song was by The National - Graceless
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Just checked Mediabase, and that Capital Cities song is #4 on AAA... :o
...and KFOG is one of the few stations on the panel not playing it anymore. ::)
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Sodden thought: August used to be Local Music Month on KFOG -- I think it even continued into the DC era last year. But I haven't heard any mention of it this year. (Admittedly I have been listening less this month than I have in a while.) Did it quietly go away, or have I just not been listening enough?
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Sodden thought: August used to be Local Music Month on KFOG -- I think it even continued into the DC era last year. But I haven't heard any mention of it this year. (Admittedly I have been listening less this month than I have in a while.) Did it quietly go away, or have I just not been listening enough?
They've definitely been promoting it pretty heavily. I've heard at least a couple songs from the local CD every day.
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Just checked Mediabase, and that Capital Cities song is #4 on AAA... :o
...and KFOG is one of the few stations on the panel not playing it anymore. ::)
Yeah. strange, But they were playing it to death before DC left.
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New Coldplay, from the Hunger games 2 sndtk. "Atlas". Typically boring, at least on first hearing.
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New Coldplay, from the Hunger games 2 sndtk. "Atlas". Typically boring, at least on first hearing.
it was ok. meh... I've heard worse and I've heard way worse.
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New Coldplay, from the Hunger games 2 sndtk. "Atlas". Typically boring, at least on first hearing.
So, you're saying it sounds like Coldplay?
:D ;) :)
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My FB "upcoming birthdays" reminder lists KFOG, which turns 31 next Monday (9/16). hard to believe the big 30th anniv shindig (and AL's departure) was a year ago. I haven't heard any mention of this year's birthday on-air.
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Double Whammy: 4 Non-Talents "What's Up" (which they must play 27 times a week) followed by that insipid Jack Johnson song. Eeek.
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Heard the lemonheads cover of "Mrs. Robinson" yet again this morning -- that's four times in the past week and I only listen in the morning.
And heeeere's "Rocket Man", a onetime many-plays-a-week staple, making a comeback.
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in the last half-hour we heard both "Closer to Free" and "Closer to Fine" -- and I never need to hear either, ever again. Now "Closer to Home", OTOH...
(http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/5a/5a/53/mzi.zqoqcnng.170x170-75.jpg)
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Rockwell in for Gory tomorrow (9/27), as Greg will be partying with Depeche Mode tonite.
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My FB "upcoming birthdays" reminder lists KFOG, which turns 31 next Monday (9/16). hard to believe the big 30th anniv shindig (and AL's departure) was a year ago. I haven't heard any mention of this year's birthday on-air.
KFOG Connected that night was "KFOG's Birthday". Then, strangely, Dred replayed Dave Morey's remembrances of when KFOG first started. I think those were recorded for the 20th or 25th birthday and they just drag them out every year? I wonder if he gets any residuals. :-/
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Digging to see if I could find an MP3 of the above (I may still have it somewhere), I found this. *Sigh*:
"He's one of those rare announcers that is the same when the mike is on and when the mike is off," says KFOG program director Dave Benson. "There is an emotional response based on trust, and Dave exudes that trusting personality."
But there's a lot more to it than that. He's also a consummate professional. Morey and the team arrive every day at 4 a.m. to prepare for the 6 o'clock show, and beneath the calm exterior of the broadcast is a flurry of activity: Producer McQuaid zips into the cramped studio to help steer the upcoming segment or to chime in on the air as "Irish Greg." A cup of coffee spills. Morey steps out to smoke a Kool on the balcony. While a song plays, Finch tweaks his news copy, and Richardson prepares her traffic updates.
Morey fields a steady stream of e-mails and phone calls, which he records. The good ones he digitally edits down to the pith mere minutes or seconds before airing them.
"That's a quality control that most stations don't use," McQuaid says later. "We try our best to let as little crap get on the air" as possible.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11220773?source=rss
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turned on KFOG to see if Renee is actually there today. Post-10@10 commercials followed by Weezer, followed by EJ's "Take Me To The Pilot" (a nice surprise), Black Keys on the ceiling, and... Rockwell in for RR, who's speaking at some music conference (?)
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Gory Outness Update: I've actually heard him refer to his "better half" twice this week, using acual masculine pronouns ("Him", "His"). Progress!
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Gory Outness Update: I've actually heard him refer to his "better half" twice this week, using acual masculine pronouns ("Him", "His"). Progress!
He's been making me real angry this week talking about the government shutdown. His right-wing libertarian stance, and false equivalencies are making my head explode!
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Gory Outness Update: I've actually heard him refer to his "better half" twice this week, using acual masculine pronouns ("Him", "His"). Progress!
He's been making me real angry this week talking about the government shutdown. His right-wing libertarian stance, and false equivalencies are making my head explode!
So, who would be the anti-Greg Gory? Somebody who advocates government for all scenarios, but is anti-gay? Jesse Jackson?
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Gory Outness Update: I've actually heard him refer to his "better half" twice this week, using acual masculine pronouns ("Him", "His"). Progress!
He's been making me real angry this week talking about the government shutdown. His right-wing libertarian stance, and false equivalencies are making my head explode!
So, who would be the anti-Greg Gory? Somebody who advocates government for all scenarios, but is anti-gay? Jesse Jackson?
Imperial County
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Gory Outness Update: I've actually heard him refer to his "better half" twice this week, using acual masculine pronouns ("Him", "His"). Progress!
He's been making me real angry this week talking about the government shutdown. His right-wing libertarian stance, and false equivalencies are making my head explode!
So, who would be the anti-Greg Gory? Somebody who advocates government for all scenarios, but is anti-gay? Jesse Jackson?
obviously I could care less about who he sleeps with. I just hate his politics.
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The tracklisting for Live from the Archives 20 is up:
http://www.kfog.com/common/page.php?pt=KFOG+Live+from+the+Archives+20&id=3823&is_corp=0
1. Mowgli's - "San Francisco"- KFOG PlaySpace 3/8/2013
2. Tristan Prettyman - "My Oh My" - KFOG PlaySpace 7/13/2012
3. Milo Greene - "1957" - KFOG PlaySpace 11/16/2012
4. Family of the Year - "Hero"- KFOG PlaySpace 3/1/2013
5. Grouplove - "Tongue Tied" - KFOG PlaySpace 7/11/2013
6. Tori Amos - "A Sorta Fairytale" - KFOG PlaySpace 12/16/2011
7. Ben Howard - "Only Love"- KFOG PlaySpace 10/9/2012
8. Churchill - "Change" - KFOG PlaySpace 10/31/2012
9. Atlas Genius - "Trojans" - KFOG PlaySpace 9/12/2012
10. Lana Del Rey - "Ride" - KFOG PlaySpace 11/7/2012
11. Brandi Carlile - "That Wasn't Me" - KFOG PlaySpace 8/24/2012
12. Michael Kiwanuka - "Tell Me a Tale" - Ex'pression College for Digital Arts 5/31/13
13. Passion Pit - "Take a Walk" - KFOG PlaySpace 3/7/13
14. Serena Ryder - "Stompa" - KFOG PlaySpace 5/23/2013
15. ZZ Ward - "Put the Gun Down" - KFOG PlaySpace 8/27/2012
16. Lumineers - "Ho Hey!" - KFOG PlaySpace 10/10/2012
17. Fitz & the Tantrums - "Out of My League" –Performed at Ex’pression College for Digital Arts 4/10/2013
18. Lisa Loeb - "Stay (I Missed You)" - KFOG PlaySpace 2/21/2013
They just had to throw San Francisco on there. Only tracks that pique my interest are 9, 10, 12, 13...possibly 17. Though I'll probably buy a copy anyway if I can't win one.
With KMTT and KWMT out that's two less this year. KINK has released theirs: http://www.kink.fm/kinklive16
Cities 97 has started announcing their tracks. Lately it's been ridiculously overpriced at over $30 w/ shipping, but this year it's a 2 disc set which doesn't make it a terrible deal. I may actually pick this one up; a lot of CHR/Rock type tracks that don't appear on most other ones (i.e. Capital Cities, Unlikely Candidates, Neon Trees): http://www.cities97.com/pages/sampler25.html
Not sure what KGSR will do, given that they've dumbed down their playlist. KBCO will probably release one, but they don't sell it online.
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KFOG is "teaming up" with NBC Bay Area and their traffic reports will now come from there -- this seems really odd, since Cumulus has its own traffic service. So no more woman-from-KGO doing traffic in the morning? Even tho' Cumulus owns ABC Radio? They're also going to have "tech reports" from NBC Bay Area and weather too.
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Monday we were told Mr Pugh was "off" and would be back Wed. Today we're told he "should" be back tomorrow. Recovering from surgery? On the verge of being fired? Hrm.
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I noticed that Lorde's "Royals" is the #1 pop single in the US this week; no wonder KFOG has backed off on playing it so much (or at least it seems so to me).
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DC is now listed as employed as "Consultant at Live 365 (Official)" as of Sept. 3, per FB.
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DC is now listed as employed as "Consultant at Live 365 (Official)" as of Sept. 3, per FB.
I don't know whether to laugh out loud or weep.
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Reader question posted on Rich Lieberman's blog:
"I drive home from work at around 10 pm and I will scan stations, and sometimes hit KFOG's 10 at 10. WHO does 10 at 10 now? The woman is AWFUL. Sounds like an amateur who often can't get the song/artist name correct. Why has KFOG gone into the crapper so deeply?"
LOL. Leiberman's response was that he never listens to KFOG.
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Mr Pugh has not been on the Morning Show the past 2 days, and I haven't heard Gory say that he was "off", "under the weather" or "on vacay".
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Mr Pugh has not been on the Morning Show the past 2 days, and I haven't heard Gory say that he was "off", "under the weather" or "on vacay".
maybe he's fast asleep because he's been listening to the station. Zzzzzzzz
Hey-O!
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I am personally sick to fucking death of Gory's anti-government screeds. He starts off talking today about healthcare, as if that's all there is to talk about in the world, and starts off on this rant about standing in line at the DMV (he doesn't know they take reservations now?) and sarcastically talking about how the government can't do anything right. It's like that Teabagger protest sign:
Government: Keep your hands of my medicare!
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I am personally sick to fucking death of Gory's anti-government screeds. He starts off talking today about healthcare, as if that's all there is to talk about in the world, and starts off on this rant about standing in line at the DMV (he doesn't know they take reservations now?) and sarcastically talking about how the government can't do anything right. It's like that Teabagger protest sign:
Government: Keep your hands of my medicare!
Yes, it's becoming "FOX & Friends Lite." IO had planned to switch back to K-FOX this week but Annalisa is on vacay.
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I am personally sick to fucking death of Gory's anti-government screeds. He starts off talking today about healthcare, as if that's all there is to talk about in the world, and starts off on this rant about standing in line at the DMV (he doesn't know they take reservations now?) and sarcastically talking about how the government can't do anything right. It's like that Teabagger protest sign:
Government: Keep your hands of my medicare!
Yep. Had to renew my license on my last birthday. It was remarkably painless.
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Ehh, anything having to do with the DMV or getting a registration is a complete fail in my experience. I have made an appointment and still had to wait an hour before. Also, when I tried to renew my registration this year I had to get a smog check. It passed, and the mechanic submitted it, and waited months to receive my new registration and nothing except for a "needs smog check" notice. I mailed another copy of the completed smog check, but another month and still nothing. I called the DMV office, and, after being on hold for one and a half hours...
they told me the VIN # was off by _ONE_ number. The mechanic accidentally wrote an 8 instead of a 3, and because of that they made me go back to the mechanic and hook up my car again and get a whole 'nother smog check, despite the fact that the remaining 15 numbers of the VIN and the make and model and license plate were all the same. I even talked to multiple people at the DMV in both the local (in person and on the phone) and state office (on the phone) and everyone said there was no way to correct it other than going back and getting a new smog check.
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Ehh, anything having to do with the DMV or getting a registration is a complete fail in my experience. I have made an appointment and still had to wait an hour before. Also, when I tried to renew my registration this year I had to get a smog check. It passed, and the mechanic submitted it, and waited months to receive my new registration and nothing except for a "needs smog check" notice. I mailed another copy of the completed smog check, but another month and still nothing. I called the DMV office, and, after being on hold for one and a half hours...
they told me the VIN # was off by _ONE_ number. The mechanic accidentally wrote an 8 instead of a 3, and because of that they made me go back to the mechanic and hook up my car again and get a whole 'nother smog check, despite the fact that the remaining 15 numbers of the VIN and the make and model and license plate were all the same. I even talked to multiple people at the DMV in both the local (in person and on the phone) and state office (on the phone) and everyone said there was no way to correct it other than going back and getting a new smog check.
hate to say it, but that's not DMV's fault. I know, I know, it sucks, and the state is squeezing revenue out of drivers with all these fees, etc. Mechanic dude messed things up, and that sucks. I hope they didn't charge you for the second smog, since it was their fault.
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It does piss me off when people, like Gory, overgeneralize things. "Guvinment sux"... well, could you be a bit more specific than that?
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It does piss me off when people, like Gory, overgeneralize things. "Guvinment sux"... well, could you be a bit more specific than that?
That's true, he does get repetitive and fluffy.
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Ehh, anything having to do with the DMV or getting a registration is a complete fail in my experience. I have made an appointment and still had to wait an hour before. Also, when I tried to renew my registration this year I had to get a smog check. It passed, and the mechanic submitted it, and waited months to receive my new registration and nothing except for a "needs smog check" notice. I mailed another copy of the completed smog check, but another month and still nothing. I called the DMV office, and, after being on hold for one and a half hours...
they told me the VIN # was off by _ONE_ number. The mechanic accidentally wrote an 8 instead of a 3, and because of that they made me go back to the mechanic and hook up my car again and get a whole 'nother smog check, despite the fact that the remaining 15 numbers of the VIN and the make and model and license plate were all the same. I even talked to multiple people at the DMV in both the local (in person and on the phone) and state office (on the phone) and everyone said there was no way to correct it other than going back and getting a new smog check.
hate to say it, but that's not DMV's fault. I know, I know, it sucks, and the state is squeezing revenue out of drivers with all these fees, etc. Mechanic dude messed things up, and that sucks. I hope they didn't charge you for the second smog, since it was their fault.
The mechanic was responsible for one human error (and yes, thankfully he didn't charge me for the second smog). The DMV was responsible for months of lack of communication, an hour and a half wait time, and being unwilling to fix something that was in their power to that was already paid for when clearly it was the correct car.
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Mr Pugh has not been on the Morning Show the past 2 days, and I haven't heard Gory say that he was "off", "under the weather" or "on vacay".
Greg actually said today -- for the first time that I've heard -- that Bill is "off" and will be back "soon". But seriously, does anyone miss him?
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Mr Pugh has not been on the Morning Show the past 2 days, and I haven't heard Gory say that he was "off", "under the weather" or "on vacay".
Greg actually said today -- for the first time that I've heard -- that Bill is "off" and will be back "soon". But seriously, does anyone miss him?
happened to tune in today and Mr Pugh was back -- didn't seem to be any explanation of where he was for a month. Are folks supposed to pretend he never left?
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Mr Pugh is "in meetings all day" with the big Cumulus muckety-mucks who are in town. ("The bosses of the bosses", Gory said) Be afraid.
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Friday's connected theme was "Goodbye" and Renee's doing a week full of "my favorite 10@10s from the past year"...could these be clues? :-\
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Friday's connected theme was "Goodbye" and Renee's doing a week full of "my favorite 10@10s from the past year"...could these be clues? :-\
Well, I listened to snippets during my drive this morning... an obnoxious commercial here, a few seconds of "In Your Eyes" there.... in other words I learned nothing.
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Friday's connected theme was "Goodbye" and Renee's doing a week full of "my favorite 10@10s from the past year"...could these be clues? :-\
Well, I listened to snippets during my drive this morning... an obnoxious commercial here, a few seconds of "In Your Eyes" there.... in other words I learned nothing.
Still appeared to be business as usual this morning.
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Just revealed: apparently KFOG PD Mr Pugh is the brother of Dan Patrick.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Patrick
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I had to chuckle this week when KFOG trumpeted (for New Releases Thursday) "the new song from The Neighbourhood" -- yes, they were talking about "Sweater Weather", which Live 105 was playing 6 times a day some eight months ago. I was sick of it then (easily one of my "most annoying" of 2013) and I shudder to think I'll be subjected to it for the next 6 months as if it were actually "new". Oy.
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Nice to hear TFF, "Woman in Chains" on KFOG right before 10@10 -- one you don't hear quite so often.
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Passenger's "Let Her Go", which we discussed when it showed up on KFOG's "Foghead Favorites of 2013" list, and I mentioned I hadn't heard it -- well, turns out I've heard it a shitload of times and assumed it was Brett Dennen. I mean, the guy's voice is identical. Why would anyone WANT to sound like Brett Dennen?
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Apparently our pleas have been heard. Dred posted a pic of himself and AL (wearing headphones) on his FB page, with the caption "Guess who's coming to DJ?" No mention of when or what show she'll be taking over but word is out, so one assumes it'll happen soon.
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Apparently our pleas have been heard. Dred posted a pic of himself and AL (wearing headphones) on his FB page, with the caption "Guess who's coming to DJ?" No mention of when or what show she'll be taking over but word is out, so one assumes it'll happen soon.
Woah Nelly! I'll have to check this out. Thanks Urth!
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Apparently our pleas have been heard. Dred posted a pic of himself and AL (wearing headphones) on his FB page, with the caption "Guess who's coming to DJ?" No mention of when or what show she'll be taking over but word is out, so one assumes it'll happen soon.
Woah Nelly! I'll have to check this out. Thanks Urth!
Thinking a little more about the timing of this. Gory's new gig starts in LA in April, no? Assuming he'll be moving that way (safe guess) and will need some time to do so and get settled, it would make sense that he might be leaving KFOG at the end of February and taking all of March to get re-situated. So AL could theoretically be back on the KFOG airwaves next week?
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Apparently our pleas have been heard. Dred posted a pic of himself and AL (wearing headphones) on his FB page, with the caption "Guess who's coming to DJ?" No mention of when or what show she'll be taking over but word is out, so one assumes it'll happen soon.
Woah Nelly! I'll have to check this out. Thanks Urth!
Thinking a little more about the timing of this. Gory's new gig starts in LA in April, no? Assuming he'll be moving that way (safe guess) and will need some time to do so and get settled, it would make sense that he might be leaving KFOG at the end of February and taking all of March to get re-situated. So AL could theoretically be back on the KFOG airwaves next week?
Amen and allelujah. The comments in 'snipe-land seem to indicate this is indeed happening.
To paraphrase Gerald Ford, "Our long Foghead nightmare is over."
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Apparently our pleas have been heard. Dred posted a pic of himself and AL (wearing headphones) on his FB page, with the caption "Guess who's coming to DJ?" No mention of when or what show she'll be taking over but word is out, so one assumes it'll happen soon.
Woah Nelly! I'll have to check this out. Thanks Urth!
Thinking a little more about the timing of this. Gory's new gig starts in LA in April, no? Assuming he'll be moving that way (safe guess) and will need some time to do so and get settled, it would make sense that he might be leaving KFOG at the end of February and taking all of March to get re-situated. So AL could theoretically be back on the KFOG airwaves next week?
Amen and allelujah. The comments in 'snipe-land seem to indicate this is indeed happening.
To paraphrase Gerald Ford, "Our long Foghead nightmare is over."
Let's hope so. Still, I don't want to assume too much. 10@10 is still Renee's gig until we hear otherwise, even if AL does a much better job producing it. But things are looking a whole lot better than they were this time yesterday.
(One advantage to giving it back to AL however, is that it won't need to be produced by committee any longer. She can do the whole thing back to front and not require input from Pugh or Rosalie, or the services of an engineer to assemble it.)
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Apparently our pleas have been heard. Dred posted a pic of himself and AL (wearing headphones) on his FB page, with the caption "Guess who's coming to DJ?" No mention of when or what show she'll be taking over but word is out, so one assumes it'll happen soon.
Woah Nelly! I'll have to check this out. Thanks Urth!
Thinking a little more about the timing of this. Gory's new gig starts in LA in April, no? Assuming he'll be moving that way (safe guess) and will need some time to do so and get settled, it would make sense that he might be leaving KFOG at the end of February and taking all of March to get re-situated. So AL could theoretically be back on the KFOG airwaves next week?
Amen and allelujah. The comments in 'snipe-land seem to indicate this is indeed happening.
To paraphrase Gerald Ford, "Our long Foghead nightmare is over."
Let's hope so. Still, I don't want to assume too much. 10@10 is still Renee's gig until we hear otherwise, even if AL does a much better job producing it. But things are looking a whole lot better than they were this time yesterday.
(One advantage to giving it back to AL however, is that it won't need to ibe produced by committee any longer. She can do the whole thing back to front and not require input from Pugh or Rosalie, or the services of an engineer to assemble it.)
Also, it's been a long while since anyone in radio management has been the least bit sensitive to the talent's feelings.
And to go a little further out on the speculative limb, do you think AL would bring back requests with her? That would be rad(347)!
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Based on her new FB profile pic (which features a KFOG mic) things appear to be looking good. Altho' I agree that 10@10 may not be part of the deal.
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Based on her new FB profile pic (which features a KFOG mic) things appear to be looking good. Altho' I agree that 10@10 may not be part of the deal.
i think those pics were taken at the KFOG 30th anniversary shindig in 2012 at which AL announced her departure. But nevertheless, it definitely seems to be a done deal. From the FB page of one P. Finch: "So happy to hear my friend Annalisa is returning to KFOG! (She's a phenomenal human being)."
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Apparently our pleas have been heard. Dred posted a pic of himself and AL (wearing headphones) on his FB page, with the caption "Guess who's coming to DJ?" No mention of when or what show she'll be taking over but word is out, so one assumes it'll happen soon.
Woah Nelly! I'll have to check this out. Thanks Urth!
Thinking a little more about the timing of this. Gory's new gig starts in LA in April, no? Assuming he'll be moving that way (safe guess) and will need some time to do so and get settled, it would make sense that he might be leaving KFOG at the end of February and taking all of March to get re-situated. So AL could theoretically be back on the KFOG airwaves next week?
Amen and allelujah. The comments in 'snipe-land seem to indicate this is indeed happening.
To paraphrase Gerald Ford, "Our long Foghead nightmare is over."
Let's hope so. Still, I don't want to assume too much. 10@10 is still Renee's gig until we hear otherwise, even if AL does a much better job producing it. But things are looking a whole lot better than they were this time yesterday.
(One advantage to giving it back to AL however, is that it won't need to ibe produced by committee any longer. She can do the whole thing back to front and not require input from Pugh or Rosalie, or the services of an engineer to assemble it.)
Also, it's been a long while since anyone in radio management has been the least bit sensitive to the talent's feelings.
And to go a little further out on the speculative limb, do you think AL would bring back requests with her? That would be rad(347)!
I sure hope so! I think she would unless the current regime won't allow, it, although I don't see Bill Pugh being too forceful.
Based on her new FB profile pic (which features a KFOG mic) things appear to be looking good. Altho' I agree that 10@10 may not be part of the deal.
She's taking over 10@10, it was just announced on KFOG! :D (Per the GS)
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Apparently our pleas have been heard. Dred posted a pic of himself and AL (wearing headphones) on his FB page, with the caption "Guess who's coming to DJ?" No mention of when or what show she'll be taking over but word is out, so one assumes it'll happen soon.
Woah Nelly! I'll have to check this out. Thanks Urth!
Thinking a little more about the timing of this. Gory's new gig starts in LA in April, no? Assuming he'll be moving that way (safe guess) and will need some time to do so and get settled, it would make sense that he might be leaving KFOG at the end of February and taking all of March to get re-situated. So AL could theoretically be back on the KFOG airwaves next week?
Amen and allelujah. The comments in 'snipe-land seem to indicate this is indeed happening.
To paraphrase Gerald Ford, "Our long Foghead nightmare is over."
Let's hope so. Still, I don't want to assume too much. 10@10 is still Renee's gig until we hear otherwise, even if AL does a much better job producing it. But things are looking a whole lot better than they were this time yesterday.
(One advantage to giving it back to AL however, is that it won't need to ibe produced by committee any longer. She can do the whole thing back to front and not require input from Pugh or Rosalie, or the services of an engineer to assemble it.)
Also, it's been a long while since anyone in radio management has been the least bit sensitive to the talent's feelings.
And to go a little further out on the speculative limb, do you think AL would bring back requests with her? That would be rad(347)!
I sure hope so! I think she would unless the current regime won't allow, it, although I don't see Bill Pugh being too forceful.
Based on her new FB profile pic (which features a KFOG mic) things appear to be looking good. Altho' I agree that 10@10 may not be part of the deal.
She's taking over 10@10, it was just announced on KFOG! :D (Per the GS)
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The complete deets: Monday March 10th, Renee and Bill in the Morning, followed by AL with 10@10 and middays. Gory's last show is 3/7, apparently.
I guess this makes the most sense -- AM Drive is considered a promotion/plum assignment (more $$) and since RR stayed while AL left, she gets to move up. Not the biggest Renee fan, but she's certainly better than Mr. Liber-tard-ian. (He actually used the tired "there were bad arguments on BOTH sides" chestnut in discussing the Arizona thing this morning. Dude, you suck cock -- literally. wake the fuck up.)
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The complete deets: Monday March 10th, Renee and Bill in the Morning, followed by AL with 10@10 and middays. Gory's last show is 3/7, apparently.
I guess this makes the most sense -- AM Drive is considered a promotion/plum assignment (more $$) and since RR stayed while AL left, she gets to move up. Not the biggest Renee fan, but she's certainly better than Mr. Liber-tard-ian. (He actually used the tired "there were bad arguments on BOTH sides" chestnut in discussing the Arizona thing this morning. Dude, you suck cock -- literally. wake the fuck up.)
Yeah, in the best case scenario given what we've got, it'd be AL/Pugh for the AM, with AL hangingaround for 10@10, followed by RR midday. But I suppose if Renee has an advantage, it would be that she is somewhat perky, so an AM assignment isn't entirely inappropriate for her. Undoubtedly it'll be better than Gory.
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The complete deets: Monday March 10th, Renee and Bill in the Morning, followed by AL with 10@10 and middays. Gory's last show is 3/7, apparently.
I guess this makes the most sense -- AM Drive is considered a promotion/plum assignment (more $$) and since RR stayed while AL left, she gets to move up. Not the biggest Renee fan, but she's certainly better than Mr. Liber-tard-ian. (He actually used the tired "there were bad arguments on BOTH sides" chestnut in discussing the Arizona thing this morning. Dude, you suck cock -- literally. wake the fuck up.)
Yeah, in the best case scenario given what we've got, it'd be AL/Pugh for the AM, with AL hangingaround for 10@10, followed by RR midday. But I suppose if Renee has an advantage, it would be that she is somewhat perky, so an AM assignment isn't entirely inappropriate for her. Undoubtedly it'll be better than Gory.
My thought exactly. She's all bubbly and laughs a lot (can you imagine being stuck in a room with her for 8 hours a day?) so she fits the AM show template. Personally I'm more able to listen from 9am on, so having her on middays suits me just fine.
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The complete deets: Monday March 10th, Renee and Bill in the Morning, followed by AL with 10@10 and middays. Gory's last show is 3/7, apparently.
I guess this makes the most sense -- AM Drive is considered a promotion/plum assignment (more $$) and since RR stayed while AL left, she gets to move up. Not the biggest Renee fan, but she's certainly better than Mr. Liber-tard-ian. (He actually used the tired "there were bad arguments on BOTH sides" chestnut in discussing the Arizona thing this morning. Dude, you suck cock -- literally. wake the fuck up.)
Yeah, in the best case scenario given what we've got, it'd be AL/Pugh for the AM, with AL hangingaround for 10@10, followed by RR midday. But I suppose if Renee has an advantage, it would be that she is somewhat perky, so an AM assignment isn't entirely inappropriate for her. Undoubtedly it'll be better than Gory.
My thought exactly. She's all bubbly and laughs a lot (can you imagine being stuck in a room with her for 8 hours a day?) so she fits the AM show template. Personally I'm more able to listen from 9am on, so having her on middays suits me just fine.
That, and if she's co-host with Pugh or someone, then we only have to listen to her half the time. ;) (This is one reason why I supported the DC/Renee paring.)
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So, will we get a week-long "Farewell to Gory" love-fest, or will he go quietly? I mean, it's no longer a secret that he's leaving and that AL is coming back.
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So, will we get a week-long "Farewell to Gory" love-fest, or will he go quietly? I mean, it's no longer a secret that he's leaving and that AL is coming back.
They are running some of "the best of Gory" throughout the week; today we got the famous segment where he let a tarantula crawl on him and he screamed like a girl.
Oddity in the 6:00 hour: one 15-minute music segment began with Rod's "You Wear it Well" and ended with the Dan's "My Old School" -- 2 songs they don't usually play outside of 10@10. Normally if they do play a '70s tune it's something really overexposed like "Killer Queen" or Bowie's "Changes"
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While her show was ending today, Renee mentioned that there was a problem with the signal at 97.7. She told listeners to tune in at 104.5 or online in the meantime.
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"the best of Gory"
In other words, dead air? 8)
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"the best of Gory"
In other words, dead air? 8)
"The least worst of Gory"
And BTW, it's official: AL on Facebook has gone back to being "Annalisa kfog"
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I'm listening to KFOG this morning to hear the last of Gory -- it's radio history, if nothing else -- but man, the station is quite painful for long stretches. This hour I was subjected to Snow Patrol, Counting Crows, Cake, Tracy Chapman... all songs that would be uber-uber-LNs if they showed up on 10@10 (which they often do). Blorf. And after i praised them yesterday for fishing out "My old School" and "You Wear it well", this hour's token '70s track was... "Love is the Drug".
Also heard the Friday "Cork Dork" feature for the first time, which is (a) sponsored by BevMo (duh!) and (b) features a diff winery each week -- who I'm sure also pay for the exposure. Ah, commerce!
ETA: I do like this new Ray LaMontaigne song, tho'.
And I have to say that Gory's farewell speech was rather nicely done.
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I'm listening to KFOG this morning to hear the last of Gory -- it's radio history, if nothing else -- but man, the station is quite painful for long stretches. This hour I was subjected to Snow Patrol, Counting Crows, Cake, Tracy Chapman... all songs that would be uber-uber-LNs if they showed up on 10@10 (which they often do). Blorf. And after i praised them yesterday for fishing out "My old School" and "You Wear it well", this hour's token '70s track was... "Love is the Drug".
Also heard the Friday "Cork Dork" feature for the first time, which is (a) sponsored by BevMo (duh!) and (b) features a diff winery each week -- who I'm sure also pay for the exposure. Ah, commerce!
ETA: I do like this new Ray LaMontaigne song, tho'.
And I have to say that Gory's farewell speech was rather nicely done.
Tuned in during his thank-yous to every living soul on the KFOG staff. By the end I was wishing someone would cue the orchestra and get him off the stage. (Although it is nice that KFOG management gave him the chance to do a goodbye, rather than just going off as if it were another day.)
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Well, heard the first hour of Renee in the Morning. Mild surprise: she did news headlines at 6am. And Mr Pugh was nowhere to be heard (maybe he drops by later?). Mud, who is still the producer, was also not heard. Apparently the 9 0'clock pop quiz is returning. In all, a very no-frills presentation.
ETA: good gawd, how many times a week do they play Weezer's "Island in the Sun"?
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Just looked at the KFOG site, and notice that while Annalisa is repped well around the site, the "on air now" bug at the top of the page still thinks Renee is doing middays.
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Listened to the morning show for about five minutes today. It was good to hear the news headlines. However, Renee did pose the question "Does anybody even use a clock radio. I dunno".
Well, I know of at least one person who does. Me. Clock radios work just fine for what they are supposed to do, thank you very much. This blanket dismissal of slightly dated technology really pisses me off. And you know Renee, you do work in the radio business. Don't shit all over it, it's just common sense.
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Listened to the morning show for about five minutes today. It was good to hear the news headlines. However, Renee did pose the question "Does anybody even use a clock radio. I dunno".
Well, I know of at least one person who does. Me. Clock radios work just fine for what they are supposed to do, thank you very much. This blanket dismissal of slightly dated technology really pisses me off. And you know Renee, you do work in the radio business. Don't shit all over it, it's just common sense.
Since you posted this at 6:45 am I have to assume you were listening at a relatively early hour. I gotta wonder what percentage of the KFOG audience at that exact moment was listening via clock radios. 50? 60? More?
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Listened to the morning show for about five minutes today. It was good to hear the news headlines. However, Renee did pose the question "Does anybody even use a clock radio. I dunno".
Well, I know of at least one person who does. Me. Clock radios work just fine for what they are supposed to do, thank you very much. This blanket dismissal of slightly dated technology really pisses me off. And you know Renee, you do work in the radio business. Don't shit all over it, it's just common sense.
Since you posted this at 6:45 am I have to assume you were listening at a relatively early hour. I gotta wonder what percentage of the KFOG audience at that exact moment was listening via clock radios. 50? 60? More?
ah but wait, here's the kicker: she made that comment at around 6:10 because she had just played Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be happy" -- good gawd was that a kick in the balls at that hour. It's his birthday today, apparently, but jeezus. And so she was imagining someone's clock radio going on in the middle of that song. I was in the shower and I considered drowning myself.
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Listened to the morning show for about five minutes today. It was good to hear the news headlines. However, Renee did pose the question "Does anybody even use a clock radio. I dunno".
Well, I know of at least one person who does. Me. Clock radios work just fine for what they are supposed to do, thank you very much. This blanket dismissal of slightly dated technology really pisses me off. And you know Renee, you do work in the radio business. Don't shit all over it, it's just common sense.
Since you posted this at 6:45 am I have to assume you were listening at a relatively early hour. I gotta wonder what percentage of the KFOG audience at that exact moment was listening via clock radios. 50? 60? More?
ah but wait, here's the kicker: she made that comment at around 6:10 because she had just played Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be happy" -- good gawd was that a kick in the balls at that hour. It's his birthday today, apparently, but jeezus. And so she was imagining someone's clock radio going on in the middle of that song. I was in the shower and I considered drowning myself.
I enjoyed it, but am conditioned at this point to hear the screams of those suffering.
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Listened to the morning show for about five minutes today. It was good to hear the news headlines. However, Renee did pose the question "Does anybody even use a clock radio. I dunno".
Well, I know of at least one person who does. Me. Clock radios work just fine for what they are supposed to do, thank you very much. This blanket dismissal of slightly dated technology really pisses me off. And you know Renee, you do work in the radio business. Don't shit all over it, it's just common sense.
Since you posted this at 6:45 am I have to assume you were listening at a relatively early hour. I gotta wonder what percentage of the KFOG audience at that exact moment was listening via clock radios. 50? 60? More?
ah but wait, here's the kicker: she made that comment at around 6:10 because she had just played Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be happy" -- good gawd was that a kick in the balls at that hour. It's his birthday today, apparently, but jeezus. And so she was imagining someone's clock radio going on in the middle of that song. I was in the shower and I considered drowning myself.
Yeah, it was about that time. I was in my car pulling into the ferry parking lot as my CD was concluding, and had a couple of minutes to kill.
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Really wish they'd ash-can that Progressive stream ad with the Betsy Ross action figure bit. Not funny, not clever, and sounds as if it were piece together from some bad improv. If that's the best of what they came up with, I'm glad we're not hearing some of the other bits.
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funny stuff in this thread today!
I have a clock radio, but I had to stop using it because it's making weird buzzing noises. I'll donate/detonate it soon.
I may not replace it because I found I stayed in bed longer if I have a radio within reach.
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Well, I know of at least one person who does. Me. Clock radios work just fine for what they are supposed to do, thank you very much. This blanket dismissal of slightly dated technology really pisses me off.
I feel the same way about 3.5" floppies, VHS, and cassette tapes. :)
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This morning at 6:10-ish, RR had some annoyingly-voiced Foghead (a guy) on to gush about last nite's Dancing w/the Stars. Apparently this is to be a weekly thing. 'twas quite awful, it was. Do people still watch that show? People in KFOG's target demo?
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This morning at 6:10-ish, RR had some annoyingly-voiced Foghead (a guy) on to gush about last nite's Dancing w/the Stars. Apparently this is to be a weekly thing. 'twas quite awful, it was. Do people still watch that show? People in KFOG's target demo?
I'm holding onto hope that we're nearing the sell-by date on shows like that and American Idol--and the rest of that ilk. Christ, I think Survivor is still on the air, and it's been on what, 12 or 13 years?
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This morning at 6:10-ish, RR had some annoyingly-voiced Foghead (a guy) on to gush about last nite's Dancing w/the Stars. Apparently this is to be a weekly thing. 'twas quite awful, it was. Do people still watch that show? People in KFOG's target demo?
I'm holding onto hope that we're nearing the sell-by date on shows like that and American Idol--and the rest of that ilk. Christ, I think Survivor is still on the air, and it's been on what, 12 or 13 years?
I spoke too soon: there's a g'snipes thread about it and apparently people do watch. Poor Billy Dee Williams -- he's 77 and he was apparently stumbling all over the place last nite. :'(
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This morning at 6:10-ish, RR had some annoyingly-voiced Foghead (a guy) on to gush about last nite's Dancing w/the Stars. Apparently this is to be a weekly thing. 'twas quite awful, it was. Do people still watch that show? People in KFOG's target demo?
I'm holding onto hope that we're nearing the sell-by date on shows like that and American Idol--and the rest of that ilk. Christ, I think Survivor is still on the air, and it's been on what, 12 or 13 years?
I think they are here to stay, but I am fairly successful at ignoring them. To each their own.
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This morning at 6:10-ish, RR had some annoyingly-voiced Foghead (a guy) on to gush about last nite's Dancing w/the Stars. Apparently this is to be a weekly thing. 'twas quite awful, it was. Do people still watch that show? People in KFOG's target demo?
I'm holding onto hope that we're nearing the sell-by date on shows like that and American Idol--and the rest of that ilk. Christ, I think Survivor is still on the air, and it's been on what, 12 or 13 years?
I think they are here to stay, but I am fairly successful at ignoring them. To each their own.
"Survivor" debuted on 5/31/2000. I have never watched. I did try "American Idol" once, and gave up after about 30 minutes.
Yeah, I would agree these shows aren't going anywhere. If it makes people happy...
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This morning at 6:10-ish, RR had some annoyingly-voiced Foghead (a guy) on to gush about last nite's Dancing w/the Stars. Apparently this is to be a weekly thing. 'twas quite awful, it was. Do people still watch that show? People in KFOG's target demo?
I'm holding onto hope that we're nearing the sell-by date on shows like that and American Idol--and the rest of that ilk. Christ, I think Survivor is still on the air, and it's been on what, 12 or 13 years?
I think they are here to stay, but I am fairly successful at ignoring them. To each their own.
"Survivor" debuted on 5/31/2000. I have never watched. I did try "American Idol" once, and gave up after about 30 minutes.
Yeah, I would agree these shows aren't going anywhere. If it makes people happy...
I've been watching Survivor since the beginning and would count myself as a fan. Having been
on the wrong end of a number of layoffs and "reductions in force," I find the group dynamics
vis-a-vis alliances and deciding who to "vote off" interesting. I also enjoy The Amazing Race.
They're among the few programs I watch regularly. Beyond that, I don't care much for all the
other reality clones, although I can understand the appeal of the elimination format. In particular,
while I enjoy watching dance, I don't like watching mediocre dancing. I guess I've been spoiled
by America's Ballroom Challenge on PBS.
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I like that Artic Monkeys song... but they were playing it when I left the house at 6:30 this morning and here it is again.
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Renee seems to be loosening up a bit in the AM. In the 6:00 hour she was gushing about the "older ladies" at her gym in San Rafael, who totally kicked her butt in stretch class Saturday morning -- and then she played ONJ's "Physical" (!).
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Renee seems to be loosening up a bit in the AM. In the 6:00 hour she was gushing about the "older ladies" at her gym in San Rafael, who totally kicked her butt in stretch class Saturday morning -- and then she played ONJ's "Physical" (!).
another AM oddity: today at around 6:40 she played Level 42, "Something About You", which I don't think I've ever heard on KFOG outside of 10@10
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It may be just a Morning Show thing, but KFOG seems to be playing more "classics" (esp '70s stuff) than they were 6 months ago. Mostly obvious stuff (Cars) but the other day I heard "Stuck in the Middle with You". And Kevin Hunsanger of Green Apple Books, who along with Tim Goodman got the heave-ho after the Webster-and-Irish Greg purge, has been brought back to do book reviews (!). They had Joel Selvin on recently too -- geezers are takin' over, yo.
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It may be just a Morning Show thing, but KFOG seems to be playing more "classics" (esp '70s stuff) than they were 6 months ago. Mostly obvious stuff (Cars) but the other day I heard "Stuck in the Middle with You". And Kevin Hunsanger of Green Apple Books, who along with Tim Goodman got the heave-ho after the Webster-and-Irish Greg purge, has been brought back to do book reviews (!). They had Joel Selvin on recently too -- geezers are takin' over, yo.
this morning in the first hour I heard "Have You Ever Seen the rain", "Kodachrome", and "Dream On"
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It may be just a Morning Show thing, but KFOG seems to be playing more "classics" (esp '70s stuff) than they were 6 months ago. Mostly obvious stuff (Cars) but the other day I heard "Stuck in the Middle with You". And Kevin Hunsanger of Green Apple Books, who along with Tim Goodman got the heave-ho after the Webster-and-Irish Greg purge, has been brought back to do book reviews (!). They had Joel Selvin on recently too -- geezers are takin' over, yo.
this morning in the first hour I heard "Have You Ever Seen the rain", "Kodachrome", and "Dream On"
When I posted about this on FB I said "remember when they used to play 'Rocket man' 27 times a week?" Well, guess what appeard at 6:20 this morning? ::)
Also, fresh from yesterday's 10@10, we head Freddie Jones Band "In a Daydream" in the 6:00 hour.
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It may be just a Morning Show thing, but KFOG seems to be playing more "classics" (esp '70s stuff) than they were 6 months ago. Mostly obvious stuff (Cars) but the other day I heard "Stuck in the Middle with You". And Kevin Hunsanger of Green Apple Books, who along with Tim Goodman got the heave-ho after the Webster-and-Irish Greg purge, has been brought back to do book reviews (!). They had Joel Selvin on recently too -- geezers are takin' over, yo.
this morning in the first hour I heard "Have You Ever Seen the rain", "Kodachrome", and "Dream On"
When I posted about this on FB I said "remember when they used to play 'Rocket man' 27 times a week?" Well, guess what appeard at 6:20 this morning? ::)
Also, fresh from yesterday's 10@10, we head Freddie Jones Band "In a Daydream" in the 6:00 hour.
I've been noticing an uptick in U2 the last week or so (both on KFOG and a couple of Portland stations), and more recently Los Lonely Boys seem to be in regular rotation, too. My assumption is they have albums and/or tours coming.
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Webster led off his show this afternoon with David Bowie's "Andy Warhol" -- that's one I don't think I've heard on the radio since the early 80s -- and that was college radio.
And just to reinforce my aforementioned theory, it was followed by U2's Invisible.
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Webster led off his show this afternoon with David Bowie's "Andy Warhol" -- that's one I don't think I've heard on the radio since the early 80s -- and that was college radio.
Wow, that would have been a surprise for sure. If I was awake at that time.
warHul warHul
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Webster led off his show this afternoon with David Bowie's "Andy Warhol" -- that's one I don't think I've heard on the radio since the early 80s -- and that was college radio.
Wow, that would have been a surprise for sure. If I was awake at that time.
warHul warHul
there was a Warhol-related news story yesterday, wasv't there? Webster has some kinda "My Three Things" that he starts the showwith every day, i think.
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Webster led off his show this afternoon with David Bowie's "Andy Warhol" -- that's one I don't think I've heard on the radio since the early 80s -- and that was college radio.
Wow, that would have been a surprise for sure. If I was awake at that time.
warHul warHul
there was a Warhol-related news story yesterday, wasv't there? Webster has some kinda "My Three Things" that he starts the showwith every day, i think.
Ah, yes--some Warhol sketches were discovered on a floppy disk from a Commodore Amiga or some other long outdated computer. You may have hit on it.
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Fogheads are idiots, episode 346:
Renee just played a phone call with a foghead who apparently called in right before 10 to request a Coldplay song. And the guy goes on about how he's been listening to KFOG and 10@10 since he was a teenager (he's in his 40s now). AND THEN he asks if Dave Morey is still doing 10@10.
Big fan. HUGE fan. Right.
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No mention in this thread of the latest change: Mr Pugh is gone and they brought in a new overlord from Chicago to run KFOG & The Bone. And the usual "OMG! KFOG is Doomed!" comments appeared on social media bur it doesn't seem that way to me.
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No mention in this thread of the latest change: Mr Pugh is gone and they brought in a new overlord from Chicago to run KFOG & The Bone. And the usual "OMG! KFOG is Doomed!" comments appeared on social media bur it doesn't seem that way to me.
Yep, as I mentioned in a couple of places, when you really stop to think about it, KFOG's stability over the past 30+ years is actually fairly remarkable. I predict no real impact.
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No mention in this thread of the latest change: Mr Pugh is gone and they brought in a new overlord from Chicago to run KFOG & The Bone. And the usual "OMG! KFOG is Doomed!" comments appeared on social media bur it doesn't seem that way to me.
Yep, as I mentioned in a couple of places, when you really stop to think about it, KFOG's stability over the past 30+ years is actually fairly remarkable. I predict no real impact.
I do not know about the specifics of KFOG/Cumulus/the radio business, but in general, never underestimate the
ability of corporate suits to fuck something up.
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No mention in this thread of the latest change: Mr Pugh is gone and they brought in a new overlord from Chicago to run KFOG & The Bone. And the usual "OMG! KFOG is Doomed!" comments appeared on social media bur it doesn't seem that way to me.
Yep, as I mentioned in a couple of places, when you really stop to think about it, KFOG's stability over the past 30+ years is actually fairly remarkable. I predict no real impact.
I do not know about the specifics of KFOG/Cumulus/the radio business, but in general, never underestimate the
ability of corporate suits to fuck something up.
See also: DC.
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From a FB Foghead (neither a 'snipe nor a member of this forum): "Annalisa is a huge asset to KFOG. I always liked her Acoustic Sundays."
Clearly she's thinking of Rosalisa.
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I mentioned elsewhere that Radiohead's "Creep" has been showing up a lot. Ditto multiple Cars songs.
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KFOG has just started ID-ing songs after they end with filtered-voice drop-ins --y'know, like Live 105 has been doing for ages.
And pre-set, I'm hearing "Brass in Pocket" for the second time in 24 hours.
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in the first hour of the Morning Show, I heard Elvis C "Veronica" and Indigo Girls "Closer to Fine", both for the 3rd time in less than a week.
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in the first hour of the Morning Show, I heard Elvis C "Veronica" and Indigo Girls "Closer to Fine", both for the 3rd time in less than a week.
sheesh, the repetition is really becoming annoying. Hearing Black Crowes "Hard to Handle" right now, and I swear they must play it 3 or 4 times a day.
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eek: they're running new promos, of the man-on-the-street interview type -- y'know the ones, everybody does them, random people saying things like "yeah! I like the music!" or "I listen all day at work!" and then the KFOG voice guy tags it all with "KFOG. It's Different Here." Not different enough, sez me.
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Heard 3 early-'70s nuggets in less than an hour this morning: "Changes", "Superstition", and "Over the Hills & Far Away". I was beginning to think the new PD was phasing '70s classics out in favor of more '80s & '90s but I guess not.
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Last nite around 6:30, I'm in the car, and KFOG is playing "Love Shack". This morning at 9:30, I'm in the shower, and KFOG is playing "Love Shack". Oy.
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I've noticed a short that comes on at 11PM each weeknight that deals with the blues - sometimes it's Dan Ackroyd (aka Elwood Blues), sometimes it's CC Rider. A nice little nugget - anyone else hear it?
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I've noticed a short that comes on at 11PM each weeknight that deals with the blues - sometimes it's Dan Ackroyd (aka Elwood Blues), sometimes it's CC Rider. A nice little nugget - anyone else hear it?
That would be Aykroyd's syndicated "Bluesmobile" thingy (formerly "House of Blues"). They still run the Hour-long weekly version on Sunday at midnite, I think. I thought they had been airing the daily version each midnite (Mon-Fri), so maybe they just moved it up an hour.
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Just me, or does the stream just go quiet during the ad breaks lately? Kinda disconcerting, you never know if you're still connected or not.
Bad user experience, as they say in the Intarweb biz. A couple days ago it was quiet for like 10 minutes after 10@10; somebody had to nudge AL via FB to turn it back on.
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two nice surprises this morning: 1) Steve Rockwell filling in for producer Leanne "Mud" whetever-her-name-is. I could get used to a Rockwell & Renee pairing.
2) they just played "Cleveland Rocks" for LeBron. Heh.
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At 9:50 on Friday, July 11, let history record that Renee played Ian Hunter's Cleveland Rocks, a song better known to the masses as the theme to the Drew Carey Show. I honestly don't think this has been played on KFOG outside of 10@10 since about 1983.
ETA:
2) they just played "Cleveland Rocks" for LeBron. Heh.
Oh, *that's* why they did that.
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At 9:50 on Friday, July 11, let history record that Renee played Ian Hunter's Cleveland Rocks, a song better known to the masses as the theme to the Drew Carey Show. I honestly don't think this has been played on KFOG outside of 10@10 since about 1983.
ETA:
2) they just played "Cleveland Rocks" for LeBron. Heh.
Oh, *that's* why they did that.
yeah. cue "Goin' Back" by Nils L, The Byrds, Dutsy Springfield, or Carole King.
I I don't think the Rockwell/Renee thing was random -- they really sounded good together and I think it was a tryout for something permanent.
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At 9:50 on Friday, July 11, let history record that Renee played Ian Hunter's Cleveland Rocks, a song better known to the masses as the theme to the Drew Carey Show. I honestly don't think this has been played on KFOG outside of 10@10 since about 1983.
ETA:
2) they just played "Cleveland Rocks" for LeBron. Heh.
Oh, *that's* why they did that.
yeah. cue "Goin' Back" by Nils L, The Byrds, Dutsy Springfield, or Carole King.
I I don't think the Rockwell/Renee thing was random -- they really sounded good together and I think it was a tryout for something permanent.
Yeah, I agree -- they sounded much better in tandem than Renee and her pal Mud/whatever who is barely there. If the pairing of Rockwell with Renee works out, we might want to start calling her "Wally Pipp." (See 3rd graf here for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Pipp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Pipp))
For just a second, when I first heard Rockwell's voice I thought it was Greg Gory returned from LA and cringed visibly. So glad to be wrong on that one.
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Just looked back at the KFOG Tunegenie playlist and saw this entry for the Run DMC song in today's set:
Walk This Way (To the Crack)
Rum LSD
WTF?!?
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Just looked back at the KFOG Tunegenie playlist and saw this entry for the Run DMC song in today's set:
Walk This Way (To the Crack)
Rum LSD
WTF?!?
There's a racist (or troll) hacker on the loose.
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At 9:50 on Friday, July 11, let history record that Renee played Ian Hunter's Cleveland Rocks, a song better known to the masses as the theme to the Drew Carey Show. I honestly don't think this has been played on KFOG outside of 10@10 since about 1983.
ETA:
2) they just played "Cleveland Rocks" for LeBron. Heh.
Oh, *that's* why they did that.
yeah. cue "Goin' Back" by Nils L, The Byrds, Dutsy Springfield, or Carole King.
I I don't think the Rockwell/Renee thing was random -- they really sounded good together and I think it was a tryout for something permanent.
Yeah, I agree -- they sounded much better in tandem than Renee and her pal Mud/whatever who is barely there. If the pairing of Rockwell with Renee works out, we might want to start calling her "Wally Pipp." (See 3rd graf here for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Pipp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Pipp))
For just a second, when I first heard Rockwell's voice I thought it was Greg Gory returned from LA and cringed visibly. So glad to be wrong on that one.
I will be sure to tune into that next week (if it’s still going on)...I could see that working quite well. I was never previously a fan of her but I actually like the Renee morning show. Plus, “Renee & Rockwell” has a nice ring to it.
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Just looked back at the KFOG Tunegenie playlist and saw this entry for the Run DMC song in today's set:
Walk This Way (To the Crack)
Rum LSD
WTF?!?
There's a racist (or troll) hacker on the loose.
apparently there is such a track, tho' not by Rum LSD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAfkge_ZIJo
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I will be sure to tune into that next week (if it’s still going on)...I could see that working quite well. I was never previously a fan of her but I actually like the Renee morning show. Plus, “Renee & Rockwell” has a nice ring to it.
he will be back Monday, she said, since "Mud" is still visiting family "in the desert" or something. And I agree, much as I soured on RR in her 10@10 tenure, she sounds decent in the morning. The new PD might be onto something here.
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I will be sure to tune into that next week (if it’s still going on)...I could see that working quite well. I was never previously a fan of her but I actually like the Renee morning show. Plus, “Renee & Rockwell” has a nice ring to it.
he will be back Monday, she said, since "Mud" is still visiting family "in the desert" or something. And I agree, much as I soured on RR in her 10@10 tenure, she sounds decent in the morning. The new PD might be onto something here.
It's been mentioned before that if you have to have Renee, the Morning Show might be the most appropriate (she's nothing if not perky).
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Last nite around 6:30, I'm in the car, and KFOG is playing "Love Shack". This morning at 9:30, I'm in the shower, and KFOG is playing "Love Shack". Oy.
And right now, playing it again!
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Last nite around 6:30, I'm in the car, and KFOG is playing "Love Shack". This morning at 9:30, I'm in the shower, and KFOG is playing "Love Shack". Oy.
And right now, playing it again!
KFOG has been playing a lot of 70s and 80s hits incessantly. I swear I hear Tears for Fears “Head Over Heels” almost every day.
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Last nite around 6:30, I'm in the car, and KFOG is playing "Love Shack". This morning at 9:30, I'm in the shower, and KFOG is playing "Love Shack". Oy.
And right now, playing it again!
KFOG has been playing a lot of 70s and 80s hits incessantly. I swear I hear Tears for Fears “Head Over Heels” almost every day.
Yes, absolutely. Not unlike that period 7 years ago when we were hearing "Rocket Man" and "Sweet Home Ala-bummer" 27 times a week. Lots of '90s "classics" too
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Rockwell was in for Renee -- he said it's "for a couple of days", so maybe she's just taking a long weekend. Meanwhile, AL mentioned on FB that she's getting ready for a trip to Boston so I guess we'll be getting a week of "classics" soon.
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Rockwell was in for Renee -- he said it's "for a couple of days", so maybe she's just taking a long weekend. Meanwhile, AL mentioned on FB that she's getting ready for a trip to Boston so I guess we'll be getting a week of "classics" soon.
I'm headin' that way myself tomorrow morning... maybe I'll see her!
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somewhat surprised to be hearing the Doors' "People are Strange" rather than the Echo/Bunnymen remake. We don't get many '60s "classics" on KFOG these days.
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Well this was a surprise: Roland West of back-in-the-day Live 105 fame, is sitting in for AL this week while she's on vacay.
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Well this was a surprise: Roland West of back-in-the-day Live 105 fame, is sitting in for AL this week while she's on vacay.
annndd... as posted in g-snipes: KFOG is apparently actively advertising in the trades for a morning person:
TripleARadio NEWS BRIEFS:
More changes on the way at KFOG (104.5/97.7) San Francisco-San Jose as the station is officially on the hunt for a new morning show. Off on vacation this week, KFOG MD Renee Richardson has been anchoring mornings since March. In a statement on the search, new KFOG/KSAN OM Jim Richards said, "A complete knowledge of the social space and proof that you're currently using it to your (and your station's) benefit is of high priority. If you can present a fun, upbeat show, please send a link of your demo – no attachments, no Dropbox - give me something to stream from any device." Email Cumulus with "KFOG Mornings" in the subject line.
ETA: scuttlebutt is that they're not looking to get rid of Renee; more likely they want to pair her with someone younger and more social-media-savvy. Or perhaps move AL to mornings with the new person and return RR to middays (with AL still doing 10@10, one hopes)
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Popping up in the latter part of the 9am hour: Outkast, Hey Ya.
Don't think I've ever heard this in their rotatio, save for the few times it's appeared on 10@10.
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Popping up in the latter part of the 9am hour: Outkast, Hey Ya.
Don't think I've ever heard this in their rotatio, save for the few times it's appeared on 10@10.
It's a nice "oh wow" song, but if they start playing it 27 times a week, a la "Drops of Jupiter" and others, then notsomuch. It was a Live 105 staple when it was new, iirc.
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More songs I've heard multiple times in the past week: Sinead's "Nothing Compares 2U", the FF-in-perpetuity "I Melt with You", and ofcourse "Don't Dream It's Over".
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Sounds like they reconfigured their clock again -- that just-before-the-top-of-the-hour commercials stop-set has been pushed back to around :49, at least in the pre-10@10 segment.
And this is my first time hearing this new Tom Petty.
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Anyone else here use the Streamtheworld player and having issues with it this morning? It worked fine for me yesterday, but today, the page doesn't seem to be fully loading, so I'm getting nothing. Having to use the player from the KFOG site, which has never been my favorite.
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Anyone else here use the Streamtheworld player and having issues with it this morning? It worked fine for me yesterday, but today, the page doesn't seem to be fully loading, so I'm getting nothing. Having to use the player from the KFOG site, which has never been my favorite.
yes, tried Chrome and FF and the stupid popup video launched an overlay panel but the vid itself would not render, and my browser just hung there. Couldn't even reload the page.
I opened safari *shudder* and that worked, by jove.
EDIT: Oh, you said the streamtheworld player? No, I was using the player embedded at the bottom of the kfog tunegenie page, here >> kfog.tunegenie.com/#listenlive
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Anyone else here use the Streamtheworld player and having issues with it this morning? It worked fine for me yesterday, but today, the page doesn't seem to be fully loading, so I'm getting nothing. Having to use the player from the KFOG site, which has never been my favorite.
yes, tried Chrome and FF and the stupid popup video launched an overlay panel but the vid itself would not render, and my browser just hung there. Couldn't even reload the page.
I opened safari *shudder* and that worked, by jove.
EDIT: Oh, you said the streamtheworld player? No, I was using the player embedded at the bottom of the kfog tunegenie page, here >> kfog.tunegenie.com/#listenlive
there's also iHeart...
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Mentioned this in the 10@10 thread too but apparently KFOG is going All-McCartney all day Thursday to get folks revved up for the concert.
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Mentioned this in the 10@10 thread too but apparently KFOG is going All-McCartney all day Thursday to get folks revved up for the concert.
Renee said this morning they will be playing Beatle tunes as well but only the Paul-centric ones.
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Mentioned this in the 10@10 thread too but apparently KFOG is going All-McCartney all day Thursday to get folks revved up for the concert.
Renee said this morning they will be playing Beatle tunes as well but only the Paul-centric ones.
so far, "K-Paul" has been very entertaining -- Renee played "My Brave Face" which pretty much made my day. And not long after we got Wings, "Letting Go", another deep track you rarely hear.
OTOH we also got "Silly Love Songs" but whaddyagonnado? Ritchie Unterberg is on right now talking all things Beatles.
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Mentioned this in the 10@10 thread too but apparently KFOG is going All-McCartney all day Thursday to get folks revved up for the concert.
Renee said this morning they will be playing Beatle tunes as well but only the Paul-centric ones.
so far, "K-Paul" has been very entertaining -- Renee played "My Brave Face" which pretty much made my day. And not long after we got Wings, "Letting Go", another deep track you rarely hear.
OTOH we also got "Silly Love Songs" but whaddyagonnado? Ritchie Unterberg is on right now talking all things Beatles.
I would think that "Silly Love Songs" would be MN (when was the last time it appeared on 10@10?). Also we need to hear "No More Lonely Nights"... actually the fact that KFOG could go no-repeat on this concept all day is saying quite a bit.
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Mentioned this in the 10@10 thread too but apparently KFOG is going All-McCartney all day Thursday to get folks revved up for the concert.
Renee said this morning they will be playing Beatle tunes as well but only the Paul-centric ones.
so far, "K-Paul" has been very entertaining -- Renee played "My Brave Face" which pretty much made my day. And not long after we got Wings, "Letting Go", another deep track you rarely hear.
OTOH we also got "Silly Love Songs" but whaddyagonnado? Ritchie Unterberg is on right now talking all things Beatles.
I would think that "Silly Love Songs" would be MN (when was the last time it appeared on 10@10?). Also we need to hear "No More Lonely Nights"... actually the fact that KFOG could go no-repeat on this concept all day is saying quite a bit.
Well, "SLS" is LN for me personally -- one I never need hear again. And now we're hearing (surprise!) "Hey Jude".
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Mentioned this in the 10@10 thread too but apparently KFOG is going All-McCartney all day Thursday to get folks revved up for the concert.
Renee said this morning they will be playing Beatle tunes as well but only the Paul-centric ones.
so far, "K-Paul" has been very entertaining -- Renee played "My Brave Face" which pretty much made my day. And not long after we got Wings, "Letting Go", another deep track you rarely hear.
OTOH we also got "Silly Love Songs" but whaddyagonnado? Ritchie Unterberg is on right now talking all things Beatles.
I would think that "Silly Love Songs" would be MN (when was the last time it appeared on 10@10?). Also we need to hear "No More Lonely Nights"... actually the fact that KFOG could go no-repeat on this concept all day is saying quite a bit.
Well, "SLS" is LN for me personally -- one I never need hear again. And now we're hearing (surprise!) "Hey Jude".
and now it's "Hello Goodbye" for the 2nd time in less than 3 hours -- not an encouraging sign.
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gotta take the bad with the good: "Ebony & Ivory" followed by "All Together Now"
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OMFG: "Junior's Farm", followed by "No More Lonely Nights"!!
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Mentioned this in the 10@10 thread too but apparently KFOG is going All-McCartney all day Thursday to get folks revved up for the concert.
Renee said this morning they will be playing Beatle tunes as well but only the Paul-centric ones.
so far, "K-Paul" has been very entertaining -- Renee played "My Brave Face" which pretty much made my day. And not long after we got Wings, "Letting Go", another deep track you rarely hear.
OTOH we also got "Silly Love Songs" but whaddyagonnado? Ritchie Unterberg is on right now talking all things Beatles.
I would think that "Silly Love Songs" would be MN (when was the last time it appeared on 10@10?). Also we need to hear "No More Lonely Nights"... actually the fact that KFOG could go no-repeat on this concept all day is saying quite a bit.
It just played (No More Lonely Nights, that is). Hope you were listening? Does David Gilmour play on that track? The solo sounds like it was lifted from a Pink Floyd record.
Did anyone else notice that when she played Ebony and Ivory, she didn't pot up the levels until about two minutes in, so half the song was vewy vewy quiet...
Bummed I missed My Brave Face, but hoping for Circle of Eight later on.
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Does David Gilmour play on that track?
Yes
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Have they played anything post-Flaming Pie (1999-present)?
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Have they played anything post-Flaming Pie (1999-present)?
haven't heard anything. I have to assume "Queenie Eye" will pop up, since they played that pretty heavily. I'm also hearing lots of repeats of stuff Renee played this morning, so this is getting a little tired for me.
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Mmmmm... fish and finger pie!
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Have they played anything post-Flaming Pie (1999-present)?
Not that I've heard, but I haven't been listening nonstop. Seems to be about 3 to 1 Beatles tracks to Paul/Wings so far as noticed.
Really enjoying this Joe Jackson cover of Girl that AL is playing for the noontime feature, whatever it's called.
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Have they played anything post-Flaming Pie (1999-present)?
Not that I've heard, but I haven't been listening nonstop. Seems to be about 3 to 1 Beatles tracks to Paul/Wings so far as noticed.
Really enjoying this Joe Jackson cover of Girl that AL is playing for the noontime feature, whatever it's called.
And "Hey Jude" for the 2nd time in 3 hours (plus Tommy Smothers intro) sends me to the exits.
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I heard WHen I'm Sixty-four this morning shortly before 10@10, and then about 2;30 this afternoon as I got back from lunch, so obviously they have a limited list to pull from. However, right now AL is playing You Know My Name (Look Up the Number), so maybe they have a little latitude to pull some deeper stuff, too.
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I heard WHen I'm Sixty-four this morning shortly before 10@10, and then about 2;30 this afternoon as I got back from lunch, so obviously they have a limited list to pull from. However, right now AL is playing You Know My Name (Look Up the Number), so maybe they have a little latitude to pull some deeper stuff, too.
I normally run screaming from KFOG except for 10 at 10, but I dialed in to hear some of KPaul this morning, and Renée had Richie Unterberg on, he of the Rock-And-Roll-Slideshow-In-A-Public-Library-Basement-Meeting-Room fame. (I saw him do an Early RnR show at the Page Street liberry once.)
Renée: well, we know you like the Beatles, but what about Paul's solo stuff? do you like Wings?
Richie: No,not really. The only solo Beatles record I think comes close to the spirit of the group is George's "All Things Must Pass."
later some caller asked him what his fave Beatles movie was. "It's probably no surprise that it's A Hard Day's Night." agree :)
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I heard WHen I'm Sixty-four this morning shortly before 10@10, and then about 2;30 this afternoon as I got back from lunch, so obviously they have a limited list to pull from. However, right now AL is playing You Know My Name (Look Up the Number), so maybe they have a little latitude to pull some deeper stuff, too.
Well, it's still corporate radio and you can't do ANYTHING without clearance, and you have to have an explanation for everything you do, and submit it in advance, etc. And so there was probably a core list of the Macca songs that "test well" and those are the ones coming up every 3 hours.
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Have they played anything post-Flaming Pie (1999-present)?
haven't heard anything. I have to assume "Queenie Eye" will pop up, since they played that pretty heavily. I'm also hearing lots of repeats of stuff Renee played this morning, so this is getting a little tired for me.
When I got in my car and tuned in (Webster was on), here's what I heard:
tail end of "The End"
"Can't Buy Me Love"
"Lovely Rita"
commercials
"Back In The U.S.S.R."
"I Saw Her Standing There"
"Another Girl"
The Macca solo hits that have been played since 6AM today:
"Live And Let Die"
"My Brave Face"
"Maybe I'm Amazed"
"Letting Go"
"With A Little Luck"
"My Love"
"Say Say Say"
"Silly Love Songs"
"Helen Wheels"
"Listen To What The Man Said"
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
"Let 'Em In"
"Ebony And Ivory"
"Junior's Farm"
"No More Lonely Nights"
"Venus And Mars/Rock Show"/"Jet" (from Wings Over America)
"Jet"
"San Francisco Bay Blues"
"Band On The Run"
"With A Little Luck" (repeat)
"Maybe I'm Amazed" (repeat)
"Listen To What The Man Said" (repeat)
"Junior's Farm" (repeat)
"Silly Love Songs" (repeat)
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (repeat)
"Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five"
"My Love" (repeat)
"Ebony And Ivory" (repeat)
"Say Say Say" (repeat)
"Helen Wheels" (repeat)
"Live And Let Die" (repeat)
"Let 'Em In" (repeat)
"Venus And Mars/Rock Show" (repeat)
"Jet" (repeat)
"San Francisco Bay Blues" (repeat)
"Save Us"
"Listen To What The Man Said" (repeat x 2)
"Let Me Roll It"
"My Valentine"
"Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five" (repeat)
"Maybe I'm Amazed" (repeat x 2)
"Another Day"
"Here Today"
"New"
"Queenie Eye"
"Everybody Out There"
"Band On The Run" (repeat)
"Live And Let Die" (repeat x 2)
"Hi, Hi, Hi"
Most of the songs are probably from Wingspan; one from Flowers In The Dirt; one from Wings Over America
(looks like the player confused it with the studio track); one from Unplugged: The Offical Bootleg;
two from Band On The Run (excluding "Jet" and "Band On The Run"); four from New;
one from Kisses On The Bottom; and one from Tug Of War.
Nothing from Paul's solo catalog past 1991, FYI... Hold on, Webster is playing a track from New (as well as Kissses On The Bottom)!
ETA: Is KFOG KPaul taking requests?
ETA2: Starting with "Save Us", Webster is recreating tonight's setlist.
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ETA: Is KFOG KPaul taking requests?
AL played a recording of her taking a call from a Foghead who called in to ask for "I Will" for his father, whose birthday is tomorrow, and who is from Liverpool (or was that his grandmother?), and was surprised with tickets to tonights' show today. She said that "by complete coincidence, she had it cued up to play (Uhhh, yeah, I suppose ) but she did then play it for him. But I suspect that's the exception. Probably not too many other requests getting played. Unless you ask for Hey Jude. :)
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A friend posted on FB that he got stuck in a 2-hr commute because he didn't know about the Macca concert. I told him he shoulda listened to what the man said.
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Funny, but the Macca concert seemed to go exactly as predicted: Great music, lots of smoke, and a helluvalotuv traffic issues. There are reasons why the Giants and 49ers wanted to move.
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Funny, but the Macca concert seemed to go exactly as predicted: Great music, lots of smoke, and a helluvalotuv traffic issues. There are reasons why the Giants and 49ers wanted to move.
I'm reading that one prob was that lots of people w/out tix parked in the lot to tailgate and listen to the show for the price of parking. (what, they don't check tickets at the lot entrance??) So folks who had tix couldn't get in after a certain point. Which totally blows.
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Funny, but the Macca concert seemed to go exactly as predicted: Great music, lots of smoke, and a helluvalotuv traffic issues. There are reasons why the Giants and 49ers wanted to move.
I'm reading that one prob was that lots of people w/out tix parked in the lot to tailgate and listen to the show for the price of parking. (what, they don't check tickets at the lot entrance??) So folks who had tix couldn't get in after a certain point. Which totally blows.
shoulda biked, bitches
http://blog.sfgate.com/bicycle/2014/08/14/helen-two-wheels-cycling-to-the-paul-mccartney-concert-at-candlestick-park/
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ah, "Barely Breathing" has returned to the rotation...
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Webster posted on FB yesterday looking for suggestions for the 6pm Friday Request Hour. Some woman asked for "Dream of the Blue Turtle" by "Joe Satrioni". I wonder which song she actually got, if any.
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Webster posted on FB yesterday looking for suggestions for the 6pm Friday Request Hour. Some woman asked for "Dream of the Blue Turtle" by "Joe Satrioni". I wonder which song she actually got, if any.
The real dream of the flying blue turtles is that both Sting and Satrioni retire.
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damn, this Train song ("Angel in BlueJeans") is as shameless an attempt to sound like everything-else-that's-popular-on-the-radio as I've ever heard.
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Not strictly KFOG but I can't think where else to put this:
The crappy state of radio in the Portland area has turned me into a button-pusher when I'm in the car; a song I don't want to hear comes on (or a string of ads) and boom! I'm off to another station. Classic rock, alternative, jazz, NPR, oldies, I've got em all programmed.
So yesterday, I am listening to a classic rock station from Corvallis and Henley's Boys of Summer comes on. I listen for a few and decide I've heard enough of this lately, so off I go to a different classic rock station in Portland. I forget what song was on, but it ends a few minutes later and the next song is....Boys of Summer. Thankfully I was almost home, so didn't have to hear too much of it.
So this morning I sit down at my deskt to start work, fire up the KFOG player, and the song that's playing is....yep, Boys of Summer. I hope this isn't an omen for the Dodgers.
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Not strictly KFOG but I can't think where else to put this:
The crappy state of radio in the Portland area has turned me into a button-pusher when I'm in the car; a song I don't want to hear comes on (or a string of ads) and boom! I'm off to another station. Classic rock, alternative, jazz, NPR, oldies, I've got em all programmed.
So yesterday, I am listening to a classic rock station from Corvallis and Henley's Boys of Summer comes on. I listen for a few and decide I've heard enough of this lately, so off I go to a different classic rock station in Portland. I forget what song was on, but it ends a few minutes later and the next song is....Boys of Summer. Thankfully I was almost home, so didn't have to hear too much of it.
So this morning I sit down at my deskt to start work, fire up the KFOG player, and the song that's playing is....yep, Boys of Summer. I hope this isn't an omen for the Dodgers.
so many stations use the same consultants and the same lists of songs that "test well" that sadly, this is inevitable.
I remember when I first figured this out: late '80s, one day I was driving around eastern Lawn Guyland, tuning around the dial, and was listening to a rock station from Connecticut; they played Golden Earring's "Twilight Zone" which was around 5 years old at the time; I hadn't heard it in a while... but in the course of the afternoon I heard it on 2 other stations! It was one of those "Aha!" moments.
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eek. 2nd time this morning for this insipid Lana Del Rey tune. Whatever song they play shortly before six comes up again right before 10, it seems.
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So what's with the robo-back-announce on KFOG for most of the songs? Are they trying to convince us that robots are running the show? This seems like a (possibly very) bad thing. Or is it supposed to evoke some kind of youthful Live105 feeling?
It hardly matters since I rarely listen to KFOG outside of 10at10, but there's a pledge drive on, so KQED is hard to listen to.
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So what's with the robo-back-announce on KFOG for most of the songs? Are they trying to convince us that robots are running the show? This seems like a (possibly very) bad thing. Or is it supposed to evoke some kind of youthful Live105 feeling?
It hardly matters since I rarely listen to KFOG outside of 10at10, but there's a pledge drive on, so KQED is hard to listen to.
It is indeed an idea they stole from Live 105, who did it for years (not sure if they still do). It's only done after current or new(ish) songs, and i assume it's to make record labels happy. (and coincidentally helps those to whom a song is new and who aren't logged on to a computer).
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So what's with the robo-back-announce on KFOG for most of the songs? Are they trying to convince us that robots are running the show? This seems like a (possibly very) bad thing. Or is it supposed to evoke some kind of youthful Live105 feeling?
It hardly matters since I rarely listen to KFOG outside of 10at10, but there's a pledge drive on, so KQED is hard to listen to.
It is indeed an idea they stole from Live 105, who did it for years (not sure if they still do). It's only done after current or new(ish) songs, and i assume it's to make record labels happy. (and coincidentally helps those to whom a song is new and who aren't logged on to a computer).
While I would prefer a more friendly voice, I actually appreciate the backsell. Saves me from having to look it up myself. Give the powers that be a point for this one.
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So what's with the robo-back-announce on KFOG for most of the songs? Are they trying to convince us that robots are running the show? This seems like a (possibly very) bad thing. Or is it supposed to evoke some kind of youthful Live105 feeling?
It hardly matters since I rarely listen to KFOG outside of 10at10, but there's a pledge drive on, so KQED is hard to listen to.
It is indeed an idea they stole from Live 105, who did it for years (not sure if they still do). It's only done after current or new(ish) songs, and i assume it's to make record labels happy. (and coincidentally helps those to whom a song is new and who aren't logged on to a computer).
While I would prefer a more friendly voice, I actually appreciate the backsell. Saves me from having to look it up myself. Give the powers that be a point for this one.
It's basically a form of customer service, like Amazon sending you tracking info after you place an order. As someone who used to run a mail-order store, once UPS emailed my customers their tracking numbers, the "where's my stuff?" emails and phone calls stopped. Presumably, the back sell keeps people from angrily calling KFOG everyday at 6:15 to ask "What the hell is this awful song about church?"
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I'm all for supporting our vets and such, but having that "no soldier left behind" clip that comes on indefinite auto-repeat on the stream after the set the last couple of days has me ready to slit my wrists.
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I'm all for supporting our vets and such, but having that "no soldier left behind" clip that comes on indefinite auto-repeat on the stream after the set the last couple of days has me ready to slit my wrists.
They're also running (over-the air, and I think overnites only) a spot for some Jeezus website -- iamsecond.com, apparently meaning our concerns are second to what God wants -- featuring Clayton Kershaw talking about how he's put his life in God's hands. Jeebus.
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Been hearing Alabama Shakes' "Hold On" a lot lately -- interesting, since that St Paul & the Broken Bones tune they've been flogging sounds exactly like da Shakes (and SP&tBBs male lead singer sounds just like Britney what's-her-name)
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Well this was a surprise: Roland West of back-in-the-day Live 105 fame, is sitting in for AL this week while she's on vacay.
He's on now.
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Well this was a surprise: Roland West of back-in-the-day Live 105 fame, is sitting in for AL this week while she's on vacay.
He's on now.
I'm wondering if maybe he's a contender to join the morning show. Been a couple months since that ran that ad in the trades. Don't know what his social media skills are like -- that was supposed to be a major qualification.
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Renee (back from vacay) was supposed to announce this years Koncert 4 Kidz artists at 8am. Didn't hear it. Supposedly more than one show this year.
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I already hate this James Bay guy: his song is called "Let it Go" but it's not the Frozen hit.
Let it go
Let it be
You be you
I'll be me
Jeebus.
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Renee played "The Promise" by When in Rome this morning around 6:45; I can't remember that one being in KFOG rotay (tho' it certainly oughta be). It's something of a staple on Kiss-FM these days.
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Milky Chance are German? No wonder that damn song sounds like Dieter from "Sprockets". Now iss the time ven ve dance!
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KFOG announced they are banning the play of "Royals" until the Series is over.
So, in KC is there a station refusing to play Young the Giant?
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KFOG announced they are banning the play of "Royals" until the Series is over.
So, in KC is there a station refusing to play Young the Giant?
If 1990 were to appear soon, AL really oughta play Giant's "I'll See You In My Dreams", forgettable as that hit was.
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There was some discussion on the "Fogheads for the Old Format" FB page about the current music mix, and comments along the lines of "artists they used to play all the time" that aren't played any more. Hardly news to us. And speaking of former KFOG staples, The Bone played Kenny Wayne Shepard this afternoon, which was something of a surprise to me.
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New contender for KFOG's most-repeated oldie: Queen "You're My Best Friend", which I have heard 4 or 5 times this week -- and The Bone has it in rotation too.
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New contender for KFOG's most-repeated oldie: Queen "You're My Best Friend", which I have heard 4 or 5 times this week -- and The Bone has it in rotation too.
I prefer this to Killer Queen. Fond memories from summer of 76. :)
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New contender for KFOG's most-repeated oldie: Queen "You're My Best Friend", which I have heard 4 or 5 times this week -- and The Bone has it in rotation too.
I prefer this to Killer Queen.
Oh I do, too -- and apparently their most recent focus-group felt the same way.
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good lord I am so sick of "Riptide". They must play it 6 or 7 times a day. No joy in Vance Joy.
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This morning I was stunned to hear them play the live Fleetwood Mac at the Record Plant from 1974. A great KSAN broadcast. They played Black Magic Woman > Oh Well. Of course Renee said it was from 1973 instead, and made no mention of it being Bob Welch on lead guitar/vocals.
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This morning I was stunned to hear them play the live Fleetwood Mac at the Record Plant from 1974. A great KSAN broadcast. They played Black Magic Woman > Oh Well. Of course Renee said it was from 1973 instead, and made no mention of it being Bob Welch on lead guitar/vocals.
Did she at least mention it was from KSAN?
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It's rare that I express any approval for a commercial, but I gotta say I get a bit of nostalgic enjoyment from the Berkeley Shreds spot that runs on the KFOG stream, with two actors portraying Beethoven and Mozart, complete with cheesy German accents and wacky pronunciation ("com-pooter"). Hearkens back to the days when radio stations produced a lot of their ads in-house with crazy scripts like this one.
On the other hand: I am really tiring of Train's latest "Angel in Blue Jeans" single. (Where did they steal that title from anyway? I know I've heard it elsewhere.) The song apes the relatively recent Mumford/Lumineers/neo-pseudo-bluegrass trend, but I don't consider that a positive. Time for it to go away, along with a number of the other songs in heavy rotation (Kongos, Hozier, Vance Joy, Milky Chance, and the list goes on).
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On the other hand: I am really tiring of Train's latest "Angel in Blue Jeans" single. (Where did they steal that title from anyway? I know I've heard it elsewhere.) The song apes the relatively recent Mumford/Lumineers/neo-pseudo-bluegrass trend, but I don't consider that a positive. Time for it to go away, along with a number of the other songs in heavy rotation (Kongos, Hozier, Vance Joy, Milky Chance, and the list goes on).
as I said when it first appeared, the Train song is a blatant example of Desperately Trying to Sound Llke Everything Else on the Radio. The way that songs stick around in current and recurrent rotation for months and even years is one of the many things wrong with radio these days.
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Time for it to go away, along with a number of the other songs in heavy rotation (Kongos, Hozier, Vance Joy, Milky Chance, and the list goes on).
Take off you Hozier!
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Time for it to go away, along with a number of the other songs in heavy rotation (Kongos, Hozier, Vance Joy, Milky Chance, and the list goes on).
Take off you Hozier!
Hee. I was *so* hoping he was Canadian.
Sadly, there's not a milky snowball's milky chance in milky hell that those songs are going away. They're still playing that annoying "Sweater Weather" song, which is a year-and-a-half old.
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Time for it to go away, along with a number of the other songs in heavy rotation (Kongos, Hozier, Vance Joy, Milky Chance, and the list goes on).
Take off you Hozier!
Hee. I was *so* hoping he was Canadian.
Sadly, there's not a milky snowball's milky chance in milky hell that those songs are going away. They're still playing that annoying "Sweater Weather" song, which is a year-and-a-half old.
I'm afraid you're right. At least Mumford et al seems to have been given the heave-ho for now.
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Where did they steal that title from anyway? I know I've heard it elsewhere.
TANC: The original just came up on my iPOD.
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Where did they steal that title from anyway? I know I've heard it elsewhere.
TANC: The original just came up on my iPOD.
Who's the artist?
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Where did they steal that title from anyway? I know I've heard it elsewhere.
TANC: The original just came up on my iPOD.
Who's the artist?
Your question made me check to see if the J Geils Band song was a cover. It's not, but written and produced by organist Seth Justman. If Wiki's not lying, that is.
However, there apparently is a cover version by none other than Captain Jack!
ETA: And now I realize that "Centerfold" doesn't ever mention "Angel In Blue Jeans". Selective hearing on my part, I guess. Or the threat of rain.
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Where did they steal that title from anyway? I know I've heard it elsewhere.
TANC: The original just came up on my iPOD.
Who's the artist?
Your question made me check to see if the J Geils Band song was a cover. It's not, but written and produced by organist Seth Justman. If Wiki's not lying, that is.
However, there apparently is a cover version by none other than Captain Jack!
ETA: And now I realize that "Centerfold" doesn't ever mention "Angel In Blue Jeans". Selective hearing on my part, I guess. Or the threat of rain.
Oh. I thought you were talking about an actual song titled Angel in Blue Jeans.
Bet Seth Justman's blood runs cold when he hears the Train song.
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Where did they steal that title from anyway? I know I've heard it elsewhere.
TANC: The original just came up on my iPOD.
Who's the artist?
Your question made me check to see if the J Geils Band song was a cover. It's not, but written and produced by organist Seth Justman. If Wiki's not lying, that is.
However, there apparently is a cover version by none other than Captain Jack!
ETA: And now I realize that "Centerfold" doesn't ever mention "Angel In Blue Jeans". Selective hearing on my part, I guess. Or the threat of rain.
Oh. I thought you were talking about an actual song titled Angel in Blue Jeans.
Bet Seth Justman's blood runs cold when he hears the Train song.
But the J Geils Band actually have a song called "Angel In Blue", which might have been what I was thinking of.
AFAIK, "Angel In Blue Jeans" is an original. I do believe all of Train's hits are original, FWIW
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I love the Hozier song. I like how the lyrics are elegant/irreverant/poetic/sing-songy at the same time and his vocal range really is impressive. But that Vance Joy song can go. (Although, I’m not nearly as tired of it on KFOG as I am of it on Live 105 -- who knows how Riptide ended up #1 on Alternative. ::) )
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BIG NEWS: I haven't heard the promo myself, but a 'snipe posted that KFOG is running a teaser for the "new" Morning Show and Irish Greg's voice was definitely heard. Wow.
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BIG NEWS: I haven't heard the promo myself, but a 'snipe posted that KFOG is running a teaser for the "new" Morning Show and Irish Greg's voice was definitely heard. Wow.
Whoa. Wonder if Webster or Peter Finch are part of this plan as well? "We're getting the band back together, man!"
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BIG NEWS: I haven't heard the promo myself, but a 'snipe posted that KFOG is running a teaser for the "new" Morning Show and Irish Greg's voice was definitely heard. Wow.
Whoa. Wonder if Webster or Peter Finch are part of this plan as well? "We're getting the band back together, man!"
I suspect they're happy with Webster in afternoons. And a Renee/Greg pairing would be fine with me -- RR has been surprisingly good in the AM and having Greg to banter with instead of Mud, or Leeanne, or whatever her producer's name is, would make her even better IMHO.
Peter Finch? dunno, but since KGO is in the process of cutting back news and bringing back talk hosts, It's possible Peter could be looking for a job.
I'm wondering if they advertised back in July to throw people off the scent, and perhaps they had Irish Greg in mind all along -- and were waiting for IG's contract at 103.7 to be up at the end of the year?
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BIG NEWS: I haven't heard the promo myself, but a 'snipe posted that KFOG is running a teaser for the "new" Morning Show and Irish Greg's voice was definitely heard. Wow.
Whoa. Wonder if Webster or Peter Finch are part of this plan as well? "We're getting the band back together, man!"
I suspect they're happy with Webster in afternoons. And a Renee/Greg pairing would be fine with me -- RR has been surprisingly good in the AM and having Greg to banter with instead of Mud, or Leeanne, or whatever her producer's name is, would make her even better IMHO.
Peter Finch? dunno, but since KGO is in the process of cutting back news and bringing back talk hosts, It's possible Peter could be looking for a job.
I'm wondering if they advertised back in July to throw people off the scent, and perhaps they had Irish Greg in mind all along -- and were waiting for IG's contract at 103.7 to be up at the end of the year?
The plot thickens: I finally heard the promo. Greg says he's "bringing a friend" but is "contractually" forbidden from saying who it is. Which has me a bit worried. That would indicate it's someone who works for (or was recently fired from) a competitor. Peter works for KGO, which is part of the Cumulus family, so I don't know why they wouldn't be allowed to mention him. But Live 105 recently fired No Name, and I fear he could be a possibility.
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Listening to Renee this morning and shortly before 8 she played "Pepper" by Butthole Surfers, which I don't think I've ever heard on KFOG outside of a couple of 10@10s.
And I heard another Morning Show promo -- sounded like No Name to me, albeit a more subdued, less-shticky version of him.
It's official -- it is indeed NoName. Hopefully a KFOG-friendly version of him. He may be using his real name, Mike Nelson.
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Yeah, we ran into Greg at Concert for Kids down in San Jose, and he swore us to secrecy that he was coming back (although we heard the promos too). Great detective work, Mike on guessing that it was No Name.
He's definitely been acting like the new kid today, being very very deferential to Renee and Greg, telling them they can call him No Name, or Mike, whatever they like.
Everybody seems quite enthusiastic, of course. Great to hear Greg again. Wonder what happened to the old producer, Mud (Liane?).
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Yeah, we ran into Greg at Concert for Kids down in San Jose, and he swore us to secrecy that he was coming back (although we heard the promos too). Great detective work, Mike on guessing that it was No Name.
He's definitely been acting like the new kid today, being very very deferential to Renee and Greg, telling them they can call him No Name, or Mike, whatever they like.
Everybody seems quite enthusiastic, of course. Great to hear Greg again. Wonder what happened to the old producer, Mud (Liane?).
Well, to be fair, there were only a couple of possibilities, given who would "fit" at KFOG and who was available in the local talent pool. I'm guessing Mud went back to KGO which is where she was before.
NOTE: a *lot* of "welcome back Greg" comments on the KFOG FB page. NoName... notsomuch. "sorry, but i've switched stations because of that guy's voice for years. stop shouting like you're 'straining' on the toilet!" Heh.
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NOTE: a *lot* of "welcome back Greg" comments on the KFOG FB page. NoName... notsomuch. "sorry, but i've switched stations because of that guy's voice for years. stop shouting like you're 'straining' on the toilet!" Heh.
I gotta say that I had hoped NoName would dial down the affected "douche-bro" delivery. Surely he doesn't talk like that 24/7? I would think his voice must be fried after shouting like that for a 4-hour airshift.
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I listened to the new show and could barely tolerate an hour of these voices talking over each other. Doesn’t help that NN & IG’s voices make my ears bleed.
I’ll give it a couple weeks to see if they can get into a groove before dismissing it completely. To be fair, I was not previously a fan of Renee but I ended up liking her solo morning show just fine. Hopefully this will turn out the same. Also, I have to give the PD credit for trying to keep things interesting.
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I listened to the new show and could barely tolerate an hour of these voices talking over each other. Doesn’t help that NN & IG’s voices make my ears bleed.
I’ll give it a couple weeks to see if they can get into a groove before dismissing it completely. To be fair, I was not previously a fan of Renee but I ended up liking her solo morning show just fine. Hopefully this will turn out the same. Also, I have to give the PD credit for trying to keep things interesting.
well, some of us find Irish accents sexy ;) But listening to NoName makes *my* vocal chords hurt.
They seem to be trying to phase out Mike Inouye's traffic reports: we get a snippet of him and then Renee does the rest of the traffic. It doesn't really make sense to pay NBC Bay Area for outsourced traffic when there are now 3 people in the studio (and Cumulus has an in-house traffic service).
BTW, Inouye's internet and Twitter pages say he's an "improv comedian" -- I'd've never guessed that in a million years, he sounds so boring and corporate.
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This was the first day that NoName sounded like a normal person. Hope that's a trend.
ETA: worth noting, perhaps -- NoName's monicker on FB is officially Mike "No Name" Nelson.
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It's bugging me a little that they're treating Mike like he's a 22-year old dummy, and that he's playing right into that role. Geez, I think the guy is well in his 30s or 40s. Renee making a huge deal about him never going to a Dave Matthews concert (ugh, never again for me), about never having introduced an Indigo Girls song (and how it is going to help him get in touch with his feminine side), blah blah blah.
And apparently next week they're going to bring Rosalie in to help with the "Deaducation of No Name".
Ooof.
Voice-wise, I'm fine with him, because I used to occasionally listen to him on Alice when he was paired with Sarah. But yeah, he is a little "yelly". I do think he's mellowing a bit though.
I guess the fact that we (and Facebook) are talking about him at wall is probably making execs happy.
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It's bugging me a little that they're treating Mike like he's a 22-year old dummy, and that he's playing right into that role. Geez, I think the guy is well in his 30s or 40s. Renee making a huge deal about him never going to a Dave Matthews concert (ugh, never again for me), about never having introduced an Indigo Girls song (and how it is going to help him get in touch with his feminine side), blah blah blah.
And apparently next week they're going to bring Rosalie in to help with the "Deaducation of No Name".
Ooof.
I'm guessing this is a function of them not wanting to repeat the Twitch debacle, so they're spoon-feeding Fogheads the idea that NoName is not anything like Twitch, he's a good guy, educatable in the ways of Fogheads etc. I agree that it's overkill, but that's radio -- assume the audience needs to be hit over the head with everything. ::)
BTW some Googling reveals he's 40-ish
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Oh right, I forgot he was a Santa Clara University alum -- he would talk about this on Alice, occasionally. I love KSCU!
http://www.scu.edu/scm/spring2011/no-name-revealed-full.cfm
Let's see, class of '96, so... yeah, assuming he graduated at 22 + 18 puts him near 40.
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New Releases Thursday has mysteriously morphed into... New Releases Tuesday. Renee, NoName and Greg each play a fave new song of theirs in the course of the show. Renee's pick today was Father John Misty (he's not a priest).
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New Releases Thursday has mysteriously morphed into... New Releases Tuesday. Renee, NoName and Greg each play a fave new song of theirs in the course of the show. Renee's pick today was Father John Misty (he's not a priest).
No, not a priest. Real name is J. Tillman. He's also had some success as the drummer for Fleet Foxes. His last record, Fear Fun, is almost two years old, but I think there's a new one due out soon.
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When did they start signing off from the Morning Show at 9:45? Used to be customary for whoever was hosting to make their final comments and farewell for the day sometime around 9:52 or thereabouts, but last week I noticed they were "see ya later, bye" by quarter of the hour.
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When did they start signing off from the Morning Show at 9:45? Used to be customary for whoever was hosting to make their final comments and farewell for the day sometime around 9:52 or thereabouts, but last week I noticed they were "see ya later, bye" by quarter of the hour.
I guess they're trying not to interrupt that "one-hour flight of KFOG music" or whatever the catch-phrase is these days.
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Apparently "Connected" is no longer.
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There's a post on FB by "KFOG Radio"; the topic being SF-vs-NYC, where would you rather live... I swear the comments look like one of the parody FB threads that our Big Fingers McGee does from time to time.
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Apparently "Connected" is no longer.
:-{
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Oh hey, if anybody wants to hear a "Geezer" embarass himself, tune in for tomorrow's 7:30AM "Mind the Gap", where I miss a really easy question. To be fair, 1) I shouldn't have been using a speakerphone, 2) I should've asked them to replay the clip, 3) I had Google open, 4) the prize is a concert that's on a school-night, so we wouldn't have been able to go anyways.
Yeah, I'm just trying to make myself feel better. Also, the "hipster" was a 29-year old guy from Berkeley who's going to be on Jeopardy next month. Gah!
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Oh hey, if anybody wants to hear a "Geezer" embarass himself, tune in for tomorrow's 7:30AM "Mind the Gap", where I miss a really easy question. To be fair, 1) I shouldn't have been using a speakerphone, 2) I should've asked them to replay the clip, 3) I had Google open, 4) the prize is a concert that's on a school-night, so we wouldn't have been able to go anyways.
Yeah, I'm just trying to make myself feel better. Also, the "hipster" was a 29-year old guy from Berkeley who's going to be on Jeopardy next month. Gah!
you're practically a part-time deejay at this point!
I meant to mention earlier that Kaiser has purchased temporary naming rights -- "from the Kaiser Permanente studio" sez the promo. I remember when AL was on K-FOX they had the "DGDG.com studios" so it's become a widespread thing I guess.
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New Releases Thursday has mysteriously morphed into... New Releases Tuesday. Renee, NoName and Greg each play a fave new song of theirs in the course of the show. Renee's pick today was Father John Misty (he's not a priest).
Yeah, that is weird how it moved to Tuesday. A search for New Release Tuesday turns up... a podcast of Christian music?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Release_Tuesday
Looks like they killed New Release Thursday back in December: http://www.kfog.com/common/more.php?m=56&r=23&mode=3&is_corp=0
Ah, here we go: https://www.facebook.com/kfogradio/posts/978388478856054
KFOG Radio
January 6 at 7:00am ·
New show for the New Year so we might as well make it New Releases TUESDAY!! Here's No name's pick for the week...do you like the latest from the Foo Fighters? #KFOGMorningShow
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I meant to mention earlier that Kaiser has purchased temporary naming rights -- "from the Kaiser Permanente studio" sez the promo. I remember when AL was on K-FOX they had the "DGDG.com studios" so it's become a widespread thing I guess.
Ah I heard that too. So weird. Does that mean they can get flu shots during the show?
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Whoa, "Today in Rock History" -- I don't think I've ever heard that canned thing before. Have they been playing it long?
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New Releases Thursday has mysteriously morphed into... New Releases Tuesday. Renee, NoName and Greg each play a fave new song of theirs in the course of the show. Renee's pick today was Father John Misty (he's not a priest).
Yeah, that is weird how it moved to Tuesday. A search for New Release Tuesday turns up... a podcast of Christian music?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Release_Tuesday
Looks like they killed New Release Thursday back in December: http://www.kfog.com/common/more.php?m=56&r=23&mode=3&is_corp=0
Ah, here we go: https://www.facebook.com/kfogradio/posts/978388478856054
KFOG Radio
January 6 at 7:00am ·
New show for the New Year so we might as well make it New Releases TUESDAY!! Here's No name's pick for the week...do you like the latest from the Foo Fighters? #KFOGMorningShow
radio history trivia: stations used to do a lot of special things on Thursday mornings (big contests etc) because that was the day-of-the-week that weekly Arbitron diaries traditionally started (when folks used to fill those out by hand). Now that ratings are done differently, I guess Thurs is just another day. The Peak does New Releases Wednesday, iirc.
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Whoa, "Today in Rock History" -- I don't think I've ever heard that canned thing before. Have they been playing it long?
A month or two, at least. I think it's a space-filler for the stream, I don't think it goes out over the air.
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Whoa, "Today in Rock History" -- I don't think I've ever heard that canned thing before. Have they been playing it long?
A month or two, at least. I think it's a space-filler for the stream, I don't think it goes out over the air.
Ah that would explain it, as I seldom listen to the stream.
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Renee's pick for New Releases
Thursday Tuesday was "Kansas City" from that New Basement Tapes project. Better late than never, I guess.
It also appears they haven't dumped Mike Inouye's traffic reports after all.
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Siouxie's "Kiss Them For Me" in regular rotay seems a mild surprise to me; don't recall hearing it outside 10@10.
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KFOG is having their Holiday Party today -- WTF?
The Decemberists "Make You Better" is a welcome addition to the rotay, and I don't say that very often.
OTOH: I never need to hear "Hey There Delilah" ever again. And my word is good.
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OTOH: I never need to hear "Hey There Delilah" ever again. And my word is good.
Mine, too. When I heard the beginning of that I was sorely tempted to actually call in and complain loudly, but given a 'Classic Set' was in the offing, I figured there was probably no one likely willing to pick up the phone and listen to my rant.
True fact though...the Delilah in question was his real college sweetheart & the reason they were so far apart in the lyrics is that she was training for the Olympics in Track (hurdles, iirc) and made the team as a 1st alternate but never got to compete.
Song is still waaay overrated & was WAAAY, WAAAY overplayed back in the day.
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True fact though...the Delilah in question was his real college sweetheart & the reason they were so far apart in the lyrics is that she was training for the Olympics in Track (hurdles, iirc) and made the team as a 1st alternate but never got to compete.
Steeplechase actually. Check out a Wall Street Journal blogger try to learn to do it from her in their funny series "How Hard Could It Be?"
http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2012/07/13/london-olympics-delilah-dicrescenzo-steeplechase-how-hard-can-it-be/
But yeah, I don't like the song either.
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Altho' I don't have much use for DMB -- and here he is for the 2nd time this morning -- I'll concede it makes sense for KFOG to play him a lot because, really, who else in town does? Alice, maybe? certainly not The Bone or K-FOX. OTOH, "Tainted Love" is played by KISS-FM and probably even KOIT.
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Altho' I don't have much use for DMB -- and here he is for the 2nd time this morning -- I'll concede it makes sense for KFOG to play him a lot because, really, who else in town does? Alice, maybe? certainly not The Bone or K-FOX. OTOH, "Tainted Love" is played by KISS-FM and probably even KOIT.
Dave Mathews Band?
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Altho' I don't have much use for DMB -- and here he is for the 2nd time this morning -- I'll concede it makes sense for KFOG to play him a lot because, really, who else in town does? Alice, maybe? certainly not The Bone or K-FOX. OTOH, "Tainted Love" is played by KISS-FM and probably even KOIT.
Dave Mathews Band?
Yes.
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awww... Irish Greg participating in his first Super Bowl buy-a-box grid. Our little boy is all grown up! *sniff*
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They replayed one of their "Mind the Gap" segments early this AM (pre-6 o'clock) - presumably it was one from last week. Man, both contestants were pretty clueless.
question to the "young" person: "Bea Arthur played Dorothy on this '80s sitcom" They even played a clip! but the girl said "uh, the Sonny & Cher show?"
The older guy wasn't much better but he won by giving the only correct answer -- he actually knew who Perez Hilton was.
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Oh, and Adam Levine's "Lost Stars" is suddenly getting multiple spins per day, presumably because it's an Oscar nominee for Best Song. (it was co written by Danielle Brisebois, of all people)
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They replayed one of their "Mind the Gap" segments early this AM (pre-6 o'clock) - presumably it was one from last week. Man, both contestants were pretty clueless.
question to the "young" person: "Bea Arthur played Dorothy on this '80s sitcom" They even played a clip! but the girl said "uh, the Sonny & Cher show?"
The older guy wasn't much better but he won by giving the only correct answer -- he actually knew who Perez Hilton was.
This segment is a complete rip-off of Don Bleu's Generation Gap.
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They replayed one of their "Mind the Gap" segments early this AM (pre-6 o'clock) - presumably it was one from last week. Man, both contestants were pretty clueless.
question to the "young" person: "Bea Arthur played Dorothy on this '80s sitcom" They even played a clip! but the girl said "uh, the Sonny & Cher show?"
The older guy wasn't much better but he won by giving the only correct answer -- he actually knew who Perez Hilton was.
This segment is a complete rip-off of Don Bleu's Generation Gap.
yes absolutely -- but that's where Irish Greg worked previously, so I guess he feels entitled.
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They replayed one of their "Mind the Gap" segments early this AM (pre-6 o'clock) - presumably it was one from last week. Man, both contestants were pretty clueless.
question to the "young" person: "Bea Arthur played Dorothy on this '80s sitcom" They even played a clip! but the girl said "uh, the Sonny & Cher show?"
The older guy wasn't much better but he won by giving the only correct answer -- he actually knew who Perez Hilton was.
This segment is a complete rip-off of Don Bleu's Generation Gap.
yes absolutely -- but that's where Irish Greg worked previously, so I guess he feels entitled.
The segment predated 103.7 and Irish Greg, but there must be no intellectual property protection, so what the hey. From a marketing perspective, though, lifting a well-known segment from a well-known competitor would seem to make your station look bad.
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"Feel Good Inc" by Gorillaz -- not one I've heard much on KFOG
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I realize he's in town next week, but it seems like KFOG plays Billy Idol once an hour lately.
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There's a post on FB by "KFOG Radio"; the topic being SF-vs-NYC, where would you rather live... I swear the comments look like one of the parody FB threads that our Big Fingers McGee does from time to time.
Doing a new one of these crosses my mind from time to time, but I'm afraid that other group has gotten waaaaay too sensitive. My idea would be to have a thread focusing on people not being able to find basic information, such as where today's 10@10 thread is.
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Last night I stumbled across this brief FB post from the Morning Show on Wed am:
As we prepare to move to our smaller studios, it's time to make some tough decisions about what stays and what goes. #KFOGintheMorning
Had to dig way down the comments for further details, but it seems that they are decamping the Hawthorne St. studios that they've occupied for quite awhile (since before I moved to SF in 98, not sure how long before that) to someplace "near North Beach." I know there used to be a ton of media out that way around Jackson St. in the Barbary Coast area, and Channel 5 is still on Battery.
And that prompts the question, is the entire Cumulus "cluster" all going that way? It would seem to make sense that if one's going they all will.
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pre-10@10: Two earlier-than-1980 "oldies" in a row ("Blue Jean" and "Honky-Tonk Women"). Of course, they were preceded by Milky Chance for the billionth time.
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pre-10@10: Two earlier-than-1980 "oldies" in a row ("Blue Jean" and "Honky-Tonk Women"). Of course, they were preceded by Milky Chance for the billionth time.
Who sings Blue Jean?
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pre-10@10: Two earlier-than-1980 "oldies" in a row ("Blue Jean" and "Honky-Tonk Women"). Of course, they were preceded by Milky Chance for the billionth time.
Who sings Blue Jean?
Bowie. And it's actually from '84, so never mind.
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pre-10@10: Two earlier-than-1980 "oldies" in a row ("Blue Jean" and "Honky-Tonk Women"). Of course, they were preceded by Milky Chance for the billionth time.
Who sings Blue Jean?
Bowie. And it's actually from '84, so never mind.
That's what I thought, but also was thinking maybe there was a '70's song with the same name.
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Oy: the World Concern people are back on KFOG for another all-day fund-raising visit.
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Nay-Nay began a long weekend today; she's back East for her folks' 50th Wedding anniv. So the morning show was just a NoName & Greg testosterone-fest.
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Nay-Nay began a long weekend today; she's back East for her folks' 50th Wedding anniv. So the morning show was just a NoName & Greg testosterone-fest.
...but they actually spent almost the whole show making fun of Greg, to the point where some gal called in to say that NoName was bullying him, and Greg had to say that he was in on it, and he could take it.
Pretty low testosterone if ask me.
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Tuned in to KFOG around 2:15pm today and heard AL working today (Sunday). Was she filling in for someone, or is this a regular thing?
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Tuned in to KFOG around 2:15pm today and heard AL working today (Sunday). Was she filling in for someone, or is this a regular thing?
I think everyone works 6 shifts a week most of the time -- she filled in for Rosalie on Acoustic Sunrise last weekend. Renee would often be heard on weekends too. Now that they have 2 extra voices in the mix (NoName and Greg) maybe everyone catches a break.
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Listening today for the first time since they started broadcasting from the new studios, and I noted that the audio quality for the stream sounded a bit more treble-y and harsh than I recall it sounding from the old digs. Anyone else (that listens regularly via the stream) have similar observations? Hoping it's just another thing that still needs to be dialed in.
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Hearing quite a bit of sibilance on the stream this am. The engineers still have some tweaking to do, it would seem.
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Talk about parity: on the episode of Mind the Gap that I heard this morning, the "geezer" didn't know who Stephen Colbert was, and the "hipster" couldn't identify Bob Hope. Nice to know *everybody's* stupid.
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For the first time in two weeks, since they threw the switch to jump from Hawthorne St. to the new Battery studios, my streaming player shows a song that's not It's The End Of The World As We Know It. Progress is being made!!
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Irish Greg said something about how KGO were getting ready to "go live" form *their* new studio in that building and suddenly realized -- minutes before airtime -- that they had no microphones...
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Irish Greg said something about how KGO were getting ready to "go live" form *their* new studio in that building and suddenly realized -- minutes before airtime -- that they had no microphones...
D'oh!! I can picture the pandemonium that revelation must have caused. Wonder if they were able scrounge up a couple, or if they had to postpone the handoff until someone could run some over from Hawthorne St.? (Guessing they were able to borrow a cupful of Shure from one of the neighbors...)
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9:45 and we're hearing the Go-Gos' Head Over Heels. Now *that's* out of left field. Not sure it's ever even appeared on 10@10.
ETA: But of course, it has. Once as TOTHK in 2011 and prior to that one instance as a bonus track in 2009, back when those were a thing.
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9:45 and we're hearing the Go-Gos' Head Over Heels. Now *that's* out of left field. Not sure it's ever even appeared on 10@10.
ETA: But of course, it has. Once as TOTHK in 2011 and prior to that one instance as a bonus track in 2009, back when those were a thing.
Maybe they're realizing how SICK people are of hearing the same 30 or 40 '80s classics over and over and over -- seriously, half a dozen Police hits, plus "Sweet Dreams", "Here Comes the Rain", "Tainted Love", "Shout" and the usual Bowie tracks show up daily and are beyond tired. I know folks have posted about it on the KFOG FB page.
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Maybe they're realizing how SICK people are of hearing the same 30 or 40 '80s classics over and over and over -- seriously, half a dozen Police hits, plus "Sweet Dreams", "Here Comes the Rain", "Tainted Love", "Shout" and the usual Bowie tracks show up daily and are beyond tired. I know folks have posted about it on the KFOG FB page.
Don't overlook RHCP's "Under The Bridge" and oddly enough Duran Duran's "Ordinary World". Seriously, even my kids (who only listen to KFOG when they have to be in the car with me), have commented on the former. They like it to be sure, but if a 15-year-old thinks something is overplayed, that tells you A LOT.
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Maybe they're realizing how SICK people are of hearing the same 30 or 40 '80s classics over and over and over -- seriously, half a dozen Police hits, plus "Sweet Dreams", "Here Comes the Rain", "Tainted Love", "Shout" and the usual Bowie tracks show up daily and are beyond tired. I know folks have posted about it on the KFOG FB page.
Don't overlook RHCP's "Under The Bridge" and oddly enough Duran Duran's "Ordinary World". Seriously, even my kids (who only listen to KFOG when they have to be in the car with me), have commented on the former. They like it to be sure, but if a 15-year-old thinks something is overplayed, that tells you A LOT.
indeed -- not to mention lots and lots of Petty. But mid-'80s seems to be the sweet spot; they don't seem to play nearly as much Dave Matthews as they did 6 months ago. But I mostly hear early mornings and a little bit of late afternoon when I'm in the car going to/from the gym.
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Maybe they're realizing how SICK people are of hearing the same 30 or 40 '80s classics over and over and over -- seriously, half a dozen Police hits, plus "Sweet Dreams", "Here Comes the Rain", "Tainted Love", "Shout" and the usual Bowie tracks show up daily and are beyond tired. I know folks have posted about it on the KFOG FB page.
Don't overlook RHCP's "Under The Bridge" and oddly enough Duran Duran's "Ordinary World". Seriously, even my kids (who only listen to KFOG when they have to be in the car with me), have commented on the former. They like it to be sure, but if a 15-year-old thinks something is overplayed, that tells you A LOT.
indeed -- not to mention lots and lots of Petty. But mid-'80s seems to be the sweet spot; they don't seem to play nearly as much Dave Matthews as they did 6 months ago. But I mostly hear early mornings and a little bit of late afternoon when I'm in the car going to/from the gym.
I used to think there was maybe a little difference between M-F prime time and "Your Weekend KFOG", but basically that it was really little more than a tag line.
But I've come to believe that it's actually a whole different play list. Just a couple moths ago (& I remember specifically when it was & where I was headed as I was out running errands in Livermore between dropping off and picking up my kids from piano lessons), they played Stone Roses "Fool's Gold" in it's 10 minute entirety (!?) around 1:30 on a Saturday. I'd never heard that (full length) on the radio ever.
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Maybe they're realizing how SICK people are of hearing the same 30 or 40 '80s classics over and over and over -- seriously, half a dozen Police hits, plus "Sweet Dreams", "Here Comes the Rain", "Tainted Love", "Shout" and the usual Bowie tracks show up daily and are beyond tired. I know folks have posted about it on the KFOG FB page.
Don't overlook RHCP's "Under The Bridge" and oddly enough Duran Duran's "Ordinary World". Seriously, even my kids (who only listen to KFOG when they have to be in the car with me), have commented on the former. They like it to be sure, but if a 15-year-old thinks something is overplayed, that tells you A LOT.
indeed -- not to mention lots and lots of Petty. But mid-'80s seems to be the sweet spot; they don't seem to play nearly as much Dave Matthews as they did 6 months ago. But I mostly hear early mornings and a little bit of late afternoon when I'm in the car going to/from the gym.
I used to think there was maybe a little difference between M-F prime time and "Your Weekend KFOG", but basically that it was really little more than a tag line.
But I've come to believe that it's actually a whole different play list. Just a couple moths ago (& I remember specifically when it was & where I was headed as I was out running errands in Livermore between dropping off and picking up my kids from piano lessons), they played Stone Roses "Fool's Gold" in it's 10 minute entirety (!?) around 1:30 on a Saturday. I'd never heard that (full length) on the radio ever.
r/ “Fools Gold”… I want to say that it got played as part of a “Connected” theme from a couple of years ago, and must’ve generated positive enough feedback to warrant an occasional spin afterwards. Which goes to show for the billionth time that many in the audience appreciate something different every now and then, even if it’s not technically new.
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Not sure about you, but to me that " Body Art Expo" that's being advertised on the stream sounds like Bro Fest 2015: "Hot babes...beer..tight butt contest...the most beautiful women in San Francisco...beer...it's a party...you GOTTA be there."
Yeah, this is a mindset that should be encouraged. Oy.
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Maybe they're realizing how SICK people are of hearing the same 30 or 40 '80s classics over and over and over -- seriously, half a dozen Police hits, plus "Sweet Dreams", "Here Comes the Rain", "Tainted Love", "Shout" and the usual Bowie tracks show up daily and are beyond tired. I know folks have posted about it on the KFOG FB page.
Don't overlook RHCP's "Under The Bridge" and oddly enough Duran Duran's "Ordinary World". Seriously, even my kids (who only listen to KFOG when they have to be in the car with me), have commented on the former. They like it to be sure, but if a 15-year-old thinks something is overplayed, that tells you A LOT.
indeed -- not to mention lots and lots of Petty. But mid-'80s seems to be the sweet spot; they don't seem to play nearly as much Dave Matthews as they did 6 months ago. But I mostly hear early mornings and a little bit of late afternoon when I'm in the car going to/from the gym.
I used to think there was maybe a little difference between M-F prime time and "Your Weekend KFOG", but basically that it was really little more than a tag line.
But I've come to believe that it's actually a whole different play list. Just a couple moths ago (& I remember specifically when it was & where I was headed as I was out running errands in Livermore between dropping off and picking up my kids from piano lessons), they played Stone Roses "Fool's Gold" in it's 10 minute entirety (!?) around 1:30 on a Saturday. I'd never heard that (full length) on the radio ever.
r/ “Fools Gold”… I want to say that it got played as part of a “Connected” theme from a couple of years ago, and must’ve generated positive enough feedback to warrant an occasional spin afterwards. Which goes to show for the billionth time that many in the audience appreciate something different every now and then, even if it’s not technically new.
“Fools Gold” was also something that appeared in regular rotay fairly often under DC as well as “The Only One I Know” by Charlatans UK, “Lullaby” by the Cure and a couple tracks by the Jesus & Mary Chain.
RE: with the current PD, I’ve also noticed a couple less obvious 80s/early 90s tracks have snuck into rotation -- Oingo Boingo “Just Another Day” & Siouxsie and the Banshees “Kiss Them For Me.” Of course I still hear at least a couple of Shout/Don’t You Forget About Me/Bizarre Love Triangle/Ordinary World/etc daily.
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Not sure about you, but to me that " Body Art Expo" that's being advertised on the stream sounds like Bro Fest 2015: "Hot babes...beer..tight butt contest...the most beautiful women in San Francisco...beer...it's a party...you GOTTA be there."
Yeah, this is a mindset that should be encouraged. Oy.
HA! I had the same thought (that ad runs over-the-air too), mainly along the lines of, Hey, probably half the audience for a tattoo-fest in SF would be gay men, and you're specifically making it sound like the most heterosexist event imaginable? Way to limit your revenues.
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The Waterboys' Whole of the Moon playing during the last hour of the Morning Show. Probably not the first time it's been played outside of 10@10 but it sure isn't in their regular rotation.
Btw, I am pretty sure that the Waterboys (likely Mike Scott with assorted supporting musicians) will be playing some west coast dates in the next month or two. Not sure where they're playing in SF but I know there's a Portland date. Could be good.
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I think I mentioned this in one of the other threads recently, but I just noticed it again: the levels (aka volume) on some songs are very inconsistent since they moved into the new studios. I find myself turning up the volume once in awhile, only to turn it down again for the next song or when the announcers come back in. Just now I found myself wanting to turn up the Cars' Let the Good Times Roll because I could barely hear it (aside: considering the song, I resisted the urge). Then the bumper following was plenty loud, but the Lemonheads' Mrs. Robinson was even more quiet. Sounds like they still have some work to do on the new equipment.
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Someone in the Fogheads for the Old Format FB group asked "will KFOG ever play the Beatles again?" I didn't know they'd stopped. (Yeah, I know they don't show up like they used to but it's not like they're banned.) I posted that I'd heard "Come Together" in the last month or so, and that they certainly show up on '60s 10@10s.
ETA: someone responded that KFOG doesn't play Boston, man! I don't think they have (outside 10@10) in about a decade at least. Guess that guy never listens to The Bone, K-Fox, Big 103.7...
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Another hilarious Mind the Gap fiasco: these are fill-in-the-blank questions:
For the geezer - "Key and ________"
For the hipster - "The Captain and _______"
neither had a clue.
Still, geezers seem to win at least 80% of the time, so yay for us old farts!
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ETA: someone responded that KFOG doesn't play Boston, man! I don't think they have (outside 10@10) in about a decade at least. Guess that guy never listens to The Bone, K-Fox, Big 103.7...
Heh. All three of those are among my car radio pre-sets and I cycle through them regularly
when I'm searching for something tolerable to listen to on local drives. I hear plenty of
Boston, thankyouverymuch. It's been such a long time? If only...
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Another hilarious Mind the Gap fiasco: these are fill-in-the-blank questions:
For the geezer - "Key and ________"
For the hipster - "The Captain and _______"
neither had a clue.
Still, geezers seem to win at least 80% of the time, so yay for us old farts!
If the "geezer" watched traditional "geezer" media, they would have seen K&P on Charlie Rose in the past few months.
I can't help thinking there's more than one correct answer for the hipster question, but after today's 1986 set I can't get
past saying "Spock," although "Captain Kirk and Spock" is the more correct phrasing.
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If the "geezer" watched traditional "geezer" media, they would have seen K&P on Charlie Rose in the past few months.
And that, I think, is the key to why the geezers usually win on "MTG" -- If you're, say, 50ish, and you're on Facebook, or watch Daily Show, Fallon, Letterman, and the like... you pick up pop culture whether you want to or not. You don't have to listen to Wild 94.9 all day to know who Robin Thicke is.
BUT (and here's my own inner geezer coming out), today's kids seem oblivious to stuff from before they were born, their heads are in their phones all day. Whereas when I was a kid, I knew who Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman and Clark Gable were.
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If the "geezer" watched traditional "geezer" media, they would have seen K&P on Charlie Rose in the past few months.
And that, I think, is the key to why the geezers usually win on "MTG" -- If you're, say, 50ish, and you're on Facebook, or watch Daily Show, Fallon, Letterman, and the like... you pick up pop culture whether you want to or not. You don't have to listen to Wild 94.9 all day to know who Robin Thicke is.
BUT (and here's my own inner geezer coming out), today's kids seem oblivious to stuff from before they were born, their heads are in their phones all day. Whereas when I was a kid, I knew who Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman and Clark Gable were.
Well, I'm not on Facepage, and I don't watch any of the network talk shows. But I do know who Robin Thicke is -- he's
the one that made a very popular titty video with some gorgeous supermodels a couple of years ago, right? ;)
I try to remember that our [geezer] memories are history for the kids. We lived it; at best they read about it. And while I
also knew about those people as a young'n, I'm not sure how deep my contemporaries' knowledge of recent cultural history
really was. If your perception is accurate, there are several contributing factors:
media diversification: We're a generation past having only the big three networks, and The Bruce's 57 channels is now 500.
Despite the bloviations of some pundits, there is no mainstream media anymore.
pull not push: We're no longer beholden to what articles an editor decides to print, or which segments a producer choses
to air. We can go on the Inter-tubes and pull down whatever we want to read or watch whenever we want it. The usual
media curators are side-stepped; people mostly consume what their friends share with them.
school cuts: I had some kind of music classes regularly throughout elementary school, and was fortunate enough that my
parents could afford to buy me an instrument so I could play in the band. I have no particular aptitude for creating music, but
the experience was an important part of my education. (The same with art classes.) Music and the arts are early casualties
when budget cuts are made.
youth culture: as it has for decades, the media tend to focus on cultural issues skewed toward the young, as they are
viewed as being more impressionable vis-a-vis having their buying habits changed, and are thus a more desirable
audience to attract advertisers.
There are also the individual circumstances of how much one's parents exposed you to various cultural elements, and
one's own disposition toward learning about recent contemporary history.
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On "New Releases Tuesday" this morning, they played "Xs & Os" by a woman named Elle King. Sounded like typical Triple-A fodder to my ears (most women on Triple-A sound like the same woman to me) but it happens that Elle King is the daughter of... Rob Schneider. Here's hoping she doesn't share his wacky politics.
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No Name is off today; it was kinda nice to hear Renee and Greg having adult conversations.
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Just heard a station promo featuring a listener from San Jose named Darryl Lee. Was that *our* Darryl? (Who hasn't been around a whole lot of late, but I suspect still lurks.)
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Just heard a station promo featuring a listener from San Jose named Darryl Lee. Was that *our* Darryl? (Who hasn't been around a whole lot of late, but I suspect still lurks.)
yes that's him -- there's a promo with his wife Glady, too. He told me via FB that they were interviewed at some event in SJ
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"Cantaloop" has been coming up a lot in the rotay. I still remember how they ignored it when it was new -- 'cause old people hate hip-hop -- and then some years later they played another record (I'm blanking on the name) that was a total ripoff of "Cantaloop", while still ignoring the original.
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Just heard a station promo featuring a listener from San Jose named Darryl Lee. Was that *our* Darryl? (Who hasn't been around a whole lot of late, but I suspect still lurks.)
yes that's him -- there's a promo with his wife Glady, too. He told me via FB that they were interviewed at some event in SJ
Aw, you miss me, you really miss me!
Yeah, that was me. I still haven't heard the promo, and only just yesterday heard Glady's full one (she does hula).
So the story is that at the last minute we won two tickets to the last Concert for Kids in San Jose, but didn't have babysitting. So I was just going to go with our older son for maybe the openers and we'd bail. Glady and our youngest were hanging out at Christmas In The Park. We got there like 30 minutes early.
Once we were inside, Glady called me and said she ran into Annalisa outside and chatted. Shortly thereafter I tracked her down at the KFOG booth and said hi, and she asked about Glady and Luke. I told her we only won the two tickets, and we probably weren't even going to stay for the whole show. She said that she didn't know and would've hooked us up with two more tickets. At that point Dean K (one of the engineers who also occasionally fills-in evenings or weekends -- we met him at Bottle Rock a few years back) said that he had two extra tickets and graciously gave them to us.
Glady and Luke came over, then we went over to thank Dean again, and he asked us to do the promos.
Note: I have a *long* and involved rant in store for you re: getting chosen to carry Arbitron People Meters, and then after getting everybody in the family setup, them canceling our participation after *two days*. Sooooo disappointed. Gotta a meeting though. :-{
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So, my Arbitron story:
At the beginning of April I got the mail that every radio nerd dreams of: an invitation to carry a Portable People Meter for Arbitron.
That's right. All my years of bitching about format changes, changing playlists, program rescheduling, overplayed songs -- I would finally have a fractional say about what I listen to on the radio. My voice would be heard!!
I quickly called them back, but we were due to go on vacation the following week, so I asked them to send all of the stuff to my work but we wouldn't be able to start using them until this week. They said this was fine.
So this past Monday I excitedly opened the big box left on my desk, and got everything charged up. Then I started digging around about PPMs and found this article:
http://www.seattleweekly.com/2012-07-04/music/the-meter-s-running/
Ugh, I didn't want that to happen to KFOG or any other station I like. I was so excited, I posted it to Facebook, with this comment:
{quote}
So, now that we have PPMs(!), I'm going to tune *out* KFOG anytime they play a "safe" oldie.
We also listen to KQED a lot, so hopefully that will help them. I'll try to tune in KSCU and KKUP more to give our local stations their due. My commute is so short though, I don't know if it'll make much of a difference though.
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When I brought the meters home, everybody was moderately excited -- cash for wearing a meter, woot! Seeing my 7-year old lope around the hallway to keep his meter "active" was hilarious. (It checks for movement every 15
minutes.)
We listened to some KQED, some KFOG, and watched John Oliver on HBO.
Tuesday morning, I made sure to "wake up" our meters to make sure KFOG got credit for our 7-8AM listening. When I got to the kitchen, I heard some banal classic rock playing in the living and was horrified to see my kids had
turned the radio to KFOX. KFOX? That's not even one of our presets. Aaaagh!
Kids brought meters to school, but I told them to keep it in their backpacks, so they "lost" about 6 hours of data there. I wore mine all day, and listened to only slightly more KSCU than usual. Well, ok, I did stream it to my laptop, which is rare.
So what an unpleasant shock to have my 7-year old ask me this morning why his meter had a message to call an 800-number this morning. And in fact, all our pagers had the message.
So I called, and was informed of the bad news -- we were randomly being removed from the program.
I was so disappointed.
Was it my Facebook post? (Later that night in a panic I hid it from any of the KFOG DJs I'm friends with.) Did we not provide enough data on commercial radio stations? Did my KSCU "binge" throw off their numbers? Was it because of the kids not wearing their meters for a 6-hour stretch during
the day?
These articles seem to indicate that in the past Arbitron would call to nag you to wear your meter, especially problematic for kids. I couldn't find any articles explaining why somebody might get cut from the program after
only two days:
http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2011/01/confessions-of-a-ppm-wearer-blatherwatch-has-unplugged-its-ppm.html
http://www.markramseymedia.com/2011/02/a-shocking-peek-at-the-real-people-of-ppm/
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/radiowaves/article/Diary-of-a-portable-people-meter-person-3256625.php
At any rate, I'm really kind of bummed out about it. :-{
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So, my Arbitron story:
At the beginning of April I got the mail that every radio nerd dreams of: an invitation to carry a Portable People Meter for Arbitron....
It's possible the FB post was a factor; I'd thought there was some sort of confidentiality agreement with the PPMs (though I can't imagine they'd want you to lie if someone asked "what's that thing around your neck?")
PPMs really have ruined radio, IMHO -- that article about the Seattle station is typical. One of the reasons DC lost his job at KINK in Portland was that PPMs came in and KINK's ratings suddenly nosedived... and DC didn't compensate fast enuf to please management. Triple-A as a format has been negatively impacted by PPMs.
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The kids' "Guide to your Portable People Meter" instructed them to say they're in a "Secret Research Study" (as if that would satisfy any curious kid, haha.)
I think we're allowed to say what the thing is, but we're not supposed to go into details. And they did say not to make public Twitter or Facebook posts. Oops.
But at least I didn't have to lie when they asked if I worked in Radio, TV or Advertising. (Thankfully they didn't ask about streaming video providers.)
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someone on that Fogheads FB page was bitching about the Lemonheads' cover of "Mrs Robinson", complaining that they play it alot and why would they play an "inferior" cover when the original exists. Now, I bitch about a lot of things that KFOG does but I also get that their target demo is people who were in high school from '85 to '95, not '65 to '75.
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Pre-10@10, Stereo MCs "Connected", which has been coming up a lot lately, followed by Petty "Running Down a Dream", which has been coming up a lot for the last 25 years.
OTOH I heard "Your Love" by the Outfield at 5:45 this morning, which I don't recall coming up in regular rotay before. Seems more like Bone/Oldies 103 fodder.
I do kinda like this new My Morning Jacket song tho'.
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Pre-10@10, Stereo MCs "Connected", which has been coming up a lot lately, followed by Petty "Running Down a Dream", which has been coming up a lot for the last 25 years.
OTOH I heard "Your Love" by the Outfield at 5:45 this morning, which I don't recall coming up in regular rotay before. Seems more like Bone/Oldies 103 fodder.
Hearing Yaz, "Situation" which I don't recall hearing outside of 10@10.
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Greg Holden (?) "Hold on Tight" -- yet another Mumford clone on KFOG. Shocker.
Followed --oy -- by Police "Every Breath..." one of the many Po-Po "classics" they play constantly
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Greg Holden (?) "Hold on Tight" -- yet another Mumford clone on KFOG. Shocker.
Heard that. Thought his voice sounded a little like David Gray's. As do Mumford and a lot of their antecedents.
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Greg Holden (?) "Hold on Tight" -- yet another Mumford clone on KFOG. Shocker.
Heard that. Thought his voice sounded a little like David Gray's. As do Mumford and a lot of their antecedents.
yeah, Gray's in there too -- it was the first time I heard it. So many of these guys are all the same guy to me.
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Now playing: Real Life "Send Me an Angel". (Which followed "Take Me to Church", LOL)
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Now playing: Real Life "Send Me an Angel". (Which followed "Take Me to Church", LOL)
"I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of Real Life"
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The "program Guide" on the KFOG website hasn't been updated since the 10@10 marathon returned -- it still shows Rosalie as being on from 6-10am Saturdays.
Also, a guy in that "Fogheads for the Old Format" FB group says KFOG is airing the Commonwealth Club (pre-recorded lecture series) on Sun nites at 9pm, which I find VERY hard to believe.
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Man, "Lightning Crashes" is truly a HFH for me -- and it's become KFOG's go-to '90s classic in the last couple of weeks.
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Man, "Lightning Crashes" is truly a HFH for me -- and it's become KFOG's go-to '90s classic in the last couple of weeks.
Live 105 played it yesterday morning in the eight o'clock hour. I kinda like it. I can feel it.
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Man, "Lightning Crashes" is truly a HFH for me -- and it's become KFOG's go-to '90s classic in the last couple of weeks.
Live 105 played it yesterday morning in the eight o'clock hour. I kinda like it. I can feel it.
Hard to believe it's 20 years old. It's compelling (and reminds me of a student who died during its chart run).
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nice to hear "This Charming Man" in regular KFOG rotay -- used to be one of those "only on 10@10 (and rarely even there)" songs.
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Someone of some of our's FB acquaintance just posted a clip of "Budapest" and said he'd just discovered the song. I held back from saying that KFOG has been playing it 8 times a day for the last 6 months...
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Latest screed on the "Fogheads for the Old Format" FB page: complaining about the use of the word "geezer" on Mind the Gap. Some woman actually questions whether it is illegal discrtimination. It seems all-in-fun to me (nobody likes being called a "hipster" either, afaik). I wanted to say that complaining about the word "geezer" kinda makes you a... geezer. But I simply pointed out that the "geezer" wins Mind the Gap more often than not.
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Someone of some of our's FB acquaintance just posted a clip of "Budapest" and said he'd just discovered the song. I held back from saying that KFOG has been playing it 8 times a day for the last 6 months...
Snipe or no?
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Someone of some of our's FB acquaintance just posted a clip of "Budapest" and said he'd just discovered the song. I held back from saying that KFOG has been playing it 8 times a day for the last 6 months...
One of the newest songs I am quickly getting sick of: Sheppard, Geronimo.
Really hoping the trend of shout-singing choruses in pop songs ends soon. (See also: Imagine Dragons, etc. etc.)
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Someone of some of our's FB acquaintance just posted a clip of "Budapest" and said he'd just discovered the song. I held back from saying that KFOG has been playing it 8 times a day for the last 6 months...
Snipe or no?
No. Or he was, briefly. One of Dave Morey's favorite Fogheads.
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Someone of some of our's FB acquaintance just posted a clip of "Budapest" and said he'd just discovered the song. I held back from saying that KFOG has been playing it 8 times a day for the last 6 months...
Snipe or no?
No. Or he was, briefly. One of Dave Morey's favorite Fogheads.
And while this person seems decent enough, they're in the "let's celebrate something obvious years after the fact" camp. I think there might exist a bit of a language barrier.
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Someone of some of our's FB acquaintance just posted a clip of "Budapest" and said he'd just discovered the song. I held back from saying that KFOG has been playing it 8 times a day for the last 6 months...
Snipe or no?
No. Or he was, briefly. One of Dave Morey's favorite Fogheads.
And while this person seems decent enough, they're in the "let's celebrate something obvious years after the fact" camp. I think there might exist a bit of a language barrier.
Ah, I think I get you. Makes frequent references to cutlery and dentition?
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Someone of some of our's FB acquaintance just posted a clip of "Budapest" and said he'd just discovered the song. I held back from saying that KFOG has been playing it 8 times a day for the last 6 months...
Snipe or no?
No. Or he was, briefly. One of Dave Morey's favorite Fogheads.
And while this person seems decent enough, they're in the "let's celebrate something obvious years after the fact" camp. I think there might exist a bit of a language barrier.
Ah, I think I get you. Makes frequent references to cutlery and dentition?
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This morning they had one of the more hilarious Mind the Gaps ever. a "Letterman" theme -- the hipster had never heard of "Charlie's Angels" or Farrah Fawcett, and couldn't ID Bob Dylan BY VOICE (!). The geezer didn't know who Paris Hilton was or Foo Fighters, and neither knew what network Letterman is on.
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This morning they had one of the more hilarious Mind the Gaps ever. a "Letterman" theme -- the hipster had never heard of "Charlie's Angels" or Farrah Fawcett, and couldn't ID Bob Dylan BY VOICE (!). The geezer didn't know who Paris Hilton was or Foo Fighters, and neither knew what network Letterman is on.
Saw Bob Dylan's perf last night. It was nice, you could hear what he was saying, his voice was in good form for him. He and Lily Tomlin seem separated at birth these days.
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This morning they had one of the more hilarious Mind the Gaps ever. a "Letterman" theme -- the hipster had never heard of "Charlie's Angels" or Farrah Fawcett, and couldn't ID Bob Dylan BY VOICE (!). The geezer didn't know who Paris Hilton was or Foo Fighters, and neither knew what network Letterman is on.
Saw Bob Dylan's perf last night. It was nice, you could hear what he was saying, his voice was in good form for him. He and Lily Tomlin seem separated at birth these days.
He did something from his Sinatra album, yes? That would explain why the lyrics were intelligible. :)
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Great exchange on that Old Format FB page...
Foghead 1: I haven't listened to KFOG literally since the day after M. Dung left.
Foghead 2: Then why are you here? if that is the case, you missed the glory years of Dave Morey. M. Dung was fun in his way, but he's hardly emblematic of classic KFOG.
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Now playing: Real Life "Send Me an Angel".
just came up again. Twice a month is about right for nuggets like this. And there are enuf of them to go around that they shouldn't ever get overplayed.
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NoName had to explain to Renee what the game "Horse" (as in basketball) is. SMH.
Followed by the 3 billionth Mumford clone: "Hold on Tight" by Greg Holden. So, he's Holden on tight?
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KFOG is back to playing that song "My Type" by Saint Motel -- they played it briefly back in February; based on the lyric "I'm a man who's got very specific taste," I thought it might be from the 50 Shades of Gray sndtk, but no. Anyway, I went to the current Triple-A chart and sure enuf it's #11. But what was interesting is that the songs KFOG seems to play the most -- Imagine Dragons' "Bet My Life" and George Ezra's annoying "Budapest" are no longer in the top 30 -- they're considered "re-currents" by most stations, along with "Shut Up & dance", "Riptide", "Do I Wanna Know" and a half-dozen others that KFOG seems to play 5 or 6 times a day. (but the newer hits by those artists don't seem to be on KFOG's radar).
http://charts.bdsradio.com/bdsradiocharts/charts.aspx?formatid=7
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KFOG is back to playing that song "My Type" by Saint Motel -- they played it briefly back in February; based on the lyric "I'm a man who's got very specific taste," I thought it might be from the 50 Shades of Gray sndtk, but no. Anyway, I went to the current Triple-A chart and sure enuf it's #11. But what was interesting is that the songs KFOG seems to play the most -- Imagine Dragons' "Bet My Life" and George Ezra's annoying "Budapest" are no longer in the top 30 -- they're considered "re-currents" by most stations, along with "Shut Up & dance", "Riptide", "Do I Wanna Know" and a half-dozen others that KFOG seems to play 5 or 6 times a day. (but the newer hits by those artists don't seem to be on KFOG's radar).
http://charts.bdsradio.com/bdsradiocharts/charts.aspx?formatid=7
Back on what is now the Pulse Boards, this used to be known (and still is?) as 'recurrentitis'. I don't know that we'd hate Vance Joy so much if we at least heard some different songs from him (of course I say that and then think of Train).
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KFOG is back to playing that song "My Type" by Saint Motel -- they played it briefly back in February; based on the lyric "I'm a man who's got very specific taste," I thought it might be from the 50 Shades of Gray sndtk, but no. Anyway, I went to the current Triple-A chart and sure enuf it's #11. But what was interesting is that the songs KFOG seems to play the most -- Imagine Dragons' "Bet My Life" and George Ezra's annoying "Budapest" are no longer in the top 30 -- they're considered "re-currents" by most stations, along with "Shut Up & dance", "Riptide", "Do I Wanna Know" and a half-dozen others that KFOG seems to play 5 or 6 times a day. (but the newer hits by those artists don't seem to be on KFOG's radar).
http://charts.bdsradio.com/bdsradiocharts/charts.aspx?formatid=7
Back on what is now the Pulse Boards, this used to be known (and still is?) as 'recurrentitis'. I don't know that we'd hate Vance Joy so much if we at least heard some different songs from him (of course I say that and then think of Train).
"recurrents" became a thing within the last 15 years or so; another consultant's innovation, I'm guessing. Back in the day, songs climbed the chart, peaked and went down and then you didn't hear them again except as oldies. But now songs stick arpund for 2 or 3 *YEARS*. That Arctic Monkeys song, and the dreaded "Sweater Weather" are both more than a year old.
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Don't get me started on "Sweater Weather". It's actually almost 2 years old.
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Don't get me started on "Sweater Weather". It's actually almost 2 years old.
Yes-- you're right. I remember hearing it on Live 105 when Steve Masters made his brief return to the station. And they were playing it a good 3 or 4 months before KFOG finally picked up on it.
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Don't get me started on "Sweater Weather". It's actually almost 2 years old.
Yes-- you're right. I remember hearing it on Live 105 when Steve Masters made his brief return to the station. And they were playing it a good 3 or 4 months before KFOG finally picked up on it.
More like a year... :O They were very late with that one. The last time they took that long that I recall was with "1901" by Phoenix.
KFOG just picked up on the new Imagine Dragons and George Ezra (or at least I just recently started hearing them on there.) They have also been playing Vance Joy "Mess is Mine" for awhile, although they still really need to lay off "Riptide".
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question yesterday for the Mind the Gap "hipster": Who can't drive 55?
Answer: "uh... Bruce Springsteen?"
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Man that Fogheads for the Old Format FB page makes me ashamed to be a geezer sometimes. Today, in a generally justified thread complaining about the song "Geronimo" being played too often, someone ranted that "Geronimo" was insulting to people of Apache descent. Yes, this woman was serious -- not sure if she was the same one complaining about the word "geezer" recently. I posted that "geronimo!" is what you yell when you jump out a plane with a parachute and that's what the song is referencing (as in, "take the leap and jump into love") but it was to no avail.
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I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of anyone who gets KFOG to stop playing that damn Hozier song.
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I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of anyone who gets KFOG to stop playing that damn Hozier song.
Right before the top of the hour they played a song called Ex's and Oh's by Elle King that sounded kinda catchy, sort of like Amy Winehouse backed by the Black Keys. Hoping the bloom on that one lasts at least thru the summer.
Right there with you on the Hozier song though. That song was past its sell-by six months ago.
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I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of anyone who gets KFOG to stop playing that damn Hozier song.
Right before the top of the hour they played a song called Ex's and Oh's by Elle King that sounded kinda catchy, sort of like Amy Winehouse backed by the Black Keys. Hoping the bloom on that one lasts at least thru the summer.
They had played that "Ex's & Oh's" song on New Releases Thursday Tuesday some months back and only recently started playing it again because it's big on the Triple-A chart. Elle King, BTW is Rob Schneider's daughter, so I'm kinda inclined to dislike her on principle (children of privilege really burn my onions) but a hit is a hit.
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I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of anyone who gets KFOG to stop playing that damn Hozier song.
Right before the top of the hour they played a song called Ex's and Oh's by Elle King that sounded kinda catchy, sort of like Amy Winehouse backed by the Black Keys. Hoping the bloom on that one lasts at least thru the summer.
They had played that "Ex's & Oh's" song on New Releases Thursday Tuesday some months back and only recently started playing it again because it's big on the Triple-A chart. Elle King, BTW is Rob Schneider's daughter, so I'm kinda inclined to dislike her on principle (children of privilege really burn my onions) but a hit is a hit.
Elle King's situation bothers me considerably less than that of Will/Jaden/Willow Smith.
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Punched up KFOG in the car this afternoon and Irish Greg was interviewing some stoner who was at Levi's Stadium to hang around outside and hear the concert from there because, y'know, no tix. It was stellar radio, let me tell ya.
A paranoid thought: what if this weekend's Fare-Thee-Well to the Dead is also a Fare-Thee-Well to KFOG? I mean they're gonna be running the recording of the concert late tomorrow nite... and that could segue easily into a format switch. They *are* running promos for the Monday Morning Show but that doesn't necessarily mean anything in radio these days.
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So, apparently NoName is on a road trip to Chicago for the Soldiers Field shows. -- His "Deadification" will be complete, I guess, and they can stop doing that silly feature.
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latest "Fogheads for the Old Format" hilarity: the guy trying to find out what song that is on the Disneyland commercial. Well, it's a young female singer covering "Forever Young"-- which that guy had NO IDEA was a Dylan tune.
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So, apparently NoName is on a road trip to Chicago for the Soldiers Field shows. -- His "Deadification" will be complete, I guess, and they can stop doing that silly feature.
so of course this turned out to be B.S. -- NoName was photoshopped into pics of various landmarks; he was in fact in his own backyard all week, on vacay.
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this morning, roughly an hour apart (5:50 and 6:50, apx) they played 2 Bowie songs from the same friggin' LP -- "Modern Love" and "China Girl". Sheesh.
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I see KFOG is *finally* playing the new Beck tune, which was # on the Triple-A chart some 2 months ago.
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Has the KFOG stream gone to shit this morning, or is it just me? It plays for about 15 seconds and then buffers for 30, trying to figure out if it's my internet or their crappy technology.
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Has the KFOG stream gone to shit this morning, or is it just me? It plays for about 15 seconds and then buffers for 30, trying to figure out if it's my internet or their crappy technology.
Hmmm... looks like my orig reply to this post disappeared. People have been complaining about the new improved KFOG website generally, as well as the stream. But guess what? The reason there's now a link to Rdio on the KFOG page is that Cumulus owns part of Rdio... and Rdio is beginning to stream actual broadcast radio stations (to compete with iHeart), so I suspect the Rdio stream of KFOG is coming soon.
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Has the KFOG stream gone to shit this morning, or is it just me? It plays for about 15 seconds and then buffers for 30, trying to figure out if it's my internet or their crappy technology.
Hmmm... looks like my orig reply to this post disappeared. People have been complaining about the new improved KFOG website generally, as well as the stream. But guess what? The reason there's now a link to Rdio on the KFOG page is that Cumulus owns part of Rdio... and Rdio is beginning to stream actual broadcast radio stations (to compete with iHeart), so I suspect the Rdio stream of KFOG is coming soon.
I expect you're right. I just read this article on our site and came to the same conclusion. It more or less says the same, and coincidentally uses KFOG in the screenshot that accompanies it:
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/listen-to-free-live-terrestrial-radio-on-rdio/
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I'd always assumed that the "Mind the Gap" that airs at 6:15 and the one that airs at 7:45 were different. Turns out they're the same one repeated twice. I realize Morning Shows are by nature fragmented; few people other than stay-at-home moms or folks with long commutes by car hear the entire 4 hours, but still it seems odd to play the same segment twice, 90 mins apart. I heard the 6:15 airing yesterday and happened to get in the car at 7:30 and there it was again. Hit the search button right quick.
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KFOG had added this one to rotay -- this guy was their big "discovery" from Outside Lands this year. Retro-soul done by an actual black guy for a change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTrKkqE9p1o
Meanwhile, the Beck song "Dreams", which KFOG finally started playing recently, is in it's NINTH week at #1 on the Triple-A chart.
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Has the KFOG stream gone to shit this morning, or is it just me? It plays for about 15 seconds and then buffers for 30, trying to figure out if it's my internet or their crappy technology.
Hmmm... looks like my orig reply to this post disappeared. People have been complaining about the new improved KFOG website generally, as well as the stream. But guess what? The reason there's now a link to Rdio on the KFOG page is that Cumulus owns part of Rdio... and Rdio is beginning to stream actual broadcast radio stations (to compete with iHeart), so I suspect the Rdio stream of KFOG is coming soon.
Howdy all -- yes, the website changed again, so I'm working on a new way to scrape 10@10 listings. Ugh, I can't just get a single page anymore. :-{
Anyways, speaking of Rdio, have you heard the stupid commercials they're running for it? It starts off:
"Do you remember the old days, when families used to gather around the radio? Sure there's all kinds of streaming audio, MP3s, blah blah blah, but there's something about *live radio"... blah blah blah. Listen to live radio on RDIO." (Which is by the way the stupidest domain name ever if you're going to have to sell it on the actual radio.)
Ok um... I'm 45. My family never gathered around the radio. I would venture to guess that even those of you into your 50s or 60s never did either. I mean, wasn't that a thing in the 40s or 50s?
At any rate, it's not like anybody over 40-50 is in KFOG's target demo anyways, are we?
So who wrote this ad? So confusing! So weird. Ugh.
Yeah, digging the Leon Bridges tune -- yes, weird hearing soul done by an actual black guy and also an American (Ft. Worth, TX) and not a Brit! Speaking of black guys that rock, I wish KFOG would get behind Vintage Trouble: http://www.vintagetrouble.com/
Saw them *kill* at the first Bottle Rock during a tough early afternoon spot as well as a late-night "secret show". Then they did it again at Oakland Art & Soul. Just amazing performers.
However looking at Leon Bridges's upcoming tour dates (and knowing Vintage Trouble's history) it seems like America isn't ready for a black rock/soul, so they have to gain popularity in Europe, Netherlands, etc.
On the other hand, Renee was mentioning Leon Bridge's Filmore show in Nov is totally sold out, presumably on the strength of the Outside Lands performance. Well good for him.
(Friends at Apple got to see him at a "private concert" a week or two back. Nice perk. I also guess that means he's backed by a label that's pushing him through the iTunes Music Store.)
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Anyways, speaking of Rdio, have you heard the stupid commercials they're running for it? It starts off:
"Do you remember the old days, when families used to gather around the radio? Sure there's all kinds of streaming audio, MP3s, blah blah blah, but there's something about *live radio"... blah blah blah. Listen to live radio on RDIO." (Which is by the way the stupidest domain name ever if you're going to have to sell it on the actual radio.)
Ok um... I'm 45. My family never gathered around the radio. I would venture to guess that even those of you into your 50s or 60s never did either. I mean, wasn't that a thing in the 40s or 50s?
At any rate, it's not like anybody over 40-50 is in KFOG's target demo anyways, are we?
indeed, "gathering around the radio" ended when TV became popular in the early '50s. And when "the kids" turned on Top 40 radio in the rock'n'roll era, adults would pretty much run from the room.
Rdio was originally a Spotify-type thing, wasn't it? But now they're moving into iHeart territiory so they're looking for an angle.
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so, now that it's the end of August, KFOG is suddenly playing "Gold in the Summertime" by Matt Nathanson? Which has been out since May? Did I miss something?
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indeed, "gathering around the radio" ended when TV became popular in the early '50s. And when "the kids" turned on Top 40 radio in the rock'n'roll era, adults would pretty much run from the room.
Rdio was originally a Spotify-type thing, wasn't it? But now they're moving into iHeart territiory so they're looking for an angle.
Huh, yeah seems like they're finally able to take advantage of the confusing rdio/radio name.
Drat, looks like they've got a gap between Aug 19-24. And huh, no Rdio Playlists since then.
Well, at least they're using a fairly standard tool to manage the website -- WordPress -- so it wasn't too painful to scrape the listings for the week (or so) and save them again. Example: http://darryl.com/10at10/tat20150828.html
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I don't care how much of a "geezer" you are, if you listen to KFOG even casually you ought to know who Ed Sheeran is. Meanwhile, this morning's "hipster" was able to ID David Soul. These kids today...
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I don't care how much of a "geezer" you are, if you listen to KFOG even casually you ought to know who Ed Sheeran is. Meanwhile, this morning's "hipster" was able to ID David Soul. These kids today...
Nope. I have no idea who Ed Sheeran is. A lot of this stuff goes in one ear and right out the other.
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Finally decided to listen to "Nuthin' But Nineties" for awhile this morning, and it's been mostly standard-issue KFOG playlist staples from that decade. Nirvana, DMB, Sheryl Crow, U2, Lemonheads, Counting Crows, Fastball, the Foos... with the very occasional only-played-on-10@10 nugget like Jamiroquai or the Beasties thrown in for spice.
In other words, any Foghead who says "OMG! I haven't heard this song in ages" this weekend hasn't been paying attention. Didn't see any complimentary comments about this gimmick on the KFOG FB page.
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Next Tuesday KFOG will be giving away Foo Fighters tix. They're calling it "Foosday Tuesday".
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Next Tuesday KFOG will be giving away Foo Fighters tix. They're calling it "Foosday Tuesday".
And after a big live promo for the aforementioned Foosday, they went to commercial while putting the stream into some a loop of one chord semi-funk that is just repeating over and over and over and over....
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Next Tuesday KFOG will be giving away Foo Fighters tix. They're calling it "Foosday Tuesday".
And after a big live promo for the aforementioned Foosday, they went to commercial while putting the stream into some a loop of one chord semi-funk that is just repeating over and over and over and over....
Better that than "Budapest" :)
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Next Tuesday KFOG will be giving away Foo Fighters tix. They're calling it "Foosday Tuesday".
And after a big live promo for the aforementioned Foosday, they went to commercial while putting the stream into some a loop of one chord semi-funk that is just repeating over and over and over and over....
Happening again. I guess that means that the Samuel Adams "I love the summer ale!" campaign has finally come to and end, so at least there's that. (Wonder what became of This Day in Rock History though -- those were kind of entertaining.)
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I've never been a big Florence/Machine fan; her voice is just this side of caterwauling to my ears. (Not Bjork-level caterwauling, but still.) However I do like "Ship to Wreck" and it's a shame it's become one of those every-4-hours KFOG currents.
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Newest entry in the "OMG I hear ths song every time I turn on KFOG" sweepstakes: DMB "What Would You Say". I say "enuf already".
ETA: Police "Message in a Bottle" is another one.
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Next Tuesday KFOG will be giving away Foo Fighters tix. They're calling it "Foosday Tuesday".
And after a big live promo for the aforementioned Foosday, they went to commercial while putting the stream into some a loop of one chord semi-funk that is just repeating over and over and over and over....
Happening again. I guess that means that the Samuel Adams "I love the summer ale!" campaign has finally come to and end, so at least there's that. (Wonder what became of This Day in Rock History though -- those were kind of entertaining.)
Not sure which I am getting more worn out on -- the Imagine Dragons or that damn space-filler music that seems to pop up on the stream at least a couple times an hour for 5 minutes or more at a time. Their sales department is really lagging on finding a new account for that space.
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Lawd, I am sick of Elle "My daddy is Rob Schneider" King.
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Lawd, I am sick of Elle "My daddy is Rob Schneider" King.
I dunno - I still find it catchy enough. Granted it gets played too much, but then again it is doing well in various formats.
And the daughter of Schneider sounds nothing like I'd expect. And she doesn't use his name, so you have to give her at least some credit for that. It's not like we're talking about Willow Smith here.
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Lawd, I am sick of Elle "My daddy is Rob Schneider" King.
I dunno - I still find it catchy enough. Granted it gets played too much, but then again it is doing well in various formats.
And the daughter of Schneider sounds nothing like I'd expect. And she doesn't use his name, so you have to give her at least some credit for that. It's not like we're talking about Willow Smith here.
To my ears it's quite disposable. It's like some producer said "let's find a girl and make her sound like a cross between Lorde, Florence and Adele"
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Lawd, I am sick of Elle "My daddy is Rob Schneider" King.
I dunno - I still find it catchy enough. Granted it gets played too much, but then again it is doing well in various formats.
And the daughter of Schneider sounds nothing like I'd expect. And she doesn't use his name, so you have to give her at least some credit for that. It's not like we're talking about Willow Smith here.
I like the song reasonably well, but it seems to me like she's borrowing heavily from the Amy Winehouse style manual. However, Amy's not using it anymore so someone might as well. And frankly, I'd say being Rob Schneider's offspring might be a handicap, so I give her a bit of credit there too.
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Lawd, I am sick of Elle "My daddy is Rob Schneider" King.
I dunno - I still find it catchy enough. Granted it gets played too much, but then again it is doing well in various formats.
And the daughter of Schneider sounds nothing like I'd expect. And she doesn't use his name, so you have to give her at least some credit for that. It's not like we're talking about Willow Smith here.
I like the song reasonably well, but it seems to me like she's borrowing heavily from the Amy Winehouse style manual.
TANC: She was an answer to a Mind the Gap question today -- they played a clip of the song and the "geezer" said "oh... oh... it's that Amy Winehouse soundalike!"
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So, after NINE MONTHS of endless flogging, the KFOG "Boob Project" charity song finally premiered today. As multiple-artist one-offs go, it's not bad.
But after they played it, some guy called in to say he liked it. And Irish Greg asked, "so... have you been following along as the different pieces of it have been played since January?" and Mr Foghead said "No -- today was the first time I ever heard of it." Proving once again that Fogheads don't pay attention. Ever.
No-Name, BTW, is riding his motorcycle acroos the US to raise awareness, so the Morning Show with be a little more bearable next week.
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Fairly lengthy Ben Fong-Torres piece on the KFOG Morning crew, including (of course) promotion of the Boob Project.
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/radiowaves/article/KFOG-mornings-No-names-no-big-egos-6540817.php
He also mentions that Renel has left the Kiss-FM morning show (something I predicted might happen when they started trying to skew younger).
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KFOG announced this year's Koncert 4 Kidz yesterday: Gary Clark Jr and Houndmouth @ the Fox in Oakland..
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Live From the Archives goes live today, with as little fanfare about the release as I’ve seen in years:
http://www.kfog.com/kfog-live-from-the-archives-22/
Last week the tracklist showed up on Peet’s website. I think this was before it was up on KFOG.
Stations have been dropping out, unsurprisingly. The only other station I can find that has confirmed one is KTCZ/Minneapolis. KINK/Portland is usually the first each year (around September or October) but there’s been no word from them. No word yet from KGSR, KBCO, WTTS, or WXRT yet although KGSR’s is supposed to be out after Thanksgiving and the others in December.
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Live From the Archives goes live today, with as little fanfare about the release as I’ve seen in years:
http://www.kfog.com/kfog-live-from-the-archives-22/
Last week the tracklist showed up on Peet’s website. I think this was before it was up on KFOG.
Stations have been dropping out, unsurprisingly. The only other station I can find that has confirmed one is KTCZ/Minneapolis. KINK/Portland is usually the first each year (around September or October) but there’s been no word from them. No word yet from KGSR, KBCO, WTTS, or WXRT yet although KGSR’s is supposed to be out after Thanksgiving and the others in December.
Was this the first time it went on sale on a Monday? I seem to recall it was usually a Thurs or Fri; they'd do a LFTA-themed 10@10 and then spend the weekend making appearances at Peets. This way it fell to Rosalie to do the "on sale tomorrow!" pitch on Acoustic Sunrise. Maybe they thought that made more sense. But yeah it sure seemed low-key.
Perhaps the fact that CDs are dead (as far as millenials are concerned) is one reason there are less of these collections? The pics they posted of the Renee/Greg/No-Name appearance yesterday showed mostly older Fogheads.
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Fairly lengthy Ben Fong-Torres piece on the KFOG Morning crew, including (of course) promotion of the Boob Project.
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/radiowaves/article/KFOG-mornings-No-names-no-big-egos-6540817.php
He also mentions that Renel has left the Kiss-FM morning show (something I predicted might happen when they started trying to skew younger).
And BFT followed-up with a piece on Renel.
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/radiowaves/article/Behind-Renel-s-departure-from-Kiss-6587719.php
They are (finally) admitting she was mostly pre-recorded on the morning show for years (which was painfully obvious to anyone with ears).
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Today is another World Concern radio-thon on KFOG; this year they're flogging their "send a goat/chicken/tree to a third world family" thing. They basically stole the idea from Heifer Interrnational, which unlike World Concern does not appear to be a religious outfit.
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Someone on that Fogheads for the Old Format FB page posted:
"It seems that KFOG is playing more 'oldies'. What do you think?"
Dunno what that guy is smokin' but I haven't noticed any changes recently -- same ratio of old to current as far as I can see. And there's of course less pre-1980 stuff than ever before but that change happened months ago. Heard "Suffragette City" this morning, but Bowie is literally the only early-'70s artist they play. "Suff City" and "Changes" and that's about it. As for the rest of that decade, The Cars. Lots and lots of Cars.
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Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but I just noticed it. The 10@10 shows are no longer online. Instead, they have Rd-io playing the 10 songs individually, without the clips/production. ::)
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Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but I just noticed it. The 10@10 shows are no longer online. Instead, they have Rd-io playing the 10 songs individually, without the clips/production. ::)
yes. very sad. Cumulus owns Rdio apparently.
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Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but I just noticed it. The 10@10 shows are no longer online. Instead, they have Rd-io playing the 10 songs individually, without the clips/production. ::)
yes. very sad. Cumulus owns Rdio apparently.
Yes, it pretty much sucks. Happened about three months ago, I think. There were complaints posted on the KFOG FB page when it happened, and someone from the station (Webster?) said at that time they were trying to come up with a means of streaming the full shows, but nothing has happened since. So I guess we know where that went.
http://10at10club.com/forum/index.php?topic=9649.msg186985#msg186985
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Renee actually made me laugh out loud this morning: "It's cold this morning. So all you silly hipsters who've been wearing those skullcaps since the summer -- today you finally make sense!"
OTOH, during a discussion re: Mind the Gap, Renee thought Bonnie Tyler did "Bette Davis Eyes" and was dumbfounded when Greg told her that was Kim Carnes.
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Live From the Archives goes live today, with as little fanfare about the release as I’ve seen in years:
http://www.kfog.com/kfog-live-from-the-archives-22/
Last week the tracklist showed up on Peet’s website. I think this was before it was up on KFOG.
Stations have been dropping out, unsurprisingly. The only other station I can find that has confirmed one is KTCZ/Minneapolis. KINK/Portland is usually the first each year (around September or October) but there’s been no word from them. No word yet from KGSR, KBCO, WTTS, or WXRT yet although KGSR’s is supposed to be out after Thanksgiving and the others in December.
Was this the first time it went on sale on a Monday? I seem to recall it was usually a Thurs or Fri; they'd do a LFTA-themed 10@10 and then spend the weekend making appearances at Peets. This way it fell to Rosalie to do the "on sale tomorrow!" pitch on Acoustic Sunrise. Maybe they thought that made more sense. But yeah it sure seemed low-key.
Perhaps the fact that CDs are dead (as far as millenials are concerned) is one reason there are less of these collections? The pics they posted of the Renee/Greg/No-Name appearance yesterday showed mostly older Fogheads.
Yeah, I think the CDs dying are the reason why these are disappearing. ~10 years ago, every station used to sell out of them online the day they were released and in stores not too much later. Now they sit for months on shelves and in some cases, years online. The black market value has also plummeted on older volumes...many of them that were going for ~$30-40 can now be found on amazon for one cent plus shipping. I don’t see these working as digital downloads, as I just don't see people getting excited to go to a release party to pay $16.99 to download a collection of live tracks which are available for streaming on KFOG.com.
I emailed some of the stations to see if they were still making them. KGSR is, in fact their tracklisting went up today and it looks pretty good: http://www.kgsr.com/promotions/broadcasts-cd
KINK says that they are hoping to, but are having licensing issues. Chris Mays (the former PD) left early this year, and she took care of most of that (and at KMTT for many years before when she was PD.) It doesn’t sound promising.
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Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but I just noticed it. The 10@10 shows are no longer online. Instead, they have Rd-io playing the 10 songs individually, without the clips/production. ::)
yes. very sad. Cumulus owns Rdio apparently.
Yes, it pretty much sucks. Happened about three months ago, I think. There were complaints posted on the KFOG FB page when it happened, and someone from the station (Webster?) said at that time they were trying to come up with a means of streaming the full shows, but nothing has happened since. So I guess we know where that went.
http://10at10club.com/forum/index.php?topic=9649.msg186985#msg186985
and now: Rdio is dead. Or about to be. Pandora bought them to shut them down. Good excuse for KFOG to go back to using Soundcloud.
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Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but I just noticed it. The 10@10 shows are no longer online. Instead, they have Rd-io playing the 10 songs individually, without the clips/production. ::)
yes. very sad. Cumulus owns Rdio apparently.
Yes, it pretty much sucks. Happened about three months ago, I think. There were complaints posted on the KFOG FB page when it happened, and someone from the station (Webster?) said at that time they were trying to come up with a means of streaming the full shows, but nothing has happened since. So I guess we know where that went.
http://10at10club.com/forum/index.php?topic=9649.msg186985#msg186985
and now: Rdio is dead. Or about to be. Pandora bought them to shut them down. Good excuse for KFOG to go back to using Soundcloud.
Good for Pandora. Hope they didn't over-pay.
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Not sure if any of you are friends on FB with Mike Slavko better known in his younger years as M. Dung, but he seems to be in a bit of a bad way. Information here:
https://www.gofundme.com/zzbhuh5c
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Not sure if any of you are friends on FB with Mike Slavko better known in his younger years as M. Dung, but he seems to be in a bit of a bad way. Information here:
https://www.gofundme.com/zzbhuh5c
shoot, that sucks. BTW, I see that Dave Morey just gave him $100.
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Not sure if any of you are friends on FB with Mike Slavko better known in his younger years as M. Dung, but he seems to be in a bit of a bad way. Information here:
https://www.gofundme.com/zzbhuh5c
shoot, that sucks. BTW, I see that Dave Morey just gave him $100.
Dave apparently is in town -- he made a brief appearance on AL's show yesterday, according to sources.
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Do ever watchoo wanna do -- but never make me listen to "Semi-Charmed Life" ever again.
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It occurred to me today that this is the first year in quite a few that I haven't heard the Cal Academy of Sciences "Tis the Season for Science" commercial where they parody various Xmas carols.
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It occurred to me today that this is the first year in quite a few that I haven't heard the Cal Academy of Sciences "Tis the Season for Science" commercial where they parody various Xmas carols.
I've heard it ... the one with "Jack Frost nipping at your proboscis?" Maybe it was some other station, though; except for 10at10, I avoid KFOG.
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It occurred to me today that this is the first year in quite a few that I haven't heard the Cal Academy of Sciences "Tis the Season for Science" commercial where they parody various Xmas carols.
I've heard it ... the one with "Jack Frost nipping at your proboscis?" Maybe it was some other station, though; except for 10at10, I avoid KFOG.
that's the one! I haven't heard it on KFOG, and traditionally I'd hear it every morning in the 6:00 hour, from Thanksgiving to New Years. Of course, I tend to listen to KCSM in the car these days so I dunno who else might be airing it.
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So, "My 3 Songs" is now called "Playlist Puzzle"? WTF?
ETA: oh, and "KFOG A-to-Z" returns Monday morning. Color me underwhelmed.
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So, "My 3 Songs" is now called "Playlist Puzzle"? WTF?
ETA: oh, and "KFOG A-to-Z" returns Monday morning. Color me underwhelmed.
I note that their website says A-to-Z is "Jan 4 to Jan 10", meaning it'll be a rather perfunctory effort, I guess. (Last time they did it was exactly a year ago, and it lasted 8 days and held few surprises.
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So, "My 3 Songs" is now called "Playlist Puzzle"? WTF?
ETA: oh, and "KFOG A-to-Z" returns Monday morning. Color me underwhelmed.
I note that their website says A-to-Z is "Jan 4 to Jan 10", meaning it'll be a rather perfunctory effort, I guess. (Last time they did it was exactly a year ago, and it lasted 8 days and held few surprises.
I was listening the other morning and Renee said it's a partial selection of A to Z, because, you know, with *all* the variety of the KFOG library, it would go on all year. Whatever.
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Someone on the "Fogheads for the Old Format" FB page posted: "Who sings that song, that goes... take me to church....... I like that song..."
Yes, after a year-and-a-half of them playing it 6 times a day, he finally noticed it. SMH.
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So, "My 3 Songs" is now called "Playlist Puzzle"? WTF?
ETA: oh, and "KFOG A-to-Z" returns Monday morning. Color me underwhelmed.
I note that their website says A-to-Z is "Jan 4 to Jan 10", meaning it'll be a rather perfunctory effort, I guess. (Last time they did it was exactly a year ago, and it lasted 8 days and held few surprises.
I was listening the other morning and Renee said it's a partial selection of A to Z, because, you know, with *all* the variety of the KFOG library, it would go on all year. Whatever.
I would welcome that.
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New Releases Tuesday... which was formerly New Releases Thursday.. is now New Releases Friday. They've also moved Movie Jesus and Weekend Sherpa to Fridays, so that the Fri Morning Show is now your one-stop, get-ready-for-the-weekend headquarters.
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Looking at TuneGenie for the last 3 hours, KFOG played exactly ONE song from before 1980 -- the Cars, of course, "Bye Bye Love" from '78... which I think they play multiple times a week. So much for that "ooo! they're playing more old stuff!" thread in the Fogheads for the Old Format FB group.
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Man, KFOG's "oldies" are really getting well-worn. Pre-10@10 we got "In Your Eyes" followed by "Personal Jesus". Sheesh.
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AL is on vacay, after just having had a long weekend to sort out family stuff in Beantown, and after having had months of unpaid leave last year. Renee was on vacay last week. NoName was off for part of the holidays and Irish Greg went to Ireland for the other part; he's going to Mexico in a couple weeks. Is there ever a week when everyone at KFOG is there at the same time?
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Seriously: how many times a week do they play "By Bye Love" by the Cars? I swear I hear it every other morning in the 6:00 hour.
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Congrats to our own Darryl, who apparently won Joe Jackson tix on the Pop Quiz this morning. Woo Hoo!
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Congrats to our own Darryl, who apparently won Joe Jackson tix on the Pop Quiz this morning. Woo Hoo!
That's awesome! Saw him at Hardly Strictly BG last year and it was a short set, but nice. That should be a good show.... (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/joe-jackson/2015/golden-gate-park-san-francisco-ca-5bf43be0.html)
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Congrats to our own Darryl, who apparently won Joe Jackson tix on the Pop Quiz this morning. Woo Hoo!
That's awesome! Saw him at Hardly Strictly BG last year and it was a short set, but nice. That should be a good show.... (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/joe-jackson/2015/golden-gate-park-san-francisco-ca-5bf43be0.html)
Saw JJ a couple years back at the Warfield, and really enjoyed it. Considering this show as well, but I'm pretty sure it's a school night. I was more up for that a few years back.
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Congrats to our own Darryl, who apparently won Joe Jackson tix on the Pop Quiz this morning. Woo Hoo!
That's awesome! Saw him at Hardly Strictly BG last year and it was a short set, but nice. That should be a good show.... (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/joe-jackson/2015/golden-gate-park-san-francisco-ca-5bf43be0.html)
Saw JJ a couple years back at the Warfield, and really enjoyed it. Considering this show as well, but I'm pretty sure it's a school night. I was more up for that a few years back.
Another recco for Joe Jackson's live show. I saw him do a solo show at the Fillmore about 10 or 12 years back that was great, and also a couple of times in the 80s that were hot (the Night & Day tour, which was stellar) and the one that followed it that was not (he was throwing a bit of a snit onstage).
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Did this "evolution" crap just start this morning? My prediction: the ad bumpers will be
more interesting than whatever it turns out to be.
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Did this "evolution" crap just start this morning? My prediction: the ad bumpers will be
more interesting than whatever it turns out to be.
Yep, they rolled out at 10am, 10@10 is MIA for today, and AL posted a rather cryptic photo on her FB page of a pint of some dark liquid (could be stout, could be a coke) and a penny with the comment "Sorry I can't be with you today, phenomenal human beings." So of course everyone in GS-ville is assuming the worst, but I can't say I have much hope either.
This article about KFOG/KSAN's new PD posted on All Access this am (you might need to register to read it):
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/152093/bryan-schock-named-om-pd-of-ksan-and-kfog-san-fran
ETA: Anyone check in on The Bone to see if any overt changes have happened over there?
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to add to the KFOG/Cumulus thing, they're also doing (another) major overhaul at KGO -- Ronn Owens is now the morning guy, and Getty & Armstrong (Sac'to neocons) have been added to the midday lineup.
And KGO-TV fired news anchor Alan Wang for apparently "liking the wrong tweet" (!)
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Did this "evolution" crap just start this morning? My prediction: the ad bumpers will be
more interesting than whatever it turns out to be.
Yep, they rolled out at 10am, 10@10 is MIA for today, and AL posted a rather cryptic photo on her FB page of a pint of some dark liquid (could be stout, could be a coke) and a penny with the comment "Sorry I can't be with you today, phenomenal human beings." So of course everyone in GS-ville is assuming the worst, but I can't say I have much hope either.
This article about KFOG/KSAN's new PD posted on All Access this am (you might need to register to read it):
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/152093/bryan-schock-named-om-pd-of-ksan-and-kfog-san-fran
ETA: Anyone check in on The Bone to see if any overt changes have happened over there?
Well, the last paragraph of the allaccess article mentioned above is pretty ominous:
In further KFOG news, ALL ACCESS is hearing that most of the KFOG air staff has been let go. The station playing quite a bit of ‘90s Alternative hits at the moment and is running sweepers on the air saying The Evolution Is Coming April 20th.” - See more at: http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/152093/bryan-schock-named-om-pd-of-ksan-and-kfog-san-fran#sthash.O4PZMwiZ.dpuf
EDIT to bold the ominous part. Hope AL (and 10@10) stays, but...
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Well, the last paragraph of the allaccess article mentioned above is pretty ominous:
In further KFOG news, ALL ACCESS is hearing that most of the KFOG air staff has been let go. The station playing quite a bit of ‘90s Alternative hits at the moment and is running sweepers on the air saying The Evolution Is Coming April 20th.” - See more at: http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/152093/bryan-schock-named-om-pd-of-ksan-and-kfog-san-fran#sthash.O4PZMwiZ.dpuf
EDIT to bold the ominous part. Hope AL (and 10@10) stays, but...
In a related story Lieberman (so take it with a grain) reported last week that Live 105 was not long for this world. So "The Evolution" clearly means to be what they were and then some.
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From Lieberman's page, he's got the email sent to all SF Cumulus staff re: the changes...
http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-extra-death-memo-sent-to-cumulussf.html
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Congrats to our own Darryl, who apparently won Joe Jackson tix on the Pop Quiz this morning. Woo Hoo!
That's awesome! Saw him at Hardly Strictly BG last year and it was a short set, but nice. That should be a good show.... (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/joe-jackson/2015/golden-gate-park-san-francisco-ca-5bf43be0.html)
Saw JJ a couple years back at the Warfield, and really enjoyed it. Considering this show as well, but I'm pretty sure it's a school night. I was more up for that a few years back.
Another recco for Joe Jackson's live show. I saw him do a solo show at the Fillmore about 10 or 12 years back that was great, and also a couple of times in the 80s that were hot (the Night & Day tour, which was stellar) and the one that followed it that was not (he was throwing a bit of a snit onstage).
Oh hi everyone. Came here to get the scoop on AL, but yeah, that was me, so thanks. Looking forward to the show!
Anyways, I did notice No Name was AWOL this week, but as of yesterday Renee was still calling it the "Irish Greg, No Name and Renee Show". Figured he was on vacation, but maybe not. :-{
Also of note: Greg and Renee mentioned a story about a $175K/year Butler position opening up in Noe Valley. They joked about whether they could/would take the job, and made a weird mention that it would be perfect for a certain person at the radio station whom they could not mention for fear of getting fired. I actually thought of Dred Scott and now I wonder if he too was one of the unlucky folks that was cut. :-/
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You know, I kind of thought that Evolution promo sounded a little like Muse. (Don't get me wrong, I really dig that one song of theirs, "Uprising", even though I swear it steals a bit of Queens of the Stone Age's "No One Knows".)
So I was curious if much like Alice, or Jack, Evolution was perhaps a format.
God, let's hope not, eh?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_(radio_network)
A majority of Evolution's programming tends to feature a heavy amount of EDM product but at times will play other Dance genres and an occasional classic. During the evening and weekend hours mix shows from influential performers in the world of EDM/Dance are featured.
See also: http://www.iheartevolution.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_radio
By November 2012 KDHT would drop the format for Adult Hits, but in December 2012, WHBA, who had been programming an Adult Hits format in Boston, went the other way around and made headlines by flipping to an EDM-focused presentation, billed as "Evolution 101.7," with the call sign WEDX.
Huh: 1.5 years later they later kicked Evolution to their HD channel and switched to a country format.
http://www.vanyaland.com/2014/06/13/bull-born-evolution-101-7-fm-changing-formats-going-country-3-p-m-est/
(To be fair, listening to Muse now, they are *NOT* EDM.)
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Huh. Before we throw the new guy to the wolves, I found this tidbit from back in July 2014:
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/131507/bryan-schock-heads-to-texas
After two-and-a-half years as MD/afternoons (and recently as interim PD), BRYAN SCHOCK has exited COMPASS MEDIA Triple A KPRi/SAN DIEGO as of JULY 15th. He now heads to AUSTIN to re-unite with his wife, HALEY JONES, who is now PD of EMMIS Triple A KGSR.
Would that be the Haley Jones who was Music Director at KFOG from 1999-2005? Why yes, that Haley Jones. http://www.allaccess.com/triple-a/10-questions/archive/6318/10-questions-with-haley-jones
Man it must suck to work in radio, from a job stability POV.
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Ok, I'm getting into stalker territory, but this was too poignant to resist. Haley Jones just publicly shared this post on FB: https://www.facebook.com/haley.jones.9469/posts/10154038030413695
It's by a DJ on KGSR named Andy Langer, and he's posted a photo of the playlist/rundown of their new music hour (called "The Music Meeting") which recently got moved from midnight to 11pm. The kicker is his description:
It's no secret that one of the frustrating realities of commercial radio is that new music, what the suits call "unfamiliar" music, leads people to punch out much quicker than a bona fide hit song they already know. And yet, for 20 years, I've been lucky enough to host commercial radio shows where I control everything that's on them and where everything is new. For years and years, it was 101x's The Next Big Thing. And for the past four years at KGSR we call that show "The Music Meeting", and this week we moved it up to 11pm from midnight. It's now an hour easier to hear nothing but new music for an hour. This is what tonight's show looks like:
And because I'm a pal, here's the image:
(https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/12417537_10208050369270765_8075804492882833746_n.jpg?oh=b084ba6443e290e54b374f02de6379e5&oe=578119F9)
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Huh. Before we throw the new guy to the wolves, I found this tidbit from back in July 2014:
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/131507/bryan-schock-heads-to-texas
After two-and-a-half years as MD/afternoons (and recently as interim PD), BRYAN SCHOCK has exited COMPASS MEDIA Triple A KPRi/SAN DIEGO as of JULY 15th. He now heads to AUSTIN to re-unite with his wife, HALEY JONES, who is now PD of EMMIS Triple A KGSR.
Would that be the Haley Jones who was Music Director at KFOG from 1999-2005? Why yes, that Haley Jones. http://www.allaccess.com/triple-a/10-questions/archive/6318/10-questions-with-haley-jones
Man it must suck to work in radio, from a job stability POV.
Interesting that Haley Jones, while not named in the changes so far, could easily end up back in the mix. She did a decent job as MD when she was at KFOG, iirc.
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Annalisa has changed her name from "Annalisa KFOG" to "Annalisa Pop". So, no, I don't think Annalisa and 10at10 have any chance of remaining. The format may end up tolerable, but who cares? It's all about 10at10.
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Annalisa has changed her name from "Annalisa KFOG" to "Annalisa Pop". So, no, I don't think Annalisa and 10at10 have any chance of remaining. The format may end up tolerable, but who cares? It's all about 10at10.
Nope, she is done. Check the Core Discussion board for a thread on this.
And yeah, I listened pretty much exclusively for 10@10. Could be that was part of the problem. Too many people tuning away after the set was done.
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Unconfirmed report in visitor comments on KFOG Radio's FB page that Renee was also possibly fired:
I've heard at least 2 ads this morning featuring 2 of your laid off DJs: Annalisa Pop and Renee. Didn't have time to "evolve" those ads before the big purging, I guess.
Also, the All Access story reports:
The station playing quite a bit of ‘90s Alternative hits at the moment and is running sweepers on the air saying The Evolution Is Coming April 20th.”
Psh, I'm looking at my playlog, and no, the playlist has not significantly changed:
http://www.rudebadmood.com/foglist/
Last 10 spins:
2016-03-31 15:03:01 Of Monsters and Men Mountain Sound
2016-03-31 15:00:02 Sinead O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U
2016-03-31 14:57:01 Cold War Kids First
2016-03-31 14:51:01 Queen & David Bowie Under Pressure
2016-03-31 14:48:02 Elle King Ex's & Oh's
2016-03-31 14:42:01 Collective Soul Shine
2016-03-31 14:33:01 Ray LaMontagne Part One - Hey, No Pressure
2016-03-31 14:27:01 INXS What You Need
2016-03-31 14:24:02 Ed Sheeran The a Team
2016-03-31 14:12:02 Depeche Mode Personal Jesus
I like all of those songs and artists are fine. I hate that if you look at playlist history, those are almost the *ONLY* songs they play by those artists. I'm fine with their catalog being wide (as in type of artists). I hate that it's not deep.
I know that this is because of People Meters. I know that's it's because of computers. It's people who do analysis and research, that fear the tune-out above all else. That it's a numbers game to them.
But it sucks the soul out of a station. Ed Sheeran is actually quite great. More so even when you dig deeper into his catalog. Ray LaMontagne, yes, obviously, amazing. But c'mon, he wrote a ridiculous tribute to Meg White called "Meg White". Does that ever get airplay? Hells no. Yes, INXS. But c'mon, "What You Need?" Didn't we hear enough of that track in 1986? The last (and possibly only?) time you played "This Time" was 2012-05-23?
Yeah, iPods, iPhones, Spotify, Podcasts, Satellite... i KNOW already. But you buy or rent the cheapest car in the lot, what does it have w/o a doubt? An AM/FM radio. The ears are out there. They deserve better. Fuck.
See also: KGSR of Austin, Seattle's KEXP. Are those towns really better than the SF Bay Area? Are they more deserving of not stupid overly programmed calculated goddamn vanilla safe stations? I mean hell, even KCRW manages to stay afloat (yeah, they're public radio, it's a different story).
Sorry. [/rant]
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Doesn't sound like they've changed the format yet, just fired people so far. Probably won't hear the new playlists until 4/20.
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Confirmed Webster's out. He gives shout-outs to the rest of the on-air crew, but maybe that's not indicative that they've *all* been cut? God.
Time for a change on the marquee.
You may have heard the news, but if not: most of my radio brothers and sisters at KFOG Radio have left the building. They wanted to re-boot the station, and we were the wrong show size.
Much love and appreciation to Irish Greg SF, Renadiosf, Mike "No Name" Nelson, @Annalisa Pop, Dred Scott and Rosalie!
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=791088424360202&id=144262405709477
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Welp, they are all-in now, changing their FB Cover Photo to this:
(https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12801677_1243084919053074_7489953614534850667_n.png?oh=2ca2cfe3ad0da25e5c12b149be58fc1a&oe=579562EC)
And unsurprisingly, the comments are rolling in:
https://www.facebook.com/kfogradio/photos/a.403472576347650.107794.107995802561997/1243084919053074/?type=3&theater
Alas, if only angry Facebook comments translated into ratings (or whatever bullshit measurement they're basing this decision on), amirite? :-/
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Annalisa has changed her name from "Annalisa KFOG" to "Annalisa Pop". So, no, I don't think Annalisa and 10at10 have any chance of remaining. The format may end up tolerable, but who cares? It's all about 10at10.
Nope, she is done. Check the Core Discussion board for a thread on this.
Is this the clubhouse on Facebook?
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You know, I kind of thought that Evolution promo sounded a little like Muse. (Don't get me wrong, I really dig that one song of theirs, "Uprising", even though I swear it steals a bit of Queens of the Stone Age's "No One Knows".)
So I was curious if much like Alice, or Jack, Evolution was perhaps a format.
God, let's hope not, eh?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_(radio_network)
A majority of Evolution's programming tends to feature a heavy amount of EDM product but at times will play other Dance genres and an occasional classic. During the evening and weekend hours mix shows from influential performers in the world of EDM/Dance are featured.
See also: http://www.iheartevolution.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_radio
By November 2012 KDHT would drop the format for Adult Hits, but in December 2012, WHBA, who had been programming an Adult Hits format in Boston, went the other way around and made headlines by flipping to an EDM-focused presentation, billed as "Evolution 101.7," with the call sign WEDX.
Huh: 1.5 years later they later kicked Evolution to their HD channel and switched to a country format.
http://www.vanyaland.com/2014/06/13/bull-born-evolution-101-7-fm-changing-formats-going-country-3-p-m-est/
(To be fair, listening to Muse now, they are *NOT* EDM.)
That new logo, 4/20, and EDM...that could be it. :o
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The management has done a pretty efficient job of scrubbing any evidence of the released staff members from the website. I got a couple of hits on Annalisa, but only found blank pages with her name, no pictures save a partial thumbnail. And 10@10 is pretty much all but gone too. Only the programming schedule page remains, but it's only reachable via search. No links to it on the door.
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The management has done a pretty efficient job of scrubbing any evidence of the released staff members from the website. I got a couple of hits on Annalisa, but only found blank pages with her name, no pictures save a partial thumbnail. And 10@10 is pretty much all but gone too. Only the programming schedule page remains, but it's only reachable via search. No links to it on the door.
Bastages.
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Annalisa
(http://s10.postimg.org/tohizotmh/annalisa.png)
Annalisa hosts middays and the long-running retro radio show known as 10@10, hand-picking and mixing songs (and sounds) from a different year every Monday through Friday. She started her music obsession early, hitting her first mic in college radio, then headed West to KFOG from Boston in 1996.
She calls Pacifica home, but loves to travel and dig through vinyl bins in every town she can to keep her record cellar well stocked for you.
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Acoustic Sunrise & Sunset with Rosalie
(http://s23.postimg.org/y34kegv7v/rosa.png)
Rosalie Howarth got into underground free-form FM radio at KLRB in Carmel in the 60’s, then landed a gig in 1983 at a new adult rock station in San Francisco called KFOG. She’s been here ever since, occupying a variety of roles, including, host of the station’s Sunday specialty shows Acoustic Sunrise and Acoustic Sunset.
She and her husband raised two daughters (both CalPoly grads) in Walnut Creek, where she enjoys bird-watching and nursing her drought garden with buckets of shower warm-up water.
For Comments, Questions and Requests, email Rosalie.
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KFOG In The Morning
(http://s28.postimg.org/74ksfbqp9/morning.png)
#BoobProject: Boob Spelled Backwards Is Boob (http://www.thinkoutsidetheboob.com/the-boob-project.html)
Renee
No Name
Irish Greg
(Still looking for their individual pages.)
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I wonder if there will be any more Live From The Archives CDs after the format change...
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Dred Scott
(http://s23.postimg.org/mc8pxhpu3/dred.png)
Born in Mendocino, Dred has spent half his life in Northern California and half in Southern… moving back and forth without a passport. His radio career includes stops at stations in Marin, Sonoma and San Francisco (including an early 90s stint at KFOG), plus San Diego and Los Angeles. He lives in Pacifica with Endo the wonder cat, owns a collection of ukuleles and an ever-ready yoga mat. He has never been in jail.
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Webster
(http://s10.postimg.org/5xn7eozqx/webster.png)
A welcoming radio voice in the Bay Area for almost 20 years, Webster was raised on Detroit rock; he’s sold, spun and talked about music since high school. Your host for KFOG Private Concerts, he also gets you home every evening – anchoring your afternoon commute with the music and traffic info you need, along with the Three Things you’ll want to know every Monday-Friday at 3pm.
Webster and his wife live in The City, where a live show, a nice IPA, or a run along the Embarcadero are always part of the plan.
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Steve Rockwell
(http://s8.postimg.org/ed03fgxbp/rockwell.png)
The first song he played on the radio was U2’s “I Will Follow”, on St. Patrick’s Day, 1984, on Penn State’s WDFM. But the Northeast was too cold; South Florida too hot; the Bay Area proved just right, in oh so many ways – home for the last 18 years has been a small flat by the beach. Other than the radio thing, Steve “studies” and makes wine, scours the city for ingredients he’s not yet cooked with, tries to like his non-film camera, binge-watches documentaries (unless there’s a Giants game on) and hangs with his wife and the two shelter cats that adopted them.
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Thanks for doing the archiving Darryl
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I thought it was pretty crummy that they shit-canned the Boob Project blog, so I mirrored it here:
http://www.darryl.com/boobproject/
Images are still pulled from KFOG's website, so those may eventually break. I have copies of the images too though, so it'll just take a (hopefully) small amount of hackery to make it fully independent of the KFOG site. I may try to enlist my wife's help to strip off all the KFOG branding. :-P
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Whoa. Looking for KFOG's anniversary, found Dung! http://idiotshow.podbean.com/e/kfog-30th-anniversary-show/
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This piece is really about KGO, but as good a summary as any of what Cumulus hath wrought here in SF:
http://soundwavestv.com/2016/03/31/kgo-and-the-death-of-radio/
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I wonder if there will be any more Live From The Archives CDs after the format change...
My initial thought was "no", but a lot will depend on which way "The Devolvement" goes - if it's remotely AAA, there's a chance it could continue. Keep the call letters but dismiss the people underlying it - corporatism at its worst.
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Annalisa, Rosalie, Renee, Webster, Dred...all gone. :’( Irish Greg is apparently staying. Not sure in what capacity.
Any word on No Name? I know he went off the air last week and it looks like his FB and Twitter haven’t been updated in about a week either. Not completely sure if he went too or if they took him out of the picture for now in order to bring him back later.
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Annalisa, Rosalie, Renee, Webster, Dred...all gone. :’( Irish Greg is apparently staying. Not sure in what capacity.
Any word on No Name? I know he went off the air last week and it looks like his FB and Twitter haven’t been updated in about a week either. Not completely sure if he went too or if they took him out of the picture for now in order to bring him back later.
That's pretty much what RGM was theorizing. If they're going for some sort of Live 105-ish alternative rock demo then he'd fit right in there. And he's been very notable by his silence through this whole thing, so it wouldn't be a stretch to assume he's still in their plans.
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SFGate's article on the KFOG slaughter:
http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/KFOG-axes-DJs-future-up-in-the-air-7223598.php
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Annalisa, Rosalie, Renee, Webster, Dred...all gone. :’( Irish Greg is apparently staying. Not sure in what capacity.
Any word on No Name? I know he went off the air last week and it looks like his FB and Twitter haven’t been updated in about a week either. Not completely sure if he went too or if they took him out of the picture for now in order to bring him back later.
Instagram would seem to indicate that he's been on vacation for the past couple of days.
https://www.instagram.com/noname_138/?hl=en
Man, what a crappy thing to come back to, unless upper management gave him a heads-up and told him to keep it to himself. That would *also suck highly*. (This has happened to me in tech.)
Oh, and over on FB, Dean K (engineer, sometimes filled in late nights) posted this in response to Rosalie/Dennis Constantine's post below:
I truly enjoyed working at kfog with Dennis and the whole crew there. There was a time where there was genuine enthusiasm for the station and being part of a team that wanted to make creative and fun radio to share with the Bay Area. Producing the PlaySpace was simply a joy. But I made a decision to leave because I wanted to take no part in the direction that the station was headed as explained to me in detail by my supervisor. Who knows how the station will end up but this is an extremely heavy handed way to treat the staff who were just trying to do the best that they could under the direction of their program director. And a shock to the listeners who are being shown the door. Most of the complaints on social media are coming from listeners at the higher side of the age demo and I would think that if there was an outcry from a significant base of 20 to 30 year-olds the management would take notice, otherwise it just confirms the decision. Modern radio...its not for the meek. I wish the best for all my kfog and kgo friends.
Ah, but I do recall looking at his LinkedIn before, and yeap, he quit back in March 2015. So looks like changes were afoot even then.
(Useless trivia -- it was Dean who recorded those often played spots with me talking about being a Snowboarding Foghead and my wife being a Hula Dancing Foghead. That was at the 2014 Concert for Kids down in San Jo -- in exchange for our spots he very generously gave us his two extra tickets so my wife and other son could get into the show!)
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As mentioned above, Rosalie reposted and commented on this lovely remembrance and photo from Dennis Constantine:
A million thanks and blessings to everyone of our friends and listeners, colleagues and co-workers who have weighed in and commiserated, ranted and railed, and offered support, praise and memories. You are all incredibly generous with your praise and insightful in your analysis. We are beyond grateful, and your messages will continue to warm our hearts long after the furor dies down and the phones & FB cool down...that's when we'll need it most! Let's not lose touch; all of us, on both sides of the mic, have been part of something extraordinary together!
Thanks for the photo Dennis Constantine.
(https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/12920325_10207894585735520_6000264028567764368_n.jpg?oh=f0f30297e9c7f0857e878cdba6207cab&oe=578AE64A)
I've been overwhelmed and saddened by the news of the massive layoffs at my former radio home in San Francisco. There are many good people who have done incredible work over the years who find themselves out of work and unappreciated. At KFOG, Rosalie, with over 32 years of dedication and love for the station; my radio wife Renee with her enthusiasm and positivity; Phenomenal human being Annalisa with 10@10; Webster, who kept afternoons alive and fun, and Dred, one of radio's most creative voices. And then there are all the amazing, talented people at KGO who poured their heart and soul into creating great radio.
I know all too well of radio's challenges of finding the next generation of listeners. However, blowing up a brand name and hoping to rebuild from the ground up is not the best strategy. Other brands have been tremendously successful in rebranding. Others have failed miserably. I remember when the iconic Coca-Cola followed their "research" and "evolved" in the future by introducing "New Coke." Eventually, they needed to return to the classic Coke formula (even though they fudged on the sweetener).
In the cases of KGO and KFOG, now is not time for New Coke. Certainly, the programming formula could be adjusted to make the taste more acceptable to younger listeners, but there is no need to overturn the lives of the human beings who have been dedicated to creating great radio and the station's listeners who have come to depend on those stations. Now, instead of building upon a 2 share of listeners, the stations will need to build from scratch, which is a much more difficult road to follow.
Maybe this will all turn out to be a huge April Fools publicity stunt, and the stations will come back and apologize. But then again, who would purposely plan something like that. That would be just pure evil.
I will miss 10@10, Acoustic Sunrise and Sunset and listening to the fun of being on the air at KFOG and KGO. My love and devotion to all my friends who find themselves wondering what's next.
I love you.
https://www.facebook.com/rosalie.howarth/posts/10208068047491216
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SFGate's article on the KFOG slaughter:
http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/KFOG-axes-DJs-future-up-in-the-air-7223598.php
The morning drive team of Irish Greg and No Name has been left intact for now, though its third wheel, Renee, is gone.
Damn. What a hack. "Third wheel"??
1. What, were Irish Greg and No Name on a date?
2. What, was Renee somehow considered "extra" to the Morning Show? Uh... she's been there at least as long as Irish Greg, if not longer, and held it down solo after they axed Greg.
Ok, reading the rest of the article. It's well-researched, digging deep into KFOG's history.
Asked if there will be a farewell show, she said, “you never get to do it in radio, and it’s too bad because I already had all my songs picked out.”
Well, Dave got to do his. But he's the exception, I know.
Wait, I spoke too soon about well-researched:
It still leads into “10@10,” which seldom reaches back to the ’60s and ’70s anymore. The introductory antics are gone, and so is the “10@10 Marathon” on Saturday mornings.
Uhm... Annalisa had plenty of introductory antics. They're just *different* from Don Pardo spinning the big wheel. And uh, the Marathon was still running as of last Saturday. Anyways, his tenses are all screwed up. Those are all in the past now. *Sigh*
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So I'm in the process of putting together a photo album of all the various KFOG events we brought our kids to as they grew up (now ages 8 and 11). God, it's like mourning a relative.
And I was trying to get dates for Kabooms, and I find KFOG's Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/kfog
And it's like, goddamn, they brought in some great artists last year -- Brandi Carlile, Guster, Chrissie fricking Hynde, Zella Dae, even the occasional local artists (although that's been rarer and rarer, thanks payola by any other name)
So on the one hand, KFOG was trying -- they were getting these great live performances, they clearly have a devoted, if not people-metered group of listeners, they had some solid community events (which dried up -- Kaboom, morning live shows, etc.), they'd have a booth at pretty much every concert/film festival/wine fest in the bay.
But where it counts, those people meters... nobody was listening. Do Fogheads not have time to carry pagers (for 1 day we were a Nielsen family, then they either found out I was planning to purposefully listen to KFOG/KSCU/KPIG all the time OR they found out I worked for a streaming video company, and asked for them back. :-(
I think it all goes back to their cowardly music programming. When I look at http://www.rudebadmood.com/foglist/, I barely see those artists they had play live if at all. And yeah, Pretenders -- same goddamn three songs: Brass In Pocket, Don't Get Me Wrong, Back on the Chain Gang.
I think about my brief visits to Seattle, marvelling at KEXP, and how that station seems to push new music on their listeners. I think about the great KGSR CDs I have which are chock-full of new music from artists old and new.
[OH. KEXP is a Public Radio station. Go figure. And KGSR is in Austin. So yeah, ok Austin, you fucking win. Happy now?]
And I think... maybe the Bay Area doesn't deserve a good station? Maybe they built it, and nobody came (listened)?
For a time KPIG broadcast up here, but it was too weak for me to get in San Jose. I don't recall that experiment lasting. Was it for lack of signal? Lack of publicity? Or lack of caring?
Profoundly sad that I've grown so used to the same old same they play on KFOG that when I do kick over to 97.7, I'm actually not surprised until I hear the Evolution spots. That maybe the mornings have a little less banter, but oh, there's that same Green Day song again, so ok, I'm comfortable with that.
Honestly I don't even feel worthy of this board since I've neglected listening to 10-at-10 for years, maybe catching a bit of the Saturday marathon here or there. I didn't make it a priority to stream it or tune it at night.
But yeah, thanks for letting me vent here, post memorials, and commiserate. I know most of you had figured KFOG for dead years ago, and I know where you're coming from. But now that it's really gone, there's a hole on the dial, and it sucks.
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Per our official source in a GS topic: No Name (along with Irish Greg) is staying.
(Seriously, of all the DJs to keep...those two?) ::)
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So I'm in the process of putting together a photo album of all the various KFOG events we brought our kids to as they grew up (now ages 8 and 11). God, it's like mourning a relative...
Honestly I don't even feel worthy of this board since I've neglected listening to 10-at-10 for years, maybe catching a bit of the Saturday marathon here or there. I didn't make it a priority to stream it or tune it at night.
But yeah, thanks for letting me vent here, post memorials, and commiserate. I know most of you had figured KFOG for dead years ago, and I know where you're coming from. But now that it's really gone, there's a hole on the dial, and it sucks.
You're always welcome here, Darryl.
To address the issues you raised, people meters (PPMs) have hurt triple-A formats across the board, because people generally punch around the dial when they're in the car, looking for a familiar hit, and when you're in-and-out of stores that play the radio, it's rarely KFOG (or Live 105, for that matter) that you hear. Which is why Triple-A's, whose success (pre-PPMs) was built on the fact that they DIDN'T repeat songs 7 times a day, and DIDN'T play burnt-out "classics" endlessly, were hurt when PPMs became the primary ratings tool. (Our old friend Mr Constantine lost his gig at KINK because he programmed it like the old KFOG and didn't see PPMs coming.) And so now Triple-A is merely a rock-leaning version of Hot-AC, where the Elle Kings and the George Vance Ezra Joy Hosier Mumfords rule the playlist.
I loved the KPIG simulcast but it never really had a prayer, being on a crappy AM signal as it was.
Even after DC took it in an Alt direction, KFOG always, at heart seemed to be trying to attract younger demos while not completely alienating loyal Fogheads. KFOG is a brand that has meaning and there were enough remnants in the course of the week (10@10, Acoustic Sunrise) to make it seem like they hadn't completely abandoned their heritage. I think that had the Twitch morning show succeeded without complaint the station would've changed a lot sooner -- Cumulus was clearly unprepared for the outcry and had to backpedal, and after that they were very careful to make changes incrementally. Push has, I guess, come to shove and so drastic measures are being taken.
KFOG and Live 105 have always shared audience and that's why each has similar overall numbers (fluctuating between 1.6 and 2.2 usually) even tho' 105's demos are younger and more male. If 105 really is about to disappear as Lieberman claims, then "The Evolution", if it's more Alt than Triple-A (and if they're keeping NoName, I suspect that's the plan) could actually do OK.
The Bone, meanwhile, is doing fine.
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As an addendum to my post above, I'd like to note that Kiss-FM, once my go-to station in the car for their wonderful mix of disco/soul/funk and dance-able white '80s pop, has seen their ratings plummet since dumping the '80s pop and adding '90s hip-hop in an attempt to compete with Q-102. There was a news story this week (the latest of many) talking about how older listeners are where it's at, because of their buying power as well as their loyalty to broadcast radio (which millennials simply don't have). And yet here was iHeart Radio which owns Kiss-FM, kicking folks over 50 to the curb in an attempt to youth-ify their demos, even tho' Kiss's ratings were still quite good despite losing some youngsters to Q-102.
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Another tradition (unsurprisingly) bites the dust. Since it occurred to me at the right time, I turned KFOG on at 5pm on Friday.
No KFOG weekend kickoff (or whatever they called it).
No "Smoke Two Joints". :'(
What kind of 4/20 evolution is that?
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Another tradition (unsurprisingly) bites the dust. Since it occurred to me at the right time, I turned KFOG on at 5pm on Friday.
No KFOG weekend kickoff (or whatever they called it).
No "Smoke Two Joints". :'(
What kind of 4/20 evolution is that?
I had them on in the car earlier, just out of curiosity -- listened for about a half hour. The music mix has definitely shifted. There seem to be more currents; I heard "Starlight" by Muse (from 2006) which I don't think has been in regular rotation before; and I didn't hear a single overplayed '70s or '80s "classic". (The oldest song i heard was "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong".)
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I had them on in the car earlier, just out of curiosity -- listened for about a half hour. The music mix has definitely shifted. There seem to be more currents; I heard "Starlight" by Muse (from 2006) which I don't think has been in regular rotation before; and I didn't hear a single overplayed '70s or '80s "classic". (The oldest song i heard was "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong".)
Just looked at KFOG's TuneGenie for the last 12 hours, they are featuring more current songs and going VERY '90s and '00s-centric with their gold. Only a handful of '80s tracks all day (a couple U2 classics and "Orange Crush" from REM). All those endlessly overplayed alt/New wave chestnuts we've been subjected to for the past year (Cars, Police, Tears For Fears, "Tainted Love" etc) appear to be gone. Compare this to The Peak, who in the last couple of hours played the Doors ("Soul Kitchen"), Stones ("Dead Flowers") and Beatles ("Hey Bulldog"). Makes you wonder what KFOG'd do if Bowie had waited 4 months before dying.
(They appear to be keeping the call letters, BTW)
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UPDATE: the new morning guy is Matt Pinfield, onetime MTV host (120 Minutes) and deejay on Sirius/XM's Lithium channel. He also hosts a weekend show called "Flashback" which is syndicated by (wait for it) Cumulus Media. He also worked with the new PD, Mr. Schock, at the NYC alternative rock station WRXP from 2008 to 2011. That station was a failure in the crowded NY market. It's not clear whether he's going to be moving to SF or broadcast from the East Coast.
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UPDATE: the new morning guy is Matt Pinfield, onetime MTV host (120 Minutes) and deejay on Sirius/XM's Lithium channel. He also hosts a weekend show called "Flashback" which is syndicated by (wait for it) Cumulus Media. He also worked with the new PD, Mr. Schock, at the NYC alternative rock station WRXP from 2008 to 2011. That station was a failure in the crowded NY market. It's not clear whether he's going to be moving to SF or broadcast from the East Coast.
I've heard the Flashback show before. I think The Bone airs it? It shares sentiment with 10 at 10. Going back in time via music and info about the songs, etc.
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UPDATE: the new morning guy is Matt Pinfield, onetime MTV host (120 Minutes) and deejay on Sirius/XM's Lithium channel. He also hosts a weekend show called "Flashback" which is syndicated by (wait for it) Cumulus Media. He also worked with the new PD, Mr. Schock, at the NYC alternative rock station WRXP from 2008 to 2011. That station was a failure in the crowded NY market. It's not clear whether he's going to be moving to SF or broadcast from the East Coast.
I've heard the Flashback show before. I think The Bone airs it? It shares sentiment with 10 at 10. Going back in time via music and info about the songs, etc.
the official blurb: http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/152521/kfog-san-francisco-sets-new-weekday-lineup-matt-pi
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We flipped to KFOG this morning because my wife had heard a new voice and wanted to hear it again. There was a guy talking about how cool it was that his daughter was turning him on to new music and how excited he was about that.
She IDed him as Matt Pinfield.
Then in the car ride to drop off my boys at school I flipped to hear the tail end of a promo announcing Matt Pinfield in the mornings.
Wikipedia and his Twitter feed https://twitter.com/mattpinfield seem to indicate that he is based in New Jersey. Considering he's got two daughters (one in high school) there, seems highly unlikely he'd be moving.
So yeah, one of those bullshit voice-tracked shows. (Probably what he's already doing for Sirius/XM.) So he's either got a nifty home studio setup, or he goes in once a week to record bullshit intros/outros, music news, and other stuff that isn't local or relevant. He throws to the local weather or traffic person who says, "Thanks Matt!" and then fills that shit in.
So.
Fucking.
Sad.
And then they syndicate that shit. Kaching!
Add to that the money saved in not paying live DJs. Kaching!
Do you think they had to pay more for the "name brand" of Matt Pinfield? Ooof, really? Who in the Bay Area was clamoring to hear the dude from 120 Minutes do their morning show? No, they probably got him cheap.
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Sadly, despite myself, I'm *liking* this new mix of music. My little TuneGenie scraper lets me look at the history of a song on KFOG:
http://darryl.com/kfognew/
I *like* Jake Bugg, and this new Bishop track that they just started playing today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoO_EYPjh6o
They've added the BoDeans back to the playlist, who were rarely played in 2015, but in heavy rotation back in 2012-2013. (There's data is missing for 2014. I need to dig it out and backfill.)
So I was thinking - shit, this music mix is pretty decent. (Yes, sorry, barely anything before the 80s. R.I.P. Beatles and Stones. But hey, Changes and Suffragette City are in the mix, so that's... something!)
But but... why alienate so listeners by canning the DJs? I mean, I've been at Live & Local events, where it's clear that the DJs do no actual jockeying of discs. Sure, somebody back at the studio is cueing up tracks and then cueing up Greg/Renee/No-Name/Rosalie to backsell it and then cut to the next commercial, but that's the nature of radio today. They play what's on the list, they get to keep their jobs. So why couldn't they just play this possibly better (and more Arbitron friendly) mix of music?
Well, it's cheaper to have the computer do it. I mean shit, it's been doing it for almost 2 weeks now and do you think the casual KFOG listener even noticed?
So huzzah. KFOG is dead! Long live KFOG! :-{
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Oh, and to whether Matt Pinfield will be moving, I'll refer you to this interview from 2011:
Q: Finally, where do you sees the NYC music industry headed as a whole. Is this still the place to be involved in music?
A: NYC is still the greatest city in the world. It always will be. It doesn’t matter the genre, beyond NYC and into the tri-state area, it’s still the place to be. People move here for a reason: There’s an energy about being a band in NYC that’s unmatched anywhere.
Even as things get gentrified or change, you’ll still find more excitement in an NYC area show than anywhere on the planet. And I know that because I’ve hung out everywhere. Artist for artist, venue for venue, it’s stronger here, and there’s a business to support it. It’s a great, proactive area. It’s the city of artists.
http://www.sonicscoop.com/2011/07/30/5-questions-with-matt-pinfield-taking-over-tv-again-with-the-return-of-120-minutes/
To be fair, that article also talks about his enthusiasm for music of all genres and a curiosity and passion about music that is impressive.
And then there is this bit about the reality of radio as a business:
Q: You talked comprehensively about the June sale of WRXP by Emmis Communications to Randy Michaels and GTCR in a recent “Hollywood Reporter” article. Why, specifically, do you think NYC has a problem keeping a rock radio station going? Isn’t this like LA not having an NFL franchise?
A: I’ll say this only once: The problem had nothing to do with the format or the music. It had to do with financial issues at the top of the company (Emmis).
There’s an incredible misconception that rock can’t work in NYC. That’s complete bullshit. We sold out five Christmas shows, bringing bands like Spoon, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon onstage. We were doing a lot of great things and our fans were really receptive. It had nothing to do with what rock could do in NYC. NYC radio at the moment is really lacking, and I think it would be ridiculous for someone to not pick up the torch and run with it.
But there’s so many politics about how people own stations, and how they look at their market share. Rock’s surely not down for the count, but the situation of the radio station being sold was all above our heads. There was nothing that we could have done as a staff for ratings, or whatever, that could have stopped that sale.
I had a great three year run with Emmis. I loved the opportunity, and that they believed in me and the brand of me. But when a company gets acquired, it doesn’t matter what the business is – it could be a shovel-making company – it’s going to change the dynamic.
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Trolling:
https://twitter.com/notyoutoo/status/719928529069015040
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Trolling:
https://twitter.com/notyoutoo/status/719928529069015040
LOL!
as to the music mix, clearly this is to be a "next-gen" Triple-A. I mean, 1990-to-now is 26 years of "gold" to choose from. And the endless repetition of Cars/Police/TFF was one of the most annoying things about KFOG the last year or so (well, that and the 5-times-a-day recurrents; songs that are at minimum a year old).
I still say the only reason KFOG had a 2.0 share was that there were a lot of geezer Fogheads tuning in for 10@10 and Rosalie. And maybe Cumulus will be happy with a 1.6 if the demos are younger. Now if Live 105 really does disappear as rumored...
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as to the music mix, clearly this is to be a "next-gen" Triple-A. I mean, 1990-to-now is 26 years of "gold" to choose from. And the endless repetition of Cars/Police/TFF was was of the most annoying things about KFOG the last year or so (well, that and the 5-times-a-day recurrents; songs that are at minimum a year old).
Yep. I don't have a problem so much with the updating of the music (with apologies to those who want to hear 60's and 70's all of the time)... It's the callous handling of the staff which gets up my crawl (and I suspect most others).
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It's the callous handling of the staff which gets up my crawl (and I suspect most others).
Indeed. And yet, I suspect that my boycott (and the many who pledged to do the same on Facebook), will have 0 effect on ratings. And Mike, I really question whether 10@10 or Acoustic Sunrise/Sunset gave them that much of a bump in ratings. Those are pretty dead time periods anyways right? (After drive-time, Sunday morning/evening.)
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It's the callous handling of the staff which gets up my crawl (and I suspect most others).
Indeed. And yet, I suspect that my boycott (and the many who pledged to do the same on Facebook), will have 0 effect on ratings. And Mike, I really question whether 10@10 or Acoustic Sunrise/Sunset gave them that much of a bump in ratings. Those are pretty dead time periods anyways right? (After drive-time, Sunday morning/evening.)
I don't know how Acoustic S/S did, but 10@10 has long been KFOG's highest-rated hour. And yes, boycotting the station is basically meaningless unless you're wearing a people-meter.
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as to the music mix, clearly this is to be a "next-gen" Triple-A. I mean, 1990-to-now is 26 years of "gold" to choose from. And the endless repetition of Cars/Police/TFF was was of the most annoying things about KFOG the last year or so (well, that and the 5-times-a-day recurrents; songs that are at minimum a year old).
Yep. I don't have a problem so much with the updating of the music (with apologies to those who want to hear 60's and 70's all of the time)... It's the callous handling of the staff which gets up my crawl (and I suspect most others).
100% agreed.
When DC first updated the music mix, the ratings went up into the 3's. Why couldn't Cumulus see this and quit while they were ahead? It was after he also dumped the morning show, AL quit, and then he started backtracking on the playlist that the ratings started going back down again. Cumulus has no clue how to run a station.
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We flipped to KFOG this morning because my wife had heard a new voice and wanted to hear it again. There was a guy talking about how cool it was that his daughter was turning him on to new music and how excited he was about that.
She IDed him as Matt Pinfield.
Then in the car ride to drop off my boys at school I flipped to hear the tail end of a promo announcing Matt Pinfield in the mornings.
Wikipedia and his Twitter feed https://twitter.com/mattpinfield seem to indicate that he is based in New Jersey. Considering he's got two daughters (one in high school) there, seems highly unlikely he'd be moving.
Per Irish Greg on FB (he's producing the new morning show), Pinfield is indeed going to be based here. He's still a guy who (afaik) has never lived here, but whatevs. There are still rumors circulating that Big Rick might get hired (midday? evenings? weekends?).
Greg also said that there would be (shades of Alex Bennett) multiple guests in the studio interacting with one another and even occasionally a live studio audience.
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There are still rumors circulating that Big Rick might get hired (midday? evenings? weekends?).
From his FB page:
"Today my schedule says "lunch with a program director."
Interesting things might happen!"
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Ok, I stand corrected:
Not close to being done packing 1,000 of CDs Vinyl Books for my move to the beautiful SF!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf7pyGXW4AAFRRD.jpg:large)
https://twitter.com/mattpinfield/status/720270037710450688
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And this:
wanted to send my love/thank everyone for their support in my move to SF doing mornings on KFOG. Great station/great city.
https://twitter.com/mattpinfield/status/720279385803251712
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It's the callous handling of the staff which gets up my crawl (and I suspect most others).
Indeed. And yet, I suspect that my boycott (and the many who pledged to do the same on Facebook), will have 0 effect on ratings. And Mike, I really question whether 10@10 or Acoustic Sunrise/Sunset gave them that much of a bump in ratings. Those are pretty dead time periods anyways right? (After drive-time, Sunday morning/evening.)
I don't know how Acoustic S/S did, but 10@10 has long been KFOG's highest-rated hour. And yes, boycotting the station is basically meaningless unless you're wearing a people-meter.
The boycott that works is boycotting the advertisers, especially local businesses, and letting them know. If a
business received a couple hundred letters from KFOG listeners -- letters, not e-mails -- politely informing them they
would not patronize their business as long as they continued to advertise on KFOG in order to protest the sacking
of the staff, they may well pull their advertising from the station. If the KFOG listening community -- AKA the Fogheads --
was sufficiently committed, this tactic could produce results. More likely, not enough people care enough to do anything
about it.
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Damn, previewed but forgot to post. So listening this morning since 7AM.
It's all your favorite hits from the 90s, with some carefully calculated new songs thrown into the mix.
Paula Cole's "Where Have all the Cowboys Gone"? REM's "Man on the Moon"? Sarah Maclachlan's "Building a Mystery"? Egads, shades of Alice Radio from the 90s. They're teasing that Stephen Jenkins from Third Eye Blind will be an in-studio guest? Wow.
Oh, loved how Pinfield said how he loved KFOG's commitment to local music, then he introduces Matt Simons "Catch and Release" (already in regular rotation) who he says is from Palo Alto.
Goddamn. Third Eye Blind is more "local" than this guy. AllMusic says:
> New York-based pop singer/songwriter who became an unexpected success in Europe.
> A native of Palo Alto, California, singer/songwriter Matt Simons' first taste of success came, ironically, in Europe.
Also, signed by Sony. Really big "find" there, Pinfield.
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Damn, previewed but forgot to post. So listening this morning since 7AM.
It's all your favorite hits from the 90s, with some carefully calculated new songs thrown into the mix.
Paula Cole's "Where Have all the Cowboys Gone"? REM's "Man on the Moon"? Sarah Maclachlan's "Building a Mystery"? Egads, shades of Alice Radio from the 90s.
or pre-DC KFOG without the older oldies. This is pretty much what they've been playing the last 2 weeks. Only a handful of '80s tracks: U2 is the new Police and REM are the new Tears For Fears.
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Listened very briefly this morning, heard the new host refer to how excited he was to be at KFOX, and how much he loved San Francisco and the Bay Area. Yep, he said KFOX.
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One irritant about Pinfield to me was the incessant time and IDs *EVERY* time he's back on the air. It reeks of a slickly produced drive time show.
Also - all the pre-taped filler! Sound/music bites that have no relevance. Uggggh. So lame.
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They featured one fan of Pinfield, who purportedly phoned in about how great the music was. He was gushing so hard, it was difficult to believe it wasn't fake.
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I have not been listening yet, but based on comments it sounds like the much ballyhooed "evolution"
is much ado about nothing. After years of hacking away the various bits of uniqueness that made KFOG
what it was, the corporate overlords finally decided to sandblast away all remaining traces of its former
identity. KFOG is now just another radio station.
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There is no evolution. I don’t even like the new music. It’s about 10-20 years newer, which I should have liked but the choices are equally safe, milquetoast, and repetitive. Nothing that the real KFOG staff couldn’t have played.
What we are getting is a new morning DJ with an annoying voice, and a semi-new afternoon DJ also with an annoying voice.
And quite frankly I’ll take Tears for Fears & New Order’s most overplayed songs over over REM and U2’s most overplayed songs.
When DC took over we were getting Stone Roses, Charlatans, Enigma, Blur (other than Song 2), Belly, etc for golds and Belle & Sebastian, Noah & the Whale, Airborne Toxic songs other than Sometime Around Midnight, Fleet Foxes, etc for currents. I do not see anything like that happening this time.
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I have not been listening yet, but based on comments it sounds like the much ballyhooed "evolution" is much ado about nothing. After years of hacking away the various bits of uniqueness that made KFOG what it was, the corporate overlords finally decided to sandblast away all remaining traces of its former identity. KFOG is now just another radio station.
Precisely. And per radical's comment above, I really did kind of expect an alternative (and male-skewing) slant, since they kept NoName. But if that's the plan, why so much Sarah McLesbian, Paula Cole (!) and Adele? Makes no sense. Just a boring younger-skewing Triple-A.
The March rating book had KFOG holding steady with a 1.9 share (tied with Live 105 as they so often have been). Unless 105 disappears I don't see this incarnation doing better than that, but maybe the younger demo is all they care about.
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Listening for a half-hour or so:
1) No-Name is apparently "Mike" now, no more nickname. If anything he seems less "Bro"-ish than before, a surprise considering the FB comments about how the Pinfield show seemed like a total Bro-fest.
2) all the deejay-testimonial commercials (Car-telligent, SleepTrain etc) that had been divided up amongst AL, Renee, Webster etc are now ALL being voiced by No-Name, oops I mean Mike.
3) totally agree about the sound bites (laughter, noise, etc) -- they add nothing.
4) musically, it's as boring and consultant-approved as a Triple-A gets.
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When I punched them up in the car shortly after 6 I was just in time for the longest stop-set of commercials I've ever heard on KFOG -- had to be, like, 10 commercials in a row. I see folks on the Save KFOG FB page also commented on the number of commercials. So I guess the suits are quite pleased.
Also, Ben Fong-Torres latest column, about KGO/KFOG dropped today via the Chron (it will be on SF Gate next week, I guess) but this link should work:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/radiowaves/article/Down-and-out-at-KGO-KFOG-7262471.php?t=8e0437988d7d4f3860&cmpid=twitter-premium
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http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/radiowaves/article/Down-and-out-at-KGO-KFOG-7262471.php?t=8e0437988d7d4f3860&cmpid=twitter-premium
“Inside Radio” reported that KGO’s advertising revenue fell from $23 million in 2010 to $6.7 million in 2015, and that KFOG’s revenue declined from $16.2 million in 2010 to $4.2 million last year.
Well, I suppose they had to do *something*. Those are really ugly numbers.
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Grr. So much to say.
Re: Prince
So since I really only ever regularly listened to KFOG from 7-9AM, I didn't even think to tune in after hearing about Prince's passing.
Facebook comments on Greg's and KFOG's post about Matt and Greg coming back after hearing the news and playing Prince tunes mixed in with listener calls are generally positive. Looking back at my foglist, here was the playlist:
| 4/21/2016 12:27:02 | Prince & The Revolution | Kiss |
| 4/21/2016 12:12:01 | Prince | Little Red Corvette |
| 4/21/2016 11:45:01 | Prince | When Doves Cry |
| 4/21/2016 11:42:01 | Prince | 1999 |
| 4/21/2016 11:39:01 | Prince | Rasberry Beret |
| 4/21/2016 11:30:01 | Prince | Purple Rain |
| 4/21/2016 11:18:01 | The Bangles | Manic Monday |
| 4/21/2016 11:09:02 | Sinead O'Connor | Nothing Compares 2 U |
| 4/21/2016 10:42:01 | Prince | Rasberry Beret |
| 4/21/2016 10:39:02 | Prince & The Revolution | Kiss |
| 4/21/2016 10:33:02 | Prince | 1999 |
| 4/21/2016 10:27:01 | Prince | Let's Go Crazy |
| 4/21/2016 10:24:01 | Prince | When Doves Cry |
| 4/21/2016 10:18:01 | Prince | Little Red Corvette |
| 4/21/2016 10:09:01 | Prince | Purple Rain |
Yup, all the hits. Oh ok, got the Bangles and Sinead in there. Good. (Funny thing I learned yesterday - Sinead and Prince purportedly came to blows when she visited him after her recording came out. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_Compares_2_U))
Still, compared to what Minneapolis' The Current radio station was spinning, it's a pretty shallow sampling. But I mean, that's the man's hometown, so not really a fair comparison.
But yeah, people listened. They called in. It was (apparently) good radio.
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So listening this morning at 7AM -- Matt called up a good friend of his (man that's getting old), Dez Dickerson, Prince's former guitarist to get his remembrances. It was pretty light on details, and now that I've wikipedia'd him I know why: He last played with Prince in 1983 (and quit the band over Prince masturbating with his guitar) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Tour). Wow, what a "get"!
Then Tony Bravo (http://www.sfchronicle.com/author/tony-bravo/), Chronicle Style reporter and semi-frequent guest called in and had some nice points to make about Prince's contributions to *style*. Ok, that was fine.
Interspersed they played the same old Prince hits: Purple Rain, Little Red Corvette, 1999.
But then... a 9 minute commercial block. No. Turn it off. Let's try flipping back to KFOG. FUCKING COLDPLAY. NO! OFF. Minutes later, ok, let's give them a try. SHERYL FUCKING CROW? WTF? NO!
[So yeah, goddamn long commercial blocks. Awful. And how the hell are Sheryl Crow, Coldplay, Alanis Morisette, Train and Lenny Kravitz supposed to appeal to a younger demographic. Younger in Gen-Xers minds???]
But yeah, ultimately it was fine. But but. It could've been so much more with somebody like Dave or Annalisa getting the news. Would they have been able to pull something together after news broke at 9:49AM? Hells yeah. Would it have included deep tracks? Maybe. Would *today's* 10-at-10 blow your socks off? Undoubtably.
Hell, and with 24 hours, I bet even Greg, Renee or No-Name would've found usable audio from these incredible gems to play in the morning show:
A Tribute to Prince from the cast of The Color Purple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6KUTL0PXl0)
Hamilton Prince Tribute 4/21/16 FRONT ROW!!! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l82Zhciehes)
And from the sidestage:
G R E G O R Y @ghaney22 16h16 hours ago Manhattan, NY
Celebrating the one & only PRINCE @HamiltonMusical #RestInPurple #PrinceRIP
(https://twitter.com/ghaney22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
(Seriously, watch the Color Purple one. It's fucking amazing.)
So yeah. KFOG did OK. Even Good. But it could've done Great. It could've gone above and beyond. It could have faith that listeners won't tune out when they hear a funky, slightly rare Prince track like "Baby I'm a Star" (which NPR's Morning Edition used as an outro, which was enough to get me to cue it up on my new Amazon Dot. So good!)
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ARRRGH.
So Pinfield just did a nice signoff. Thanked callers. Thanked Greg. Then started spinning Purple Rain. But wait, is this a live version? Oh, a long version. Shazam pegs it as a track off of Ultimate Prince (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Prince). Nice! Kind of rare, but Greg snuck it in under the guise of a hit, woo! Oh wow, it's 8:40 long? Damn! I post this on Greg's Facebook:
Greg McQuaid thank you for playing this *long version* of Purple Rain. So great to hear something a little rarer by the man.
BUT THEN... 5 minutes in, just as the guitar solo is peaking, they fade it out, I think play a KFOG tag, then play... Eagle Eye Cherry's "Save Tonight"!?! ARGGGH. So I replied:
Oh no! It got cut off! Was that a live version?
Greg replied:
the version we have fades with about 3mins to go
I don't want to be a dick (too badly), so I end it with:
Bummer! Shazam tagged it as from the "Ultimate Prince" album, with a runtime of 8:40. Would've loved to hear the whole thing. Oh well, guess I'll go buy it now. :-}
And I did. And I'm listening to it now. And it's resplendent:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002GKK8YA/ref=dm_ws_tlw_trk8
Doh, I'm a dope. It's the original album (Purple Rain Soundtrack) version instead of the radio edit. I guess I don't listen with headphones enough. And I just gave Prince's estate another $1.25.
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Darryl that was awesome -- thanks for listening so we didn't have to :)
And yes, the 9-minute commercial blocks are new and horrible. I guess the sales guys were out in force, drumming up "we're targeting a younger demo, so sign on now with a discount before our availabilities sell out!" business. (I guess those "60-minute flights of KFOG music" came about because they couldn't sell enough spots? KNBR sells more than THIRTY MINUTES of commercials an hour -- surely KFOG won't go *that* far?)
I noted in the Prince obit thread that AL did an all-Prince "Purple Friday" 10@10 on 3/4 when he was in town which (except for "Darling Nikki" and "Baby I'm a Star") was very mid-'80s-hits-centric.
I'm actually impressed they did 2 hours of the guy (even if it was obvious hits) since they just scrubbed their library of '80s. Imagine what Kiss-FM woulda done had they not become "The Breeze" last week. (and what if it had been someone of equal stature but older?)
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Grr. So much to say.
Re: Prince
So since I really only ever regularly listened to KFOG from 7-9AM, I didn't even think to tune in after hearing about Prince's passing.
Facebook comments on Greg's and KFOG's post about Matt and Greg coming back after hearing the news and playing Prince tunes mixed in with listener calls are generally positive. Looking back at my foglist, here was the playlist:
| 4/21/2016 12:27:02 | Prince & The Revolution | Kiss |
| 4/21/2016 12:12:01 | Prince | Little Red Corvette |
| 4/21/2016 11:45:01 | Prince | When Doves Cry |
| 4/21/2016 11:42:01 | Prince | 1999 |
| 4/21/2016 11:39:01 | Prince | Rasberry Beret |
| 4/21/2016 11:30:01 | Prince | Purple Rain |
| 4/21/2016 11:18:01 | The Bangles | Manic Monday |
| 4/21/2016 11:09:02 | Sinead O'Connor | Nothing Compares 2 U |
| 4/21/2016 10:42:01 | Prince | Rasberry Beret |
| 4/21/2016 10:39:02 | Prince & The Revolution | Kiss |
| 4/21/2016 10:33:02 | Prince | 1999 |
| 4/21/2016 10:27:01 | Prince | Let's Go Crazy |
| 4/21/2016 10:24:01 | Prince | When Doves Cry |
| 4/21/2016 10:18:01 | Prince | Little Red Corvette |
| 4/21/2016 10:09:01 | Prince | Purple Rain |
Yup, all the hits. Oh ok, got the Bangles and Sinead in there. Good. (Funny thing I learned yesterday - Sinead and Prince purportedly came to blows when she visited him after her recording came out. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_Compares_2_U))
Still, compared to what Minneapolis' The Current radio station was spinning, it's a pretty shallow sampling. But I mean, that's the man's hometown, so not really a fair comparison.
But yeah, people listened. They called in. It was (apparently) good radio.
As much as I dislike the regime change and wish it would have been AL doing the kind of tribute that only she knows how to do -- I listened to this thing and to be fair, this is NOT the complete list of what KFOG played. Off the top of my head, we got Controversy and Prince's live version of Nothing Compares 2 U right before Sinead. There were also at least 3 or 4 others that def. weren’t the big hits. But the non-overplayed singles aren’t registering on Tunegenie.
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As much as I dislike the regime change and wish it would have been AL doing the kind of tribute that only she knows how to do -- I listened to this thing and to be fair, this is NOT the complete list of what KFOG played. Off the top of my head, we got Controversy and Prince's live version of Nothing Compares 2 U right after Sinead. There were also at least 3 or 4 others that def. weren’t the big hits. But the non-singles aren’t registering on Tunegenie.
Hey radical - thank you so much for filling us in! I did see that somebody replied to KFOG's Prince post referred to "obscure songs" and I wondered what that was about. That is great to hear they played stuff that wasn't in the computer.
Did anybody happen to listen to the show earlier? A lot of posts to Greg said: "I'm glad you're okay and still able to carry on with your morning." and "Glad you are okay despite the beginning of your day."
I wonder if he got into an accident or if there was some other unfortunate event that he recounted earlier in the show.
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As much as I dislike the regime change and wish it would have been AL doing the kind of tribute that only she knows how to do -- I listened to this thing and to be fair, this is NOT the complete list of what KFOG played. Off the top of my head, we got Controversy and Prince's live version of Nothing Compares 2 U right after Sinead. There were also at least 3 or 4 others that def. weren’t the big hits. But the non-singles aren’t registering on Tunegenie.
Hey radical - thank you so much for filling us in! I did see that somebody replied to KFOG's Prince post referred to "obscure songs" and I wondered what that was about. That is great to hear they played stuff that wasn't in the computer.
Did anybody happen to listen to the show earlier? A lot of posts to Greg said: "I'm glad you're okay and still able to carry on with your morning." and "Glad you are okay despite the beginning of your day."
I wonder if he got into an accident or if there was some other unfortunate event that he recounted earlier in the show.
Yes -- Greg got mugged just outside the station, per various posts on FB. I also wondered what the comments about "obscurities" were about, but that accounts for the time gaps between songs (I *hoped* it didn't mean Pinfield was running his mouth for 10 minutes at a time :) ) IIRC, TuneGenie also failed to pick up non-playlist songs during 10@10, as when AL would play something she brought in from home.
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Yes -- Greg got mugged just outside the station, per various posts on FB. I also wondered what the comments about "obscurities" were about, but that accounts for the time gaps between songs (I *hoped* it didn't mean Pinfield was running his mouth for 10 minutes at a time :) ) IIRC, TuneGenie also failed to pick up non-playlist songs during 10@10, as when AL would play something she brought in from home.
Goddamn, that sucks. I missed those posts - were those on GS? I think I may have bailed out from there.
Anyways, yeah, TuneGenie can clearly only deal with stuff in their computer... and their computer, is bullshit. Re: Purple Rain: "the version we have fades with about 3mins to go"
So wait. How would he know there's 3 minutes more than the 5 that they played? I reckon the computer has the whole track, and they've preset that fade point as "the radio edit" point?
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UGh. Computers ruin everything! :-}
So HEY folks -- if No Name is only on from 3-7 (afternoon drive time)... are they fully automated from 10-3? And 7PM-6AM?
I guess they're saving a lot of cash not paying for 4.5 DJs. (Rosalie was only Sundays, right?)
But still... to hire and *move* Pinfield could not have been cheap. Still SMH about that.
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So HEY folks -- if No Name is only on from 3-7 (afternoon drive time)... are they fully automated from 10-3? And 7PM-6AM?
I guess they're saving a lot of cash not paying for 4.5 DJs. (Rosalie was only Sundays, right?)
But still... to hire and *move* Pinfield could not have been cheap. Still SMH about that.
Yeah its automation the rest of the time, tho' I saw somewhere that they still have Rockwell on the payroll; whether he's going to be the fill-in guy or do weekend shifts remains to be seen. I suspect that it was only Pinfield who moved, and not his family -- he has teens in high school in NJ, I think. Also he's already a Cumulus employee (does a weekend syndicated Classic Rock show and is starting a nightly alternative show too) so there's some kind of package deal going on.
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So HEY folks -- if No Name is only on from 3-7 (afternoon drive time)... are they fully automated from 10-3? And 7PM-6AM?
I guess they're saving a lot of cash not paying for 4.5 DJs. (Rosalie was only Sundays, right?)
But still... to hire and *move* Pinfield could not have been cheap. Still SMH about that.
Yeah its automation the rest of the time, tho' I saw somewhere that they still have Rockwell on the payroll; whether he's going to be the fill-in guy or do weekend shifts remains to be seen. I suspect that it was only Pinfield who moved, and not his family -- he has teens in high school in NJ, I think. Also he's already a Cumulus employee (does a weekend syndicated Classic Rock show and is starting a nightly alternative show too) so there's some kind of package deal going on.
And actually this inspires a conspiracy theory of sorts: The PD (who had worked with Pinfield in NYC) said "look, come to SF for a year and do mornings and Cumulus will give you a 2nd syndicated show that you can voice from here. They get a younger demo and increased commercial revenue and you go home next year with a nice piece of change in your bank account".
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It's true: Rockwell was on this morning doing a shift. Dunno what his hours were. As I said in reply to a comment about it on one of the KFOG FB pages, they obviously needed *someone* to fill in in case Pinfield or Nelson calls in sick...
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Man, how many times a day do they play that clip of Irish Greg saying "We need to do all this over again"?
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Man, how many times a day do they play that clip of Irish Greg saying "We need to do all this over again"?
Ugh yeah, these soundbites are the worst, even if it's Greg.
I caught some of Pinfield's syndicated show in The Bone. Flashback something or another. I was confused.
Oh from that other thread, in case people are also confused about WTF is up with KFOG's new playlist, have a gander at what I think is *everything* on it:
http://www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/7/stationplaylistrequest.asp?c_let=KFOG-FM
Requests, anyone? :-}
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Oh from that other thread, in case people are also confused about WTF is up with KFOG's new playlist, have a gander at what I think is *everything* on it:
http://www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/7/stationplaylistrequest.asp?c_let=KFOG-FM
Requests, anyone? :-}
also from that other thread: lo and behold they played the previously MIA Matt Nathanson TWICE in a half-hour this morning. (I'm guessing he was there in the studio chatting with Pinfield?) John Mayer better get his ass to SF pronto :)
ETA: yes, Nathanson was on the Morning Show today. One way to get airplay.
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Ha! I too heard the new Matt Nathanson song as I rolled into work and had to Shazam it. Indeed he was in studio, with Pinfield profusely thanking him for dropping by the station, acknowledging that he was a friend from before he started, and hoping that he continues to drop by.
Matt (Nathanson) was gracious of course. (Hey, they played his new tune, finally.)
There was a nice bit where Pinfield said the tune, (weirdly named "Bill Murray") reminded him of a great scene at the end of "Lost in Translation" where Bill chases down Scarlett Johansson, whispers something unintelligible, finally gives her that kiss, and they depart, to the tune of "Just Like Honey" by The Jesus and Mary Chain. Matt concurred that it was a great scene and song.
And so I looked it up, and indeed, it is a great scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOpXt30kZCw
So yeah, Pinfield's music geekery is strong. I never thought that was in doubt, after reading his bio, it's clear he's a huge music geek. But then, is that something that this target demo is looking for? And again, if so, why fire Annalisa (and likely antagonize her whenever she went too far "off playlist")?
Lastly, Greg chimed in that Matt is too modest to promote himself, then plugged his upcoming shows at Wente and Mountain Wineries. Pinfield gushed more and pledged to go to both of those shows. Huh, Livermore on a Tuesday night and then Saratoga on a Wednesday night? I guess if he leaves SF early. But then don't morning jocks need to be in bed by like 9PM?
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Rockwell is on "live" right now. And I swear that whenever I punch up KFOG in the car they're playing Dishwalla.
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If you haven't had a chance to check out Peter Finch's "Finch Files" podcast in which he gives the KFOG staff a chance to say their goodbyes and talk a bit about their history at KFOG, I'd highly recommend it. It's a little longish (90 minutes or so) but you can pause and come back, and it's rather illuminating.
http://www.finchfiles.net/podcasts/2016/4/18/kfog-dj-goodbyes-episode-52
Ironically the one who comes off the most bitter is Dave Benson, who was fired 5 years ago, not last month. Maybe it's because he's not still bound by NDAs or what have you (Annalisa does comment that "the paperwork's not all signed yet) but he has the most to say about the ineptitude of Cumulus and the people they put in charge. His assertion that one Cumulus manager is "a pathological lying douchebag, and you can quote me on that." is particularly pithy.
Dave is his usual gracious self on air, and the rest of the staff mostly just says thanks to the fogheads and reminisces a bit about the good ol' days. (AL does give a shoutout to the Guttersnipes.) One thing that struck me is that, while they reached out to Benson and Dave Morey for comment, no mention of Big Rick Stuart (who coincidentally just hooked on doing middays at a station in Napa). I don't recall -- did he leave KFOG voluntarily or was he canned when they decided to bring Webster back?
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If you haven't had a chance to check out Peter Finch's "Finch Files" podcast in which he gives the KFOG staff a chance to say their goodbyes and talk a bit about their history at KFOG, I'd highly recommend it. It's a little longish (90 minutes or so) but you can pause and come back, and it's rather illuminating.
http://www.finchfiles.net/podcasts/2016/4/18/kfog-dj-goodbyes-episode-52
Ironically the one who comes off the most bitter is Dave Benson, who was fired 5 years ago, not last month. Maybe it's because he's not still bound by NDAs or what have you (Annalisa does comment that "the paperwork's not all signed yet) but he has the most to say about the ineptitude of Cumulus and the people they put in charge. His assertion that one Cumulus manager is "a pathological lying douchebag, and you can quote me on that." is particularly pithy.
Dave is his usual gracious self on air, and the rest of the staff mostly just says thanks to the fogheads and reminisces a bit about the good ol' days. (AL does give a shoutout to the Guttersnipes.) One thing that struck me is that, while they reached out to Benson and Dave Morey for comment, no mention of Big Rick Stuart (who coincidentally just hooked on doing middays at a station in Napa). I don't recall -- did he leave KFOG voluntarily or was he canned when they decided to bring Webster back?
I seem to recall that Big Rick's KFOG contract was up and that K-Fox offered him more money so he split.
And Dave Benson left KFOG in April 2009 (a few months after Morey retired). He ended up in Seattle after that; here's an interview with him from (mostly) 2007, slightly updated in '09. He's had quite a career.
http://chicagoradiospotlight.blogspot.com/2007/07/dave-benson.html
"Over the 3 years of Cumulus' ownership the company's priorities and capabilities had become clear. Cumulus is a broadcast property consolidation company. Quality, localized programming isn't something they excel at or seem to aspire to. And the reality of their precarious financial position just made them more and more desperate, which lead to even more screw tightening and fear-based decision making."
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Ironically, now that they only have live deejays 8 hours a day, they've gotten rid of the computer voice that was back-announcing new/current song titles/artists.
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Heard a long informercialish sounding commercial around 6:30 tonight for some hair product or treatment that guaranteed to get the Frizzies out. What the what?
Ok I GUESS that trying to target a female demo would explain the return to an Alice/KFOG woman-centric playlist from the 90s. But why hire Pinfield? Why fire all the women? Why keep No-Name (because of his stint with Sarah on Alice) and then force him to drop the nickname??
(Some fucking accountant/consultant greedily taps his fingertips together like Mr. Burns and whispers, "Yesss yessss it's all going according to plan....")
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Heard a long informercialish sounding commercial around 6:30 tonight for some hair product or treatment that guaranteed to get the Frizzies out. What the what?
Ok I GUESS that trying to target a female demo would explain the return to an Alice/KFOG woman-centric playlist from the 90s. But why hire Pinfield? Why fire all the women? Why keep No-Name (because of his stint with Sarah on Alice) and then force him to drop the nickname??
(Some fucking accountant/consultant greedily taps his fingertips together like Mr. Burns and whispers, "Yesss yessss it's all going according to plan....")
Apparently this is what responsible corporate stewardship of the public airwaves looks like.
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Heard a long informercialish sounding commercial around 6:30 tonight for some hair product or treatment that guaranteed to get the Frizzies out. What the what?
Ok I GUESS that trying to target a female demo would explain the return to an Alice/KFOG woman-centric playlist from the 90s. But why hire Pinfield? Why fire all the women? Why keep No-Name (because of his stint with Sarah on Alice) and then force him to drop the nickname??
Precisely. Makes no sense. I'd also say that women prefer hearing a live deejay voice (whereas guys just want nonstop tunes with little talk) so of course they're jockless from 10-3 -- prime office or moms-doing-errands in cars time.
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There have been some comments on the “Save KFOG” group about how we who dislike the new format aren’t supposed to be listening to it at all. While I get what they’re saying, I don’t see the point of self-imposing a lifetime ban on listening to the station UNLESS we have a PPM (which I don’t and most/all of the people in the group don’t either.) A better strategy is to not support the advertisers. I no longer make it a point to listen to KFOG for long stretches of time like did pre-“evolution” (currently, the only station left where I do that regularly is Live 105, and occasionally Mix 106) but it’s been relegated to KOIT/KBAY/Alice/Star/Kiss/Breeze status for me which means I flip through the stations and listen to small snippets of these at a time, maybe tune in for a song if it’s new or one that I really like then move on.
If they’re trying to woo new listeners, the updated playlist isn’t helping. I think it’s even more boring that before, despite being about ~10 years newer. I’ll give them credit for a couple of underplayed 90s hits I heard (Porno for Pyros - Pets and Adam Ant - Wonderful), but that’s it. Having ten of U2’s big hits as their entire 80s repertoire makes my brain go numb.
I don’t like the Pinfield show, but I’m not going to call him Pinhead. The problem is much more comprehensive than him, so in the scheme of things calling him names just seems like a cheap shot that avoids the larger problem.
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There have been some comments on the “Save KFOG” group about how we who dislike the new format aren’t supposed to be listening to it at all. While I get what they’re saying, I don’t see the point of self-imposing a lifetime ban on listening to the station UNLESS we have a PPM (which I don’t and most/all of the people in the group don’t either.) A better strategy is to not support the advertisers.
Yes. I've had that argument with a few folks -- I certainly don't listen to KFOG for pleasure at this point but I'm a radio geek since childhood and trying to figure out what they (or KGO, or Kiss-FM) think they're doing is kinda in my blood. And so far what they're doing doesn't seem to make much sense.
Lots of comments about the fact that Pinfield's personal FB page still has NYC as his location. I've no doubt he's staying in a hotel or a high-end AirBnB deal. Funniest line of the week, in re: Pinfield's constant name-dropping - "He's like a star-fucker who doesn't actually get to fuck stars."
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anybody looking for a job?
https://apply.hrmdirect.com/resumedirect/ApplyOnline/mobile/JobDetails.aspx?req_id=enc-16.5908255268811772
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anybody looking for a job?
https://apply.hrmdirect.com/resumedirect/ApplyOnline/mobile/JobDetails.aspx?req_id=enc-16.5908255268811772
Uh, didn't KFOG have three or four people meeting those requirements on their payroll a couple of
months ago?
More corporate cluelessness...
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anybody looking for a job?
https://apply.hrmdirect.com/resumedirect/ApplyOnline/mobile/JobDetails.aspx?req_id=enc-16.5908255268811772
Uh, didn't KFOG have three or four people meeting those requirements on their payroll a couple of months ago?
Indeed; altho' all were over 40 :) (yes I know Pinfield and NoName are too) You'd think they'd've had someone lined up to start with, however. This is a loooong time to be jockless in middays. I'm gonna guess they will hire a young-ish woman. If they hire another guy then the music mix *really* will make no sense.
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Also saw something in one of the threads that they are advertising for an "executive producer" for the morning show. Now, they already have a producer (Greg), and local morning shows don't need an "exec" producer, usually. But a syndicated morning show would. I suspect they're hoping to launch Pinfield's show into something national. Which, you may recall, was what they wanted to do with Twitch & Co... before that show crashed & burned.
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So, anybody have any ideas about this "big announcement" Rosalie is making tomorrow?
My first thought was that a station like, say, The Coast, was picking up Acoustic Sunrise (they already air her Putumayo World Music show; it would've made sense). But apparently Pinfield on Friday was flogging a "big announcement that would be of interest to longtime KFOG listeners" (the word "Foghead" is out the window, I guess).
Could they really be bringing Rosalie back "by popular demand"? That would seem to go against everything they've done in the last 6 weeks, no? Are they gonna let her play CSNY and Dylan and all that geezer stuff? Why would she go back there after being dumped the way she and the others were? And since we're told repeatedly that listening to KFOG is disloyal to AL et al... will some people's heads explode if Acoustic Sunrise really returns?
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So, anybody have any ideas about this "big announcement" Rosalie is making tomorrow?
My first thought was that a station like, say, The Coast, was picking up Acoustic Sunrise (they already air her Putumayo World Music show; it would've made sense). But apparently Pinfield on Friday was flogging a "big announcement that would be of interest to longtime KFOG listeners" (the word "Foghead" is out the window, I guess).
Could they really be bringing Rosalie back "by popular demand"? That would seem to go against everything they've done in the last 6 weeks, no? Are they gonna let her play CSNY and Dylan and all that geezer stuff? Why would she go back there after being dumped the way she and the others were? And since we're told repeatedly that listening to KFOG is disloyal to AL et al... will some people's heads explode if Acoustic Sunrise really returns?
Cat's out of the bag, and yes -- KFOG is bringing back Acoustic Sunrise on Sundays (6a-11a). Curiouser and Curiouser.
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Pinfield actually stressed that it will be "a new and expanded Acoustic Sunrise."
I can see "expanded" meaning that it will go past 11 to 12 (with apologies to Nigel Tufnel), but "new" makes me wonder about the approved playlist. We will still get Dixie the Tiny Dog?
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To follow up, I can only guess that this means the geniuses realized that there are a lot of people like me, who - in the absence of Acoustic Sunrise - simply do not turn their radio on at all on a Sunday morning.
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Pinfield actually stressed that it will be "a new and expanded Acoustic Sunrise."
I can see "expanded" meaning that it will go past 11 to 12 (with apologies to Nigel Tufnel), but "new" makes me wonder about the approved playlist. We will still get Dixie the Tiny Dog?
the announcement on the KFOG FB page says "Fresher and expanded". I suspect it means anything from before 1990 is considered "stale". So none of that Dylan/CSNY geezer stuff.
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To follow up, I can only guess that this means the geniuses realized that there are a lot of people like me, who - in the absence of Acoustic Sunrise - simply do not turn their radio on at all on a Sunday morning.
So this poses the question, if their Sunday AM numbers had to tank significantly enough for them to rethink and bring Rosalie back, how bad do things have to get during middays for them to give Annalisa a call?
At least *someone* got their job back.
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Could they really be bringing Rosalie back "by popular demand"? That would seem to go against everything they've done in the last 6 weeks, no?
While this is true...most of what they’ve already done in the last 6 weeks has also gone against everything else they’ve done in the last 6 weeks. The regular regular playlist is, erm, ‘mellow’, so Acoustic Sunrise would not really be out of place.
Why would she go back there after being dumped the way she and the others were?
While I’d be pissed and probably not go back if I was in her situation...she’s probably just happy that her listeners can hear her again. She does not seem like the type to cut off her nose to spite her face.
And since we're told repeatedly that listening to KFOG is disloyal to AL et al... will some people's heads explode if Acoustic Sunrise really returns?
Some people probably, but from most of the comments, listeners are happy she’s back and are saying they will only listen to her show and nothing else.
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Could they really be bringing Rosalie back "by popular demand"? That would seem to go against everything they've done in the last 6 weeks, no?
While this is true...most of what they’ve already done in the last 6 weeks has also gone against everything else they’ve done in the last 6 weeks.
Just another indication that TPTB haven't a clue...
Why would she go back there after being dumped the way she and the others were?
While I’d be pissed and probably not go back if I was in her situation...she’s probably just happy that her listeners can hear her again. She does not seem like the type to cut off her nose to spite her face.
The desirability of a steady paycheck, particularly for something you've already been doing for years,
is not to be underestimated. However, my experience and that of a couple of friends is that a company
that lays you off once is very likely to do so again, and probably sooner than you would like. Things are
probably different for an on-air personality in the broadcasting biz, but if it was an "ordinary" job, I'd
keep looking for another position.
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Don't they teach this in business school? (don't ask me, I didn't attend)
Need to create buzz, but don't have any actual ideas? Then rebrand! Bring the old back in and pretend it's new!
Hadn't it already happened with Webster and Irish Greg in earlier regimes?
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Pinfield actually stressed that it will be "a new and expanded Acoustic Sunrise."
I can see "expanded" meaning that it will go past 11 to 12 (with apologies to Nigel Tufnel), but "new" makes me wonder about the approved playlist. We will still get Dixie the Tiny Dog?
Today's SFGate:
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Acoustic-Sunrise-returns-to-KFOG-7496021.php
the "expanded" refers to the fact that the show will begin at 6 instead of 7. (Putumayo World Music previously preceded AS from 6 to 7). But yeah, he says "a lot less '60s/'70s/'80s".
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Funniest line of the week, in re: Pinfield's constant name-dropping - "He's like a star-fucker who doesn't actually get to fuck stars."
HA!
Re: Rosalie's return under a more constrained playlist, one keen reader of the SFGate article noted this on the Save KFOG! (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1672074356386465/) page:
Also got a kick out of this: "Schock said that Howarth will continue to program the show with the caveat that 'the music will skew a bit more into the now. There will be very little ’60s, ’70s and ’80s stuff'... 'I would never abandon one specific decade, but I look forward to freshening the sound while staying true to the spirit of the show,' Howarth said. 'There is lots of excellent unplugged music in every genre from every decade.'” So is she basically telling Schock to piss off? Pass the popcorn!
Re-reading the article -- yeah, it does seem like Howarth is directly flaunting Schock's (Cumulus's) mandate. Good for her! (Although this also could be creative reporting/editing to create conflict where there is none.)
Oh, this was posted to that page a few hours ago, and is perfect:
The "new" KFOG: Where you can listen to songs Alice 97.3 stopped playing 15 years ago.
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And file this under "The more things change, the more they stay the same" -- Pinfield and Greg did a segment about a new Dead tribute album curated by The National. Matt mentioned that Greg had interviewed the band (The National) about it, and after much fawning/pandering about how great The Dead are and how loyal their fans are and how much money they made last year, they played a small snippet of the interview. Sounded interesting enough. They listed off some of the bands on the album, Avett Brothers, War on Drugs ("great band out of Philadelphia", Pinfield had to throw in), and Courtney Barnett (which Pinfield was very excited about, with good reason -- she. is. awesome.)
Then, after an overly long explanation of how polarizing covers of beloved songs can be (you either love them or hate them - DUH), then deigned to play a snippet of War on Drugs' cover of "Touch of Grey". Like, 15 seconds.
Then they cut it off with "This has been Music News. Here's Coldplay."
AAACK. That's right. Because Music News cannot contain a full song. Because Coldplay *obviously* is not Music. Because god forbid that you fucking play any goddamn song that isn't on your computer generated, accountant-approved, consultant-generated playlist of songs that people will not switch away from because they're SAFE BORING VANILLA AND YOUR MOM LIKES THEM WEREN'T THEY ON THE SUPERBOWL?
Good lord Pinfield, if you're a real fan of music, then take some of the rope that they're clearly extending you by moving you to San Francisco and replacing beloved DJs and letting you run your mouth off about inside stories of rock stars you've met AND PLAY SOME FUCKING GOOD MUSIC. You seem to know what it is.
To wit: Pinfield's personal Facebook page includes links to Youtube videos he's presumably watched/enjoyed recently. They include respectably interesting tracks: "Love and Rockets' "No New Tale to Tell", Roxy Music's "Love Is The Drug", Lou Reed "Caroline Says I" (NTM because my Lou Reed knowledge is shallow), and Devo's "Girl U Want" (also new to me).
SO DUDE. PLAY THAT SHIT. Don't be a tool. Or ok, if you're going to be a tool, at least a be a tool that plays good music.
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Funniest line of the week, in re: Pinfield's constant name-dropping - "He's like a star-fucker who doesn't actually get to fuck stars."
HA!
Re: Rosalie's return under a more constrained playlist, one keen reader of the SFGate article noted this on the Save KFOG! (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1672074356386465/) page:
Also got a kick out of this: "Schock said that Howarth will continue to program the show with the caveat that 'the music will skew a bit more into the now. There will be very little ’60s, ’70s and ’80s stuff'... 'I would never abandon one specific decade, but I look forward to freshening the sound while staying true to the spirit of the show,' Howarth said. 'There is lots of excellent unplugged music in every genre from every decade.'” So is she basically telling Schock to piss off? Pass the popcorn!
Re-reading the article -- yeah, it does seem like Howarth is directly flaunting Schock's (Cumulus's) mandate. Good for her! (Although this also could be creative reporting/editing to create conflict where there is none.)
Oh, this was posted to that page a few hours ago, and is perfect:
The "new" KFOG: Where you can listen to songs Alice 97.3 stopped playing 15 years ago.
Well, I do have a well-received line every now and then.
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A pretty good analysis of KFOG's history...
http://www.playlistresearch.com/article/kfog.htm
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A pretty good analysis of KFOG's history...
http://www.playlistresearch.com/article/kfog.htm
That was indeed quite good, altho' I guess he didn't have the space to go into the whole "Triple-A and what happened to it" issue, which is a big part of the KFOG story.
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Am not usually in the car in the AM but was today (Dr's appointment) so I punched up KFOG for a few minutes. Some guest was performing and chatting. And yeah Pinfield's voice is way annoying. It struck me that the show didn't sound like a local program so much as it sounded like a syndicated offering, which as I mentioned in an earlier post is what i suspect Cumulus would like to do.
Then on the way home (post-Pinfield) I heard the tail end of Natalie Merchant's "Wonder" segued into Cake "Never There". Sheesh.
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It was lovely hearing Rosalie back on KFOG on Sunday morning. I'll have to see if I can dig up old Acoustic Sunrise playlists from the web archive, but I could've sworn there was a touch more 80s-90s stuff on there (Mraz!), but not sure.
Still she played all the faves, Dixie the Tiny Dog, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, so def satisifed some of the faithful.
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It was lovely hearing Rosalie back on KFOG on Sunday morning. I'll have to see if I can dig up old Acoustic Sunrise playlists from the web archive, but I could've sworn there was a touch more 80s-90s stuff on there (Mraz!), but not sure.
Still she played all the faves, Dixie the Tiny Dog, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, so def satisifed some of the faithful.
From what I saw on TuneGenie, it was much more '90s/'00s based than before, with just enuf classics to make it seem like Rosalie was still in charge.
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Per Tunegenie, they now appear to be making an attempt to sound less snoozy, though still equally safe (i.e. we're getting more of the likes of Green Day, RHCP, Weezer and less Adele, Sarah McLesbian).
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BFT's Radio Waves column in the pink section of this Sunday's Chron was all about KFOG's new PD, Bryan Schock.
The online article is currently behind a paywall. A few hits (snarky footnotes are mine):
"'Evolution' was a marketing ploy[1], and even after three weeks, not much more. "People expected this
instaneous thing to happen," said Schock, "but evolution happens over time. It was just a first step." [2]
[...]
"So KFOG is aiming for younger listeners. As Schock explained, "As the radio station traveled with the
audience, at some point you have to say to yourself, 'Is this beneficial to our business?' and the ratings
were saying, 'No.' The target [audience] had to be shifted, and musically is how we're doing it."
"As for what the new target is, Schock is candid: "I've been saying we're a chick flick that guys want to go
see." He gave an approximate target age range of 25 to 49." [3]
[...]
[on why the changes couldn't have been made without dismissing most of the on-air staff]
"My understanding is that they tried to do it over the last several years, with different programmers, and
nothing made much of an impact," said Schock. KFOG's ratings had been stagnant for several years.
Management, he said, "had to make a statement, that we've made a change, and get the attention of people." [4]
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[1] Gee, ya think so?
[2] Watch that first step -- it's a doozy!
[3] In other words, the wet dream of every other media outlet.
[4] Well, you managed to do that, but not in a postive way.
In witnessing Cumulus' clueless destruction of the KFOG brand, I can't help but think that they are
seriously following a radio version of the old three envelopes joke.
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and KFOG hires a Music Director/midday jock. As expected, it's a woman.
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/106700/alicia-tyler-joins-kfog/
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BFT's Radio Waves column in the pink section of this Sunday's Chron was all about KFOG's new PD, Bryan Schock.
The online article is currently behind a paywall. A few hits (snarky footnotes are mine):
"'Evolution' was a marketing ploy[1], and even after three weeks, not much more. "People expected this
instaneous thing to happen," said Schock, "but evolution happens over time. It was just a first step." [2]
[...]
"So KFOG is aiming for younger listeners. As Schock explained, "As the radio station traveled with the
audience, at some point you have to say to yourself, 'Is this beneficial to our business?' and the ratings
were saying, 'No.' The target [audience] had to be shifted, and musically is how we're doing it."
"As for what the new target is, Schock is candid: "I've been saying we're a chick flick that guys want to go
see." He gave an approximate target age range of 25 to 49." [3]
[...]
[on why the changes couldn't have been made without dismissing most of the on-air staff]
"My understanding is that they tried to do it over the last several years, with different programmers, and
nothing made much of an impact," said Schock. KFOG's ratings had been stagnant for several years.
Management, he said, "had to make a statement, that we've made a change, and get the attention of people." [4]
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[1] Gee, ya think so?
[2] Watch that first step -- it's a doozy!
[3] In other words, the wet dream of every other media outlet.
[4] Well, you managed to do that, but not in a postive way.
In witnessing Cumulus' clueless destruction of the KFOG brand, I can't help but think that they are
seriously following a radio version of the old three envelopes joke.
I also remember from the article that the new morning show ratings are actually up, according to Schrock...but if that’s the case, then the ratings for the other dayparts must have gone down since the overall ratings are down.
Ever since DM left, the morning show has always been the weakest link...so what does Cumulus do, fire all the non-morning DJs and keep 2/3 of the old morning show? Pure incompetence, but everyone already knows that.
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Ever since DM left, the morning show has always been the weakest link
I had a soft spot for Tim Jeffreys, but yeah, I'd have to agree. Webster was a poor man's DM, and the rest has been one giant clusterf***
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Who's the new morning woman dj?
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Who's the new morning woman dj?
Apparently that's Alicia Tyler, who was supposed to be the new Music Director/midday person, but she has been added to the morning show instead. (And then she sticks around? it's not clear yet)
ETA: I listened from 9:50 to 10:20 and (a) it was unbearable, musically and (b) I didn't hear a live human voice. Ms. Tyler is not yet listed on the KFOG website, which is odd.
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Who's the new morning woman dj?
Apparently that's Alicia Tyler, who was supposed to be the new Music Director/midday person, but she has been added to the morning show instead. (And then she sticks around? it's not clear yet)
ETA: I listened from 9:50 to 10:20 and (a) it was unbearable, musically and (b) I didn't hear a live human voice. Ms. Tyler is not yet listed on the KFOG website, which is odd.
I was off today so I listened to KFOG from shortly after 9 until nearly 11. Gawd they're boring. How many times a week does any sane person need to hear Cake? or "Bittersweet Symphony"? But indeed, Ms. Tyler is Pinfield's new sidekick (guess there's only so much raspy-voiced douchebro nonsense that soccer moms can stand before they beg to hear a female voice). And the station is still jockless in middays. I will note that in 2 hours I didn't hear anyone say "It's not your parents' KFOG", and I wonder if they dropped that bit because people bitched about it.
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Someone in the "Save KFOG" group posted that Alicia Tyler said "here's new music from George Ezra..." and proceeded to play "Budapest". Which KFOG has been playing for nearly 2 years. SMH.
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Irish Greg posted that he is no longer at KFOG.
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Irish Greg posted that he is no longer at KFOG.
Just saw that. He says it's all good, but what else can he say? I don't expect him to say much else publicly. Hope he is able to find a new place to land close by.
Btw, this is another sign that the original plan when they blew up the station isn't working and now they're tinkering with it.
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Irish Greg posted that he is no longer at KFOG.
Just saw that. He says it's all good, but what else can he say? I don't expect him to say much else publicly. Hope he is able to find a new place to land close by.
Btw, this is another sign that the original plan when they blew up the station isn't working and now they're tinkering with it.
I think there wasn't that much of a plan to begin with. :) They needed *somebody* to produce the Pinfield show and Greg was an experienced warm body. Now that it's up and running (and with Alicia T added) they figure it can run itself. Or someone cheaper can do the grunt-work.
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They have a producer. It's Charlene Goto (@ProducerChar (https://twitter.com/ProducerChar) on Twitter). She's got her own Production company (http://www.go-toproductions.com/#!about/c4nz) which is certainly wise, considering the volatility of working at the shitshow that is KFOG right now.
I've never heard her on air. Her LinkedIn says she's done the production (starting with Sarah & Vinnie in 2002) for a while. Greg's LinkedIn shows a few more years under his belt, but he also grew more comfortable being on the air over the years.
All this is to say that maybe a lot of this came down to budget. Irish Greg, Renee, Annalisa, Webster, Dred -- they probably had (slightly) larger salaries than relative unknowns like Charlene and Alicia Tyler.
The stupidest thing in my mind though is that they probably had to pay a premium to get the "name recognition" of Matt Pinfield, whose biggest claim to fame was 120 Minutes that was cancelled back in 2003. Pinfield's Twitter had photos of ginormous crates of vinyl that he was shipping to California, which I'm sure KFOG sprung for. And both he and Tyler have talked about AirBNBs and temporary housing that they've stayed at in the city. Relocation expenses are not insignificant.
The biggest shame though is that I'm mainly just bored whenever I tune into KFOG. While this has been true musically for years, I think the only thing keeping it tolerable *was* Renee, Irish Greg, yes No-Name, and of course Annalisa, Webster and Dred.
Oh, and I know nobody else cares, but they're continuing to push the Pinfield's Playlist as a "thing". (I guess they paid for the fancily produced intros, so they want to wring every last cent out if it.)
They're not being diligent about tweeting it, but last Thursday Pinfield went into an overly long intro for Burning Sensations' "Belly of the Whale": "This band was founded by Tim McGovern of The Motels..." trying to make it sound like a huge rarity...
Except... Dave used to play this all the time on 10at10.
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The stupidest thing in my mind though is that they probably had to pay a premium to get the "name recognition" of Matt Pinfield, whose biggest claim to fame was 120 Minutes that was cancelled back in 2003. Pinfield's Twitter had photos of ginormous crates of vinyl that he was shipping to California, which I'm sure KFOG sprung for. And both he and Tyler have talked about AirBNBs and temporary housing that they've stayed at in the city. Relocation expenses are not insignificant.
All true, tho' Pinfield was already part of the Cumulus family, with that syndicated weekend show he does ("Flashback" or some other generic title). To that, they added an evening show after he arrived in SF and (I think) a 3rd show. So I'm guessing having him doing mornings in a big market is a selling point in getting stations to carry one or more of those side projects.
I'm waiting to see how they do in the next ratings book, they actually were up a tick in July/August.
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An article from a few years back about my (formerly) favorite AAA station, KMTT/Seattle: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/dj-john-fisher-remembers-life-as-part-of-the-mountain-family/
Around 2011, KMTT blew out most of their staff and tweaked their format (in their case, to a more repetitive classic rock-leaning AAA). I knew something was amiss when I visited Seattle in 2012 and tuned into what used to be my favorite station, to find it in some sort of repetitive classic rock hell (and the occasional out of place song after 2006 so that they could still call it AAA i.e. Amy Winehouse “Rehab”) and only a brief period of time during the afternoons with a real DJ (John Fisher, who had been with the station for a long time). The call letters were still KMTT but it was no longer KMTT. When I visited the next year, the station was completely gone.
Replace 2011 with 2016, KMTT with KFOG, repetitive classic rock hell with repetitive 90s recurrent hell, and John Fisher with Rosalie.
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Punched up KFOG in the car earlier and they were playing Social Distortion's cover of "Ring of Fire". The first pleasant surprise the station has given me in the five months of The Evolution. Of course, it was immediately followed by 4 Non-Blondes, but ya can't have everything.
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Latest ratings: KFOG back down a tick (from 1.9 to 1.8 ) after a slight rise last month. That big Pinfield-driven surge ain't materializing.
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I find the new format to be much more listenable than the previous one. The no 80's provision certainly doesn't seem to have taken hold. I don't love it, certainly, but I can actually switch to it and hear something worth listening to now.
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I find the new format to be much more listenable than the previous one. The no 80's provision certainly doesn't seem to have taken hold. I don't love it, certainly, but I can actually switch to it and hear something worth listening to now.
they have actually re-added a few songs that were originally banished back in April (like TFF "Everybody Wants to Rule the World")
Personally, I find that whenever I punch them up in the car, I get 4 Non-Blondes or "Bittersweet Symphony", which must mean they play them a LOT.
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I find the new format to be much more listenable than the previous one. The no 80's provision certainly doesn't seem to have taken hold. I don't love it, certainly, but I can actually switch to it and hear something worth listening to now.
they have actually re-added a few songs that were originally banished back in April (like TFF "Everybody Wants to Rule the World")
Personally, I find that whenever I punch them up in the car, I get 4 Non-Blondes or "Bittersweet Symphony", which must mean they play them a LOT.
Based on casual listening only in the car (where they compete with the other pre-sets), I have them pegged as a '90s hits
station. I haven't noticed much outside that range, although some of the more contemporary material tends to run together
temporily for me, as I don't have it firmly associated with the year of release.
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I find the new format to be much more listenable than the previous one. The no 80's provision certainly doesn't seem to have taken hold. I don't love it, certainly, but I can actually switch to it and hear something worth listening to now.
they have actually re-added a few songs that were originally banished back in April (like TFF "Everybody Wants to Rule the World")
Personally, I find that whenever I punch them up in the car, I get 4 Non-Blondes or "Bittersweet Symphony", which must mean they play them a LOT.
Based on casual listening only in the car (where they compete with the other pre-sets), I have them pegged as a '90s hits
station. I haven't noticed much outside that range, although some of the more contemporary material tends to run together
temporily for me, as I don't have it firmly associated with the year of release.
here's the latest playlist snapshot:
http://www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/7/stationplaylistrequest.asp?c_let=KFOG-FM
Love how "Budapest" is listed under "Newer Music".
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I had it on Sunday morning for Rosalie and Rockwell. Attitude-wise, it almost felt like the old KFOG for a sec. I too found it more listenable than a few months ago. It was very heavy on the 90s/00s. They played some newer songs (i.e. Saint Motel - Move), but it seemed like the majority were recurrents/golds. Also, way too much Coldplay but at least they stuck in one that hasn't been on heavy rotation for awhile (Life in Technicolor ][). I didn't mind the disappearance of classic rock. The playlist on the link is mostly representative of what I heard but it also includes songs that only got one spin last week on Acoustic Sunrise. If it were just the music alone that changed, then I'd probably even listen to it more than the old KFOG. But they will always be on my bad list for blowing out the staff.
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KFOG's rating down from 1.8 to 1.7...
http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb009
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KFOG's rating down from 1.8 to 1.7...
http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb009
Big dip for The Breeze -- from 4.0 to 3.2 -- and Live 105 down to their lowest in quite some time (1.5). And -- kind of odd -- KNBR took a drop two months in a row, despite the Giants jockeying for a post-season slot.
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Apparently, KFOG has made it official that there will be no "Live From the Archives" this year. OTOH, they *are* doing Concert 4 Kids at the Masonic in December, this year featuring Band of Horses, Blind Pilot and the Revivalists. That seems a few notches below the sort of names they used to get, but maybe I'm just not hip to what "the kids" are listening to :)
Punched them up in the car earlier, in time to hear No Name say "coming up: Blind Melon, Train and Saint Motel!" Good lord, talk about a deal-breaker.
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1. I'm not surprised there will be no LFTA this year and saying they hope to have one next year seems like a passive-aggressive cop-out.
2. On the other hand, I am surprised that they are having Concert for Kids. They don't deserve to call it the "KFOG 31st Annual" one, though. I would have said they don't deserve to hold one either...but I guess it's for a good cause.
3. Band of Horses actually is pretty hip in my opinion, although I don't think KFOG has had any of their songs on the playlist since "Is There a Ghost?" back in 2008. EDIT: Now they're spinning their latest, "Casual Party" but in low rotation.
4. I like the lineup. I might actually want to go to this thing, although two nights of Live 105's Not So Silent Night is that weekend and I don't want to be all concerted out before that. They haven't officially announced the lineup but I am pretty sure of about half the bands (by looking at other holiday concerts & so-far empty spaces in the tour schedule on artists' website).
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Still wake up to KFOG at 7AM, but more recently have been shutting it off almost immediately. This morning heard a new voice teasing "a crazy sad thing that happened the other day", right after the next song. So we listened through Elle King's "Ex's & Oh's" and I think it was Bryan Schock that told this story of an employee getting killed chasing a guy stealing wooden pallets (this as in San Leandro: http://abc7news.com/news/suspect-in-san-leandro-fatal-hit-and-run-identified/1559574/).
He then related a personal story about seeing a guy walk out of a store with cereal and milk and asking the cashier, "You're not going to stop him?" and the reply "It's not worth my life."
Yadda yadda, Pinfield and Alicia Tyler putting in their two cents.
What struck me was 1) they've brought Schock in, and Pinfield was there too. Is that an acknowledgement that Pinfield/Tyler are pretty boring together? 2) Adding Schock to the mix didn't make things any better. They're all pretty meh. Pinfield's voice is distinctive, but for everyday morning talk it's not like he has a lot to say.
He talks *a lot* when it's a subject that he's researched. I heard the laboriously hyped Pinfield Playlist pick yesterday about "Love", and how the singer's father is a famous Canadian producer and his mom was one of Warhol's factory girls, blah blah blah. Then he played "Think I'm in Love" as if it was the rarest B-side you'd never heard of.
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Still wake up to KFOG at 7AM, but more recently have been shutting it off almost immediately. This morning heard a new voice teasing "a crazy sad thing that happened the other day", right after the next song. So we listened through Elle King's "Ex's & Oh's" and I think it was Bryan Schock that told this story of an employee getting killed chasing a guy stealing wooden pallets (this as in San Leandro: http://abc7news.com/news/suspect-in-san-leandro-fatal-hit-and-run-identified/1559574/).
He then related a personal story about seeing a guy walk out of a store with cereal and milk and asking the cashier, "You're not going to stop him?" and the reply "It's not worth my life."
Yadda yadda, Pinfield and Alicia Tyler putting in their two cents.
What struck me was 1) they've brought Schock in, and Pinfield was there too. Is that an acknowledgement that Pinfield/Tyler are pretty boring together? 2) Adding Schock to the mix didn't make things any better. They're all pretty meh. Pinfield's voice is distinctive, but for everyday morning talk it's not like he has a lot to say.
He talks *a lot* when it's a subject that he's researched. I heard the laboriously hyped Pinfield Playlist pick yesterday about "Love", and how the singer's father is a famous Canadian producer and his mom was one of Warhol's factory girls, blah blah blah. Then he played "Think I'm in Love" as if it was the rarest B-side you'd never heard of.
We've been wondering who the 3rd wheel is in the morning car crash. Bryan Schock? Does he come from anywhere, or has he been around?
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Still wake up to KFOG at 7AM, but more recently have been shutting it off almost immediately. This morning heard a new voice teasing "a crazy sad thing that happened the other day", right after the next song. So we listened through Elle King's "Ex's & Oh's" and I think it was Bryan Schock that told this story of an employee getting killed chasing a guy stealing wooden pallets (this as in San Leandro: http://abc7news.com/news/suspect-in-san-leandro-fatal-hit-and-run-identified/1559574/).
He then related a personal story about seeing a guy walk out of a store with cereal and milk and asking the cashier, "You're not going to stop him?" and the reply "It's not worth my life."
Yadda yadda, Pinfield and Alicia Tyler putting in their two cents.
What struck me was 1) they've brought Schock in, and Pinfield was there too. Is that an acknowledgement that Pinfield/Tyler are pretty boring together? 2) Adding Schock to the mix didn't make things any better. They're all pretty meh. Pinfield's voice is distinctive, but for everyday morning talk it's not like he has a lot to say.
He talks *a lot* when it's a subject that he's researched. I heard the laboriously hyped Pinfield Playlist pick yesterday about "Love", and how the singer's father is a famous Canadian producer and his mom was one of Warhol's factory girls, blah blah blah. Then he played "Think I'm in Love" as if it was the rarest B-side you'd never heard of.
We've been wondering who the 3rd wheel is in the morning car crash. Bryan Schock? Does he come from anywhere, or has he been around?
Schock is the Program Director, the guy who created the trainwreck that is "The Evolution of KFOG"
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Schock is the Program Director, the guy who created the trainwreck that is "The Evolution of KFOG"
To be fair, unclear whether the Evolution was his idea, or if he was the one brought in to implement the crappy plan.
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/105671/bryan-schock-to-program-kfogksan/
Well, maybe it was his idea, or Cumulus is throwing him under the bus:
VP/Market Manager JUSTIN WITTMAYER said, “BRYAN’s vision and passion for KFOG and KSAN are unrivaled. This is a transformational time for KFOG. We are confident that his plans will exceed the expectations of both of our audiences.”
Still, if Ben Fong-Torres is to be believed, things were already underway by the time Schock was brought onboard the sinking ship.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/radiowaves/article/Clearing-some-of-the-air-at-KFOG-7957920.php
When he got the job, he knew that changes were being made. That is, the “evolution” was already under way. He knew that key DJs were being let go, and that Pinfield — whom Schock had hired for a station in New York — had already signed on.
“Evolution” was a marketing ploy, and even after three weeks, not much more. “People expected this instantaneous thing to happen,” said Schock, “but evolution happens over time. It was just a first step.”
Article is worth a read, if only for this B.S.:
That said, why couldn’t the musical changes have been made without dismissing Renee Richardson, Bill Webster, Annalisa and Dred Scott, all of whom can sound youthful and talk about music with authority?
“My understanding is that they tried to do it over the last several years, with different programmers, and nothing made much of an impact,” said Schock. KFOG’s ratings had been stagnant for several years. Management, he said, “had to make a statement, that we’ve made a change, and get the attention of people.”
I don't think being known as the radio station that shits on its longtime DJs and brought in out-of-towners to replace them is the right kind of attention you want.
Lastly, I wonder if this still holds true (article is from June 1, 2016):
It’s still early in the “evolution,” but Schock said that since the change, “in mornings we’re already seeing an increase in the ratings.”
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Saw something over the weekend (probably on FB) that said that Peter Finch's next "Finch Files" episode would be checking in again with the deposed KFOG airstaff, six months after the pogrom. Keep an eye out for further promos.
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Happened to punch up KFOG in the car yesterday -- NoName now has a daily feature called "The Backseat B-side". Yesterday it was "Connection" by Elastica which (of course) was not a B-side. And I've no idea about the "backseat" part. SMH.
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Happened to punch up KFOG in the car yesterday -- NoName now has a daily feature called "The Backseat B-side". Yesterday it was "Connection" by Elastica which (of course) was not a B-side. And I've no idea about the "backseat" part. SMH.
Caught that feature again this week; the selection was Weezer's "Hashpipe".
Meanwhile, someone on a radio message board was complaining that KFOG shouldn't call themselves Triple-A, because they're playing "a lot more pop hits" -- that made me curious. But looking at what they’re currently playing, they’re pretty much in the same bag they’ve been in the past couple of years. It’s just that the gold they’re playing is primarily ’90s. (Dunno what he meant by “pop hits” -- 21 Pilots? It's not like they’re playing Katy Perry or anything.) This week's list of currents includes several new holiday tunes (Billy Bragg covering Merle Haggard!). I love how they list James Bay’s “Let it Go” as a current; it’s TWO YEARS OLD.
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BIG NEWS: Pinfield out -- he's back in rehab apparently.
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BIG NEWS: Pinfield out -- he's back in rehab apparently.
So, whoever had "January 3, 2017" in the pool can pick up their prize!
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BIG NEWS: Pinfield out -- he's back in rehab apparently.
I'm a little surprised they'd announce that he was in rehab. With or without his OK, that's still a sensitive topic and not something I'd want broadcast over a 50K-watt radio station to a major market.
I agree with the general consensus though: he's gone, not coming back, don't let the door hit you, etc.
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BIG NEWS: Pinfield out -- he's back in rehab apparently.
So, whoever had "January 3, 2017" in the pool can pick up their prize!
Hee. It's his 2nd stint in rehab. Did it in 2009 when he was @ WRXP in NYC. And he wrote about it in his book, so I'm sure KFOG was aware of his history. Not sure what this does to his 3 Cumulus syndicated shows. Or whether the morning show becomes "Brian and Alicia in the Morning" or if they look for a 3rd person (NoName, perhaps?).
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BIG NEWS: Pinfield out -- he's back in rehab apparently.
So, whoever had "January 3, 2017" in the pool can pick up their prize!
Hee. It's his 2nd stint in rehab. Did it in 2009 when he was a WRXP in NYC. And he wrote about it in his book, so I'm sure KFOG was aware of his history. Not sure what this does to his 3 Cumulus syndicated shows. Or whether the morning show becomes "Brian and Alicia in the Morning" or if they look for a 3rd person (NoName, perhaps?).
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7640811/matt-pinfield-rehab
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I was unaware, but Pinfield returned from his rehab stint in late Feb. He's now on TWICE A DAY: as part of the morning crew and also 7-10 evenings.
Don't have all the particulars here (I got the above from the "Fogheads in Exile" FB group and they are not a terribly well-informed bunch) but I can't imagine someone just out of rehab doing opposite-end-of-the-clock shows *live* every day. I suspect the evening show is the syndicated thing he had been doing for Cumulus (which KFOG declined to carry originally) and that it's a replay of something he does live for the East Coast (meaning he does it around 4pm Pacific). I'm also wondering if the morning gig is (a) not the entire 4 hours and (b) only temporary.
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Just occurred to me that today is the first anniversary of the day Cumulus blew up KFOG. Kind of curious that today is the day Soundwaves is celebrating its "birthday" but I guess they're talking about w-a-a-a-a-a-y back in '83 when they started the whole Soundwaves thing, not just 10@10.
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Just occurred to me that today is the first anniversary of the day Cumulus blew up KFOG. Kind of curious that today is the day Soundwaves is celebrating its "birthday" but I guess they're talking about w-a-a-a-a-a-y back in '83 when they started the whole Soundwaves thing, not just 10@10.
Yeah -- I'd never heard of Soundwaves before they started doing 10@10...
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Thursday nite, around 6:15 I got in the car. Punched up KFOG. They were playing "Don't Speak".
Today, around 1:15, I got in the car. Punched up KFOG. They were playing "Don't Speak".
Gee, what were the odds?
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From 9-10 PM weeknights, they are doing a new music hour with Matt and Bryan. The music is very similar to that of the time they went schizo from 8-midnight circa 2010-2011 and played new hipster music without really telling us what was going on. But this time, they are actually billing it as New Music at 9.
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so apparently 3 voices in the morning weren't enuf -- now the KFOG Morning Show has a producer who also speaks, Arthur Ballesteros. From the looks of their FB page, they had a much bigger presence at BottleRock this year than they did in 2016.
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aaaaaaaannnnd Pinfield is officially gone for
http://variety.com/2017/music/news/matt-pinfield-steps-down-from-kfog-1202460867/
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aaaaaaaannnnd Pinfield is officially gone for
http://variety.com/2017/music/news/matt-pinfield-steps-down-from-kfog-1202460867/
Hmmm, KFOG, KFOG... Oh yeah! That's that '90s/'00s hits station. It's one of the radio presets
in my car, but I hardly ever find myself listening to it. Didn't they used to play some other kind
of music?
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aaaaaaaannnnd Pinfield is officially gone for
http://variety.com/2017/music/news/matt-pinfield-steps-down-from-kfog-1202460867/
Hmmm, KFOG, KFOG... Oh yeah! That's that '90s/'00s hits station. It's one of the radio presets
in my car, but I hardly ever find myself listening to it. Didn't they used to play some other kind
of music?
Just realized I couldn't decide between "gone" and "done for". Heh.
May ratings will be out on Monday, BTW. Some folks in the various KFOG FB groups seem to think Bryan Schock is gone too but I'm not seeing any confirmation of that.
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aaaaaaaannnnd Pinfield is officially gone for
http://variety.com/2017/music/news/matt-pinfield-steps-down-from-kfog-1202460867/
Hmmm, KFOG, KFOG... Oh yeah! That's that '90s/'00s hits station. It's one of the radio presets
in my car, but I hardly ever find myself listening to it. Didn't they used to play some other kind
of music?
Just realized I couldn't decide between "gone" and "done for". Heh.
May ratings will be out on Monday, BTW. Some folks in the various KFOG FB groups seem to think Bryan Schock is gone too but I'm not seeing any confirmation of that.
I feel I should clarify my snark. I couldn't identify any of the morning on-air staff to win a million
dollars. Of course, I have no reason to listen in the morning. In fact, I don't know any of the new
people. My mourning period is over. KFOG has been dead and buried to me for months.
I'm not a radio nerd, so I don't follow the reports. But weren't KFOG's ratings drifting upward
slightly? Or has that trend stopped and/or reversed?
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I feel I should clarify my snark. I couldn't identify any of the morning on-air staff to win a million
dollars. Of course, I have no reason to listen in the morning. In fact, I don't know any of the new
people. My mourning period is over. KFOG has been dead and buried to me for months.
I'm not a radio nerd, so I don't follow the reports. But weren't KFOG's ratings drifting upward
slightly? Or has that trend stopped and/or reversed?
Totally understand. Other than punching it up in the car occasionally just to see what song is playing, I don't listen. I get my news from Foghead FB groups.
Their ratings began to drop slowly after the purge; they bottomed out at around a 1.5 and then slowly rose back up. They've been fluctuating in the 1.9 -to- 2.1 area lately. (and presumably the average age of a listener is younger than it was a year ago) The new ratings not posted as of this writing.
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I feel I should clarify my snark. I couldn't identify any of the morning on-air staff to win a million
dollars. Of course, I have no reason to listen in the morning. In fact, I don't know any of the new
people. My mourning period is over. KFOG has been dead and buried to me for months.
I'm not a radio nerd, so I don't follow the reports. But weren't KFOG's ratings drifting upward
slightly? Or has that trend stopped and/or reversed?
Totally understand. Other than punching it up in the car occasionally just to see what song is playing, I don't listen. I get my news from Foghead FB groups.
Their ratings began to drop slowly after the purge; they bottomed out at around a 1.5 and then slowly rose back up. They've been fluctuating in the 1.9 -to- 2.1 area lately. (and presumably the average age of a listener is younger than it was a year ago) The new ratings not posted as of this writing.
rating are in. (from http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb009)
KFOG is flat.
Station May 17 (Apr 17)
KQED-FM 6.7 (7)
KCBS-AM 6.1 (6.3)
KOIT-FM 5.3 (5.5)
KLLC-FM 4.2 (3.7)
KIOI-FM 4.1 (4)
KNBR-AM 4.1 (4.2)
KISQ-FM 3.8 (4.3)
KBRG-FM 3.3 (2.8 )
KMVQ-FM 3.2 (3.2)
KMEL-FM 3 (3.1)
KYLD-FM 3 (3.1)
KBLX-FM 2.5 (2.5)
KGO-AM 2.5 (2.4)
KSAN-FM 2.5 (2.3)
KRBQ-FM 2.4 (2.5)
KSOL-FM 2.3 (2.4)
KOSF-FM 2.1 (2.7)
KSFO-AM 2.1 (2.3)
KFOG-FM 2 (2)
KGMZ-FM 2 (1.7)
KITS-FM 1.9 (1.8 )
KDFC-FM 1.8 (1.9)
KRZZ-FM 1.7 (1.4)
KBAY-FM 1.6 (1.4)
KEZR-FM 1.4 (1.4)
KUIC-FM 1 (0.9)
KALW-FM 0.9 (1.1)
KKIQ-FM 0.6 (0.6)
KLVS-FM 0.6 (0.5)
KLLC-STR 0.5 (0.3)
KKDV-FM 0.3 (0.3)
KTCT-AM 0.3 (0.3)
KKSF-AM 0.2 (0.1)
KLVR-FM 0.2 (0.2)
KSJO-FM 0.2 (0.1)
KNEW-AM 0.1 (0.2)
KUFX-FM N/A (N/A)
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Just posted by Dean K: https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/168216/mat-bates-named-kfog-san-francisco-pd?ref=mail_bulletin
Bryan Schock exited a few months ago? I had no idea although I guess he (and Pinfield) haven't been doing the new music hour anymore. Now someone named Dayna is. Well, shows how much I care.
They blew out the air staff in one swoop but they're rotating PDs at the same rate they always have, it seems.
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Looks like their shifts have been tossed up too. The program page still says "Mornings on KFOG" for the AM drive, with Alicia Tyler doing 9 to noon and Rockwell in the early PM slot. But Tyler's bio now says she's doing 6am to 10, so no telling who's got 10am to noon, or if Rockwell's shift has been expanded.
Also, the schedule shows Rockwell on every day of the week, including weekends. I suppose some of that could be voice-tracked but, still, jeez.
http://www.kfog.com/programming-schedule/
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Interesting development: KFOG is featuring "protest songs" this weekend, as a nod to local events. From the post on their FB page by their new PD:
Welcome to KFOG’s “Protest Song” weekend.
I’m Mat Bates; I’m the new program director at KFOG, and I’m honored to be stewarding such a legendary and beloved radio station.
We believe that free speech is sacred, and in fact, KFOG would have ceased to exist many times over the years without its protection and guarantees. That said, we stand in solidarity against violence, intimidation, and hate...
Looking at TuneGenie, it's been, like, one song per hour ("Ohio" got a spin early this morning, as did Springsteen's cover of "We Shall Overcome".) But it's certainly an attempt to connect with the market in a way Mr Shock and Co haven't done in the past year.
Full post here: http://www.kfog.com/2017/08/25/854161/ It's been up about 6 hours as of this writing; it's gotten 15 "likes" and there are no comments so far.
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Got in the car yesterday, punched up KFOG band heard REM followed by Chumbawumba. So, generally, I guess nothing's changed.
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This is odd: KFOG is selling tix for Concert 4 Kids (Dec 1st at the Masonic) but they haven't announced the acts yet. Can you get a refund if you don't like the acts when announced?
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The Woody show is coming to KFOG on April 30. :O AFAIK it's still based in LA and syndicated.
Also, the advertised 10@10 with Rockwell is no longer listed. Rockwell is no longer listed either for that matter.
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The Woody show is coming to KFOG on April 30. :O AFAIK it's still based in LA and syndicated.
Also, the advertised 10@10 with Rockwell is no longer listed. Rockwell is no longer listed either for that matter.
I'm wondering what this means for the format/music mix generally. I realize they're allowed to insert several "local" songs per hour but isn't the Woody Show designed for alternative stations? Doesn't its audience skew male? Is KFOG planning to go head-to-head with "Alt 105.3"?
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We have tended to have KFOG on for breakfast during all these changes, as much as I dislike the music and DJ's. I think this new change will finally put an end to that. I think we'll be giving Dred Scott a listen on Monday morning.
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We have tended to have KFOG on for breakfast during all these changes, as much as I dislike the music and DJ's. I think this new change will finally put an end to that. I think we'll be giving Dred Scott a listen on Monday morning.
They finally get to have a "Twitch"-type show without having to pay any salaries. Cumulus is thrilled, I'm sure. But carving up the "alt" audience when Live 105 barely gets by as it is, seems dumb.
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From KFOG PD Mat Bates' email to Fogheads:
“As a fan of The Woody Show, it’s remarkable to me that it’s taken this long for them to have a major platform from which they can take back the Bay. As a resident of the Bay Area, I’m grateful for the fact that I’ll have something truly entertaining to accompany me on my 90 minute commute every day. And as member of this community, I am grateful to be at the helm of the station that will bring this show back to the folks that elevated and supported them from the beginning. KFOG’s charter is to be a reliably bright spot in an increasingly difficult world- and The Woody Show represents that bright and entertaining spot in our daily routine. YOU KNOW!
KFOG is your home for The Woody Show! #ALLIN"
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It occurs to me that the former Live 105, which became "Alt 105.3" in December, has only one live DJ (on from 2p to 7p), so in that sense, importing the Woody Show (horrid as it is) might actually work for KFOG, short-term.
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I don't doubt that they're trying to go head on with Live/Alt 105. They've also tweaked the music mix to make it sound more alternative/rock -- we're hearing far more Green Day, Foster the People, Kings of Leon, Sublime, Third Eye Blind etc (KFOG has always played these but are playing more now) whereas AAA-only artists like Lissie, Mt. Joy, Anderson East, David Byrne, The War on Drugs have all but disappeared.
It's disappointing because I actually liked the playlist we were getting a few months ago...but somehow never expected it to last. I'm not so bent out of shape about the Woody show itself, since most of the morning shows for the past 8 or so years were also horrid esp. this last one. I'm just more sad that they got rid of Rockwell but kept Alicia on in his old timeslot...although, it's not like they haven't kept members of a previous horrid morning show while letting the other good DJs go before... ::)
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After repeated emails from the PD, I searched on The Woody Show to see what people were saying about it. I listened to maybe 5 minutes of today's show on Soundcloud and it's unlistenable. No music. At. All. Maybe that's normal for morning shows, but not something I need to ever listen to. Greg Gory still has a great voice, but not much value to that if he's just gonna be a giggle-boy.
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Went to KFOG's Yelp page. Looked at the most-recent comments, all slamming the Woody Show. In fact most of the comments from the last 2 years are negative. But check out this hilarious bit from "Debbie F" in Concord, posted less than 3 weeks ago, on 4/18/18:
"5 Stars! I absolutely love KFOG! Especially in May when they have Kaboom Fireworks show!! Keep playing great music!"
Uh, how many years has it been since the last Kaboom? 7? 8?
https://www.yelp.com/biz/kfog-san-francisco?sort_by=date_desc
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New ratings out today: KFOG has fallen to a 1.3, which is, i think, the lowest they have ever been in their history as a rock station. be interesting to see if the Woody Show does anything to reverse the decline (this ratings period doesn't reflect the WS effect).
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The Woody Show has been added to three more Cumulus stations: https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/176673/cumulus-adding-the-woody-show-to-3-new-markets
Despite Mat Bates' emails pumping up the Woody Show, even saying some things that are obviously untrue (i.e. saying that one of his top 3 questions he gets asked at KFOG is "What happened to/When is/why don’t you bring The Woody Show back to the Bay???"), I doubt he's calling the shots on this. But when he started, he insisted that the days where Cumulus upper management was in charge of everything were over--I guess he's finding out that that's not the case.
Also, new VP of Cumulus SF (Doug Harvill, evidently replacing Justin Wittmayer): https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/176676/cumulus-media-san-francisco-names-doug-harvill-vp-
Renee and Dred seem to semi-publicly not miss Wittmayer at all. Gee, I wonder why.
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Acoustic Sunrise is ending. :'( This time presumably for good. From their newsletter:
Hi friends-
I’m going to keep this week’s dispatch from KFOG HQ succinct.
If there were ever a time to listen to KFOG, it would be this Sunday morning, starting at 6a.
Rosalie’s Acoustic Sunrise program is a Bay Area institution. The care, planning, and instinct that she puts into curating this show every week will never be duplicated. Her musical acumen has provided the soundtrack to not only our Sunday mornings, but to countless milestones- whether it was on in the background when you proposed to your partner, or if it got you through a particularly difficult labor- Acoustic Sunrise is more than a radio show- it’s part of our routine.
With that said, this Sunday morning will be the final episode of Acoustic Sunrise on KFOG. I would never presume to speak for Rosalie, so I encourage you to tune in to hear her say goodbye (for now) in her own words. She will be playing all of her favorite Acoustic Sunrise tracks from across eras, and weaving them into a narrative in the way that only Rosalie can.
We love and respect Rosalie. She’s been an indelible part of art and culture in the Bay Area for decades, and we are incredibly lucky that KFOG was the platform from which she chose to communicate and entertain.
While I doubt that she’s very concerned with it, her legacy as a broadcaster and leader in this community is secure forever. I hope you’ll join us this weekend in honoring that, and letting Rosalie do what she does best- entertain and enlighten you with world class music.
We appreciate you, Rosalie. We love you.
KFOG
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Acoustic Sunrise is ending. :'( This time presumably for good. From their newsletter:
Interesting that it's signed "KFOG" rather than "Mat Bates" -- has he been shown the door too?
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Acoustic Sunrise is ending. :'( This time presumably for good. From their newsletter:
Interesting that it's signed "KFOG" rather than "Mat Bates" -- has he been shown the door too?
There have been rumors (since he seemed to be steering it back towards the 'old KFOG' for awhile) but I haven't found anything to corroborate them. The writing style does match that of Mat Bates though.
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Listening to Rosalie's last "Acoustic Sunrise" and she was doing shout-outs to all her old KFOG colleagues. She mentioned Dave Morey's pirate radio station in... Palm Springs?? Did he move?
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KFOG's playing Childish Gambino? Is that considered "alternative"? Is Live -- er, I mean "Alt 105.3" playing him too?
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I wouldn't mind hearing Childish Gambino on KFOG. It killed me that KFOG always played the non-RAP version of the Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc." (the rap is literally is like 45 seconds long, and then there's a few "Don't stop get it get it" at the end.)
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KFOG's playing Childish Gambino? Is that considered "alternative"? Is Live -- er, I mean "Alt 105.3" playing him too?
FWIW, I think it Childish Gambino does sound good on Alternative and AAA (and yes, Alt is playing him too.)
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Heard Live from the Archives this morning from 9-10. It could have been on longer but I tuned out.
In the newsletter Mat Bates said LFTA is returning this year thanks to the sponsorship of Peet’s. I had assumed he meant the CD (or vinyl.) Maybe he still does.
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A program called “Alt Backspace” (classic alternative from the 80s-90s) is playing. Looks like Sunday from 8-10 am.
This looks like its home station:
http://www.101wkqx.com/alt-backspace/
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A program called “Alt Backspace” (classic alternative from the 80s-90s) is playing. Looks like Sunday from 8-10 am.
This looks like its home station:
http://www.101wkqx.com/alt-backspace/
I don't quite see the logic in competing with Live, er I mean Alt 105.3, for what is a relatively small slice of the ratings pie. But we'll see.
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Alt 105 is skewing a lot more contemporary these days (it apparently needed a moniker change to stop being stuck in 1991 :o ) so it looks like KFOG is trying to become the Live 105 circa ~2007-2017. Not exactly setting a high bar for themselves, but if they do it better than Live did during that period then it could work.(it wouldn’t be hard; Channel 92.3 did when that was still a thing.)
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Acoustic Sunrise is ending. :'( This time presumably for good. From their newsletter:
Interesting that it's signed "KFOG" rather than "Mat Bates" -- has he been shown the door too?
There have been rumors (since he seemed to be steering it back towards the 'old KFOG' for awhile) but I haven't found anything to corroborate them. The writing style does match that of Mat Bates though.
Just to follow-up: per Ben Fong Torres, Bates was indeed let go, a few days after the last "Acoustic Sunrise" aired.
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aaaaaaaaaannnd KFOG has a new PD. And it's Jacent Jackson, former PD at Live 105 who was let go when they re-branded.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/169162/jacent-jackson-returns-to-san-francisco-to-program-kfog/
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It appears that, except for a couple of Clash and U2 classics, nothing in KFOG's oldies rotation is pre-1990 at this point.
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KFOG holds steady with a (dismal) 1.3 for the third month in a row. I'd love to see the breakdown by dayparts to find out what (if anything) The Woody Show is doing.
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Judging by the playlist (along with everything else), it's pretty much an alternative station now: https://www.allaccess.com/mediabase/q/report/playlist/station/KFOG-FM
In my honest opinion, the station is as bad as it's ever been. For the most part it's a more boring version of what Live 105 used to be. There appear to be some more unique songs near the bottom of the playlist, but if you click on them and notice the daypart...100% of the spins of those songs are entirely during the overnight.
People such as Dred Scott have been saying the new former Live-105 PD Jackson is a good guy. While that's probably true, I didn't think he was a very good PD at Live 105. He may not even have much control over the music, but he thought it was a good idea to introduce a "21 song music block contest" where you were supposed to keep track of the # of songs they play in a row, and if they play less than 21 then call in for the chance to win a prize if you're the ___# caller that tells them how many songs they played. ::) (It was painful listening to the DJs keep on trying to explain that.)
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KFOG holds steady with a (dismal) 1.3 for the third month in a row. I'd love to see the breakdown by dayparts to find out what (if anything) The Woody Show is doing.
August ratings are in: KFOG drops another tick, down to 1.2. (Alt 105.3 has a 1.5). OTOH, The Bone is up to a 2.9, the highest they've been in some time.
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It appears the Mediabase playlist pages for KFOG and other stations ( http://www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/7/stationplaylistrequest.asp?c_let=KFOG-FM ) now show up blank. Not sure if they've been moved behind a paywall or what.
And man, is their new slogan, "Today's KFOG" ridiculous, given how much of their rotation is "gold". It sounds like the deejays now get paid according to how many times they say the phrase "Today's KFOG" at each break. Aside from it being a fairly generic and meaningless slogan, it sounds especially silly saying it 3 times, right after you've played "Rock the Casbah", which is 36 years old.
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It appears the Mediabase playlist pages for KFOG and other stations ( http://www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/7/stationplaylistrequest.asp?c_let=KFOG-FM ) now show up blank. Not sure if they've been moved behind a paywall or what.
It is, however, still visible on AllAccess (with free login) and appears to have been moved to the Alternative panel: https://www.allaccess.com/mediabase/q/report/playlist/station/KFOG-FM
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With KFOG's current brand of overplayed golds/recurrents (along with the Woody Show, Noname, Danica, etc), they pretty much ARE Live 105 now...at least what Live was the few years before it rebranded to Alt 105. The station now known as Alt 105 is still not that different, but did shift a bit more contemporary.
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(http://images.tritondigitalcms.com/6616/sites/184/2018/08/10063807/KFOG-RED-TAN-LOGO-21.png)
ho hum. new logo.
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ho hum. new logo.
Jeezus that's big.
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Oh hey all... I was listening to Greg and Renee's recent post (Finn Brothers' "Weather With You") and hearing a little of Dave's voice at the end was enough to get me reminiscing. I wrote a comment on Facebook and Greg asked if I had audio of Dave's last show (12/19/2008). I could've sworn I did, but I can't find it online now.
Does anybody else have a copy or a copy of the link I may have posted up?
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Has KFOG retooled the format again? For some time now, every time I punched them up in the car, I'd hear something I didn't recognize (usually something loud and obnoxious), which led me to assume they must be very current-based. Today I tuned in and they were playing "Heart-Shaped Box"; I stayed with them and it was mostly old and familiar stuff -- Depeche Mode, RHCPs, even Gnarls Barkley. The few currents I heard were fairly poppish, like the new Vampire Weekend.
Meanwhile in the new July ratings, just released, they're stagnant at a 1.1, up a tick from 1.0.
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KFOG isn't merely dead, it's really most sincerely dead: Next Friday, 9/6/19, the station will flip to being an FM simulcast of KNBR.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/180039/kfog-to-flip-to-knbr-simulcast/?fbclid=IwAR0wmjWVIg61Acrc5OIux-W1VAl5DfnmDycMGK8OKo_M5jOMBV52eGeKwf8
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KFOG isn't merely dead, it's really most sincerely dead: Next Friday, 9/6/19, the station will flip to being an FM simulcast of KNBR.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/180039/kfog-to-flip-to-knbr-simulcast/?fbclid=IwAR0wmjWVIg61Acrc5OIux-W1VAl5DfnmDycMGK8OKo_M5jOMBV52eGeKwf8
Yep, there it is...
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Looking at KFOG's TuneGenie listings, it appears they've stopped playing currents for their last week as a music station. It's all "classic alt" all the time, emphasis on the '90s.
ETA: apparently a Labor Day Weekend thing.
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Per their FB page, Today (Wed 9/4) is a No Repeats "All Things Alternative" Wednesday, and tomorrow (9/5) is "For The Fogheads" -- they are soliciting song requests on FB, tho' I'm guessing most of the wackier suggestions I'm seeing (someone wants an entire Marillion album; yeah, sure, that might happen) won't make the cut :)
Best idea: "Thursday should be a marathon of old Dave Morey 10@10s"
Someone else stole my suggestion that the last song should be "I Smoke 2 Joints".
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Per their FB page, Today (Wed 9/4) is a No Repeats "All Things Alternative" Wednesday, and tomorrow (9/5) is "For The Fogheads" -- they are soliciting song requests on FB, tho' I'm guessing most of the wackier suggestions I'm seeing (someone wants an entire Marillion album; yeah, sure, that might happen) won't make the cut :)
Best idea: "Thursday should be a marathon of old Dave Morey 10@10s"
Well, guess what: https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/kfog-to-go-out-with-day-of-tributes-to-dave-morey-and-the-glory-years?fbclid=IwAR2wcIsCiiqUUsevMmhSO_7fY7nLG1Qr9200NiSqQmHAgCyMCnmwV7bWjL0
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Unrelated rant: not sure who this Big-A guy is on the KFOG topic on Radio Discussion forums but he’s getting on my nerves...quite arrogant which wouldn’t be so bad except that he’s wrong about nearly everything, and tries to change the topic when he’s called out.
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Unrelated rant: not sure who this Big-A guy is on the KFOG topic on Radio Discussion forums but he’s getting on my nerves...quite arrogant which wouldn’t be so bad except that he’s wrong about nearly everything, and tries to change the topic when he’s called out.
Ha! -- I saw your altercation with him. He's another know-it-all who knows nothing.
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Per their FB page, Today (Wed 9/4) is a No Repeats "All Things Alternative" Wednesday, and tomorrow (9/5) is "For The Fogheads" -- they are soliciting song requests on FB, tho' I'm guessing most of the wackier suggestions I'm seeing (someone wants an entire Marillion album; yeah, sure, that might happen) won't make the cut :)
Best idea: "Thursday should be a marathon of old Dave Morey 10@10s"
Someone else stole my suggestion that the last song should be "I Smoke 2 Joints".
Wasn't their unofficial (official?) theme song the Stray Cats' Rock This Town? Although
that hardly seems appropriate, given the circumstances. I agree that Smoke Two Joints
is an excellent choice for their swan song.
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Per their FB page, Today (Wed 9/4) is a No Repeats "All Things Alternative" Wednesday, and tomorrow (9/5) is "For The Fogheads" -- they are soliciting song requests on FB, tho' I'm guessing most of the wackier suggestions I'm seeing (someone wants an entire Marillion album; yeah, sure, that might happen) won't make the cut :)
Best idea: "Thursday should be a marathon of old Dave Morey 10@10s"
Well, guess what: https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/kfog-to-go-out-with-day-of-tributes-to-dave-morey-and-the-glory-years?fbclid=IwAR2wcIsCiiqUUsevMmhSO_7fY7nLG1Qr9200NiSqQmHAgCyMCnmwV7bWjL0
It's great hearing Dave Morey, 10@10s, and the like on the radio machine again, but it's
a bittersweet pleasure. It just underscores how much has been lost and will never be
coming back.
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Hey y'all, can someone please help me find a post that someone (not one of us, a newcomer I think) made to our forum with a link to a dropbox account that had several hundred MP3s of 10@10s dating back to the late 80s. I ran across it a few months ago while catching up here and thought I bookmarked it but can't find it now to save me.
I'm curious if it came from one of the people who've offered up their 10@10 collections to Greg and Renee's Patreon archive. I'm planning to do the same with mine, but it's fallen into some disarray over the last decade or so.
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Hey y'all, can someone please help me find a post that someone (not one of us, a newcomer I think) made to our forum with a link to a dropbox account that had several hundred MP3s of 10@10s dating back to the late 80s. I ran across it a few months ago while catching up here and thought I bookmarked it but can't find it now to save me.
I'm curious if it came from one of the people who've offered up their 10@10 collections to Greg and Renee's Patreon archive. I'm planning to do the same with mine, but it's fallen into some disarray over the last decade or so.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/30qezjt8g3ru45z/AACA0z5l8BGJM0JnpnGcjItWa?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR0nd18ZXclxlDGOxS0rGwECIZBNzcbpY-4eoBHCrbr79NC7N8Nod3yvY20
ETA: oops I now see this wasn't what you wanted. I'm not sure what link the one you're looking for was.
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Urth... https://www.dropbox.com/sh/39b26k03lfyxdeu/AAADHAcygdPJwjp2RKTgPZY6a?dl=0