Recently on reddit there was a question of who was your favorite jazz artist. I didn’t write anything, but David S Ware’s work with Matthew Shipp really moved me when I was in NYC.
But yeah, he needs a kidney… all of this from the daily swarm.
They also have an interview with erstwhile (used that word twice today, probably wrongly) program manager of indie 103.1 here.
File under: day late dollar short.
In the category of radio station most likely to play the bands on the cover of SPIN magazine in Los Angeles, there was only one. Indie 103.1… I don’t know the who deal beyond the fact that this radio station is going to become net only. (I guess they weren’t getting enough advertising revenue) You can check it out at indie1031.com
But in my opinion, wfmu.org is the best online radio by far. Also, as a shout out to my Dad’s lifelong love of steel guitar you can check out Steel Guitar Radio
Then in terms of LA “independent” radio, it’s nearly maxxxxed out already with:
littleradio.com who had an interview with erstwhile indie 1031 program director Mark Shovel::: here (look on the left under archives 1/16/09… it starts with a wicked sharp ease track)
vivaradio.com run by the canadian/american dreamers at American Apparel.
killradio.org very independent… clark 8 (err me playing clark 8 songs acoustically) played on killradio.org a while back
dublab.com killer electronic sounds and events around LA
and finally
imradionetwork.org
All of those are LA based alt-sounds streaming on the internet…
not to mention the variety of podcasts coming out of more and more blogs… who knows, maybe this one.
So… I personally think Fox/MySpace should buy 103.1 FM. I personally see more rotation of commercially viable rock, rap, r&b, etc. on MySpace Music than anywhere else. They just cornered that market early and well.
I still mainly buy local when it comes to fresh tunes.
So, 2009, what’s in store? We have MLK day coming up, followed by inauguration, followed by my band playing a show (on a Wednesday)…
I just upgraded this site to wordpress 2.7, it’s rather snazzy.
I’ve been looking into the language Haskell a bit over break. It seems interesting.
I’ve had a nice time in Jamestown, hanging with my parents and my friends. Finally got to meet my … 8 year old niece and have pictures to prove her precocity. Her grandma is going to great lengths to give her a great childhood, too.