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House of Mercy – 02/28/2009

Posted by Barry Everitt on February 28, 2009 @ 12:00 am

In Session – Angie Palmer (9PM)

Songs on Toast – 02/27/2009

Posted by Brian Cullman on February 27, 2009 @ 12:00 am | Post a comment

taintradio announcers post their six-word essays! (An ADD tribute!)

Posted by Kevin Spurlock on February 25, 2009 @ 4:52 am | 2 Comments

Hello Fellow Tainters!

I hope everyone’s 2009 is getting off to a somewhat respectful start, despite all of the negativity around us.  A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to Public Radio where they were having a discussion about Six-Word Memoirs, particularly as it related to the subject of love (Valentine’s Day was just around the corner).  The concept of the Six-Word Memoir is an old one, begun by Ernest Hemingway, who, when asked to write a full story in six words, responded: “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.”  The link to the NPR story is here:

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100510986

Listening to this story got me to thinking:  What would some of our taintradio announcers submit as their own Memoir?  (notice that I did not add the six-word requirement as that would be very un-taint-like to have such a structured format!).  After all, these are some of the most creative people I know, it would be interesting to hear their voices on such an interesting writing project.

So, I sent an e-mail out to our announcers and, as I expected, they came through with flying colors!  Here, in no particular order, are our submissions for your perusal.  Feel free to add your own by commenting on this blog or by contacting your favorite announcer directly.

Enjoy our Six-Word (more, or less) memoirs!

Dave Tilley – “Old microphones, vacuum tubes, quartet wailing…”

Barry Everitt – “NO!!! I can beat the compression!”
“Fuck, whats a watershed?”
“tag team radio rules ok?”

Bob Rogers – “Hey y’all, listen to this!”

Rafi Zabor - “Visse, scrisse, amo. Lived, wrote, loved.”

J. Michael Harrison - “Life is short, make something happen!”
“Sitting at the feet of my Lord!”
“Here to see yet another day!”
“Do fries go with that shake?”
“Get the fuck out of here!”
“Play that funky music white boy!” (to be used where appropriate)!

Ken Field -” I did it my friggin way!”
“Kept an eye out for opportunities.”
“Education in science; career in music.”

Pearl Shelby Sharpe - “My drug of choice Robert Bonner.”

Brian Cullman -“Hey, what’s this red button for?”

“You think this will work? Maybe?”

“License? You need a license to…”.

Mitchell Feldman – “Please pass the salt. Thank you.”

Todd Morman – “Start, stop, turn around, swing, repeat”
“What the hell am I doing?”

Kevin Spurlock – “Destined for greatness – Work in progress”
“Headed to Weight Watchers – McDonalds obstructed!”
“”Radio or Me!” – I chose radio!”

Outside The Box – 02/24/2009

Posted by Kevin Spurlock on February 24, 2009 @ 12:00 am

Outside The Box Episode 32 (Rising From The Ashes)

Monkey Mind – 02/23/2009

Posted by Todd Morman on February 23, 2009 @ 12:00 am

Playlist for Monkey Mind, airing Mon 2/23/09, 3-5pm and 2/26/09, midnight-2am

Nice music blog: Said the Gramophone

Posted by Todd Morman on February 22, 2009 @ 11:44 pm | 1 Comment

I’d love to see what music blogs other Taint folks visit, so on that note:

Someone posted Time mag’s top 25 blogs for 2009 over at one of my fave sites, the group weblog Metafilter (which also made Time‘s list, surprisingly enough), and one of the recommendations is a nice little music blog from 3 Canadians: Said the Gramophone. Here’s the relevant snippet of the description:

A daily sampler of “really good songs” as judged by the three Canadian music fans who compile the site. Launched in March 2003, Said the Gramophone was one of the first mp3 blogs that actually let you download and listen to the music being described…although you have to act fast on listening to the music — all songs are removed from the blog within a week or two of posting. The capsule reviews are reliably thoughtful with occasional forays into the surreal, and most songs are accompanied by a link in case you want to buy them immediately. It’s a great, low-risk way to get turned on to new music.

I’m a bit embarrassed to admit I’d heard of Said the Gramophone but had never spent much time there; turns out it’s definitely worth a visit if you like odd pop/rock. I’ve been enjoying the hell out of most of the songs they have up currently. Oh, and Metafilter has a fun post about Junior Wells up on the front page as I type this. It’s a pretty wide-ranging site but features lots of music-related content.

Guess that’ll do for a first blog post here.

Back soon I hope

Posted by Rafi Zabor on February 21, 2009 @ 3:13 am | 2 Comments

Some sort of technical glitch has kept my newest shows from getting on the figurative air. Hope the reruns have gone down well, and hope to be back next week with saxophones on, then a Roy Haynes special, then some concertos, then some English music . . . Bestos till then.

House of Mercy – 02/21/2009

Posted by Barry Everitt on February 21, 2009 @ 12:00 am | Post a comment

In session ‘Loving Cup’

RIP Lux Interior

Songs on Toast – 02/20/2009

Posted by Brian Cullman on February 20, 2009 @ 12:00 am

Underground Railroad Love [URL] – 02/17/2009

Posted by Jereann King on February 17, 2009 @ 12:00 am