Monday, January 19, 2009
I Was Older When I Was Younger
I wish I were the person I was 9 years ago. It is possible to become spritually immature as you get older. Or maybe you just become more aware of what's out there. Is ignorance bliss? Nevertheless, my passions have dwindled in more important issues while they have strengthened in worldly things. I'm definitely more spiritually unsure now. Is this a healthy sign of progression? What to do? We'll see how life goes.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Well played, Indie
Indie 103.1 has chosen to go off the FM airwaves. I remember in 2004 when Indie was a baby, and I was so stoked when I discovered it. It was my special secret within my world. I considered it perfect, except for Dicky Barrett's morning show, but that was soon cancelled. I remember one morning when he was reading all his hate mail on the air, and I kind of felt bad, but I agreed with every letter. Unfortunately, it was too good to be true, and Indie deteriorated into blah. Of course I could still look forward to Jonesy's Jukebox, which kept me on from time to time, but I was no longer a regular listener. I absolutely and completely agree with Chris Morris when he slammed Indie as being 'KROQ Jr.' I'm relieved to know that Indie felt the same way as its original listeners, and has decided to stick to the net and to their true spirit.
I find it so funny that this news comes the day after I post my KXLU praises. I hope the same doesn't happen to it someday. Then again, I probably won't be in LA anymore.
A brief history of Indie 103.1 (courtesy of wiki):
On December 25, 2003 at 11 PM, Indie 103.1 was born. The station began as a collaboration between Entravision and Clear Channel. Clear Channel primarily handled advertising on the station, but because the organization already owned the maximum number of stations in the Los Angeles market allowed by Federal Communications Commission regulations, the arrangement was terminated in March 2005.[citation needed]
In March 2006, Dicky Barrett of "The Mighty Morning Show" left the station.[1] He was replaced by Joe Escalante, who called his show "The Last Of The Famous International Morning Shows."
On August 19th, 2008, Station Manager Dawn Girocco announced her departure from the station.[2] Starting in October 2008, longtime specialty shows were either dropped ("Feel My Heat," Community Service," "Big Sonic Heaven," "Camp Freddy Radio") or moved to weekends ("Harmony in My Head").[3] Upon the cancellation of his roots music show "Watusi Rodeo," Chris Morris accused the station of "now being styled as KROQ Jr." in an effort to increase the station's ratings.[4]
In November 2008, Escalante stated he was giving up the morning show but would continue to host an expanded two-hour version of his legal-advice show, "Barely Legal Radio."[1] He was replaced by longtime station DJ "TK."
On January 15, 2009, Indie 103.1 announced on the air that it would soon be ending its run on the FM frequency.[5][6] They told listeners it can still be heard on the Internet and would sound more like what the station was early on.
The statment Indie put out:
Indie Activist:
This is an important message for the Indie 103.1 Radio Audience -
Indie 103.1 will cease broadcasting over this frequency effective immediately. Because of changes in the radio industry and the way radio audiences are measured, stations in this market are being forced to play too much Britney, Puffy and alternative music that is neither new nor cutting edge. Due to these challenges, Indie 103.1 was recently faced with only one option --- to play the corporate radio game.
We have decided not to play that game any longer. Rather than changing the sound, spirit, and soul of what has made Indie 103.1 great Indie 103.1 will bid farewell to the terrestrial airwaves and take an alternative course.
This could only be done on the Internet, a place where rules do not apply and where new music thrives; be it grunge, punk, or alternative - simply put, only the best music.
For those of you with a computer at home or at work, log on to www.indie1031.com and listen to the new Indie 103.1 - which is really the old Indie 103.1, not the version of Indie 103.1 we are removing from the broadcast airwaves.
We thank our listeners and advertisers for their support of the greatest radio station ever conceived, and look forward to continuing to deliver the famed Indie 103.1 music and spirit over the Internet to passionate music listeners around the world.
I find it so funny that this news comes the day after I post my KXLU praises. I hope the same doesn't happen to it someday. Then again, I probably won't be in LA anymore.
A brief history of Indie 103.1 (courtesy of wiki):
On December 25, 2003 at 11 PM, Indie 103.1 was born. The station began as a collaboration between Entravision and Clear Channel. Clear Channel primarily handled advertising on the station, but because the organization already owned the maximum number of stations in the Los Angeles market allowed by Federal Communications Commission regulations, the arrangement was terminated in March 2005.[citation needed]
In March 2006, Dicky Barrett of "The Mighty Morning Show" left the station.[1] He was replaced by Joe Escalante, who called his show "The Last Of The Famous International Morning Shows."
On August 19th, 2008, Station Manager Dawn Girocco announced her departure from the station.[2] Starting in October 2008, longtime specialty shows were either dropped ("Feel My Heat," Community Service," "Big Sonic Heaven," "Camp Freddy Radio") or moved to weekends ("Harmony in My Head").[3] Upon the cancellation of his roots music show "Watusi Rodeo," Chris Morris accused the station of "now being styled as KROQ Jr." in an effort to increase the station's ratings.[4]
In November 2008, Escalante stated he was giving up the morning show but would continue to host an expanded two-hour version of his legal-advice show, "Barely Legal Radio."[1] He was replaced by longtime station DJ "TK."
On January 15, 2009, Indie 103.1 announced on the air that it would soon be ending its run on the FM frequency.[5][6] They told listeners it can still be heard on the Internet and would sound more like what the station was early on.
The statment Indie put out:
Indie Activist:
This is an important message for the Indie 103.1 Radio Audience -
Indie 103.1 will cease broadcasting over this frequency effective immediately. Because of changes in the radio industry and the way radio audiences are measured, stations in this market are being forced to play too much Britney, Puffy and alternative music that is neither new nor cutting edge. Due to these challenges, Indie 103.1 was recently faced with only one option --- to play the corporate radio game.
We have decided not to play that game any longer. Rather than changing the sound, spirit, and soul of what has made Indie 103.1 great Indie 103.1 will bid farewell to the terrestrial airwaves and take an alternative course.
This could only be done on the Internet, a place where rules do not apply and where new music thrives; be it grunge, punk, or alternative - simply put, only the best music.
For those of you with a computer at home or at work, log on to www.indie1031.com and listen to the new Indie 103.1 - which is really the old Indie 103.1, not the version of Indie 103.1 we are removing from the broadcast airwaves.
We thank our listeners and advertisers for their support of the greatest radio station ever conceived, and look forward to continuing to deliver the famed Indie 103.1 music and spirit over the Internet to passionate music listeners around the world.
I want to be...
a disc jockey for KXLU.
It's my station of choice.
The other morning they played Late of the Pier and I got really excited (their CD has been a fixture in my car for months) and the evening before, they did a whole spin of good 80's rap/R&B/hip-hop.
KXLU fits me like a glove.
It's my station of choice.
The other morning they played Late of the Pier and I got really excited (their CD has been a fixture in my car for months) and the evening before, they did a whole spin of good 80's rap/R&B/hip-hop.
KXLU fits me like a glove.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
I love this film. I haven't been this inspired (stylistically [the music, the fashion, the hair, the makeup!], personally) by a film since This is England. This is a true rock-n-roll movie. It captures three generations of music: the dead '60's and '70's acts gripping onto their one expired hit, the British punk band that flounders in the US (Punk was dead when the movie was being made), and the prototype riotgrrl bands. The film has everything from feminism, corruption in the music industry, individualism, and a random Jamaican rastafarian. I am about to make myself a 'The Fabulous Stains' tshirt ala the one Laura Dern wears in the final music video.
A list of the brills involved:
-Diane Lane, age 14(as a 90's kid, I am shocked to see that she ever had such a cool role. If I had seen Stains in 1981, I would have thought her career would go in an entirely different direction.)
-Laura Dern, age 13 (another surprise!)
-Ray Winstone
-THE Lou Adler directed
-Steve Jones (Jonesy!)
-Paul Cook
-Paul Simonon!
-Elizabeth Daily
-Joe Roth
-Fee Waybill, The Tubes
-Black Randy (hilarious)
-Vince Welnick, The Tubes (& late Grateful Dead) (he is in the single best frame of the movie: him with his multicultural children)(His death scene is chilling because he actually did die of an overdose in 2006.)
-etc., etc.
From Corinne 'Third Degree' Burns to squeaky clean!:
The funniest frame:
Beginning:
The Looters (comprised of Ray Winstone, Paul Simonon, Steve Jones, Paul Cook), 'We Are Professionals'
The Stains, 'I'm a Waste of Time" plus Diane Lane's radical moment
The Stains, 'We Are Professionals' rip
Black Randy & the Metrosquad, 'I Slept in an Arcade'
The Stains, 'We Are Professionals' (famous and the GoGos'd out)
A list of the brills involved:
-Diane Lane, age 14(as a 90's kid, I am shocked to see that she ever had such a cool role. If I had seen Stains in 1981, I would have thought her career would go in an entirely different direction.)
-Laura Dern, age 13 (another surprise!)
-Ray Winstone
-THE Lou Adler directed
-Steve Jones (Jonesy!)
-Paul Cook
-Paul Simonon!
-Elizabeth Daily
-Joe Roth
-Fee Waybill, The Tubes
-Black Randy (hilarious)
-Vince Welnick, The Tubes (& late Grateful Dead) (he is in the single best frame of the movie: him with his multicultural children)(His death scene is chilling because he actually did die of an overdose in 2006.)
-etc., etc.
From Corinne 'Third Degree' Burns to squeaky clean!:
The funniest frame:
Beginning:
The Looters (comprised of Ray Winstone, Paul Simonon, Steve Jones, Paul Cook), 'We Are Professionals'
The Stains, 'I'm a Waste of Time" plus Diane Lane's radical moment
The Stains, 'We Are Professionals' rip
Black Randy & the Metrosquad, 'I Slept in an Arcade'
The Stains, 'We Are Professionals' (famous and the GoGos'd out)
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Oliver & Company
Today I saw Oliver & Company at the El Capitan after YEARS, and I enjoyed it so much! But I realized how dark of a Disney movie it is! At times it felt more like the Godfather, with Sykes threatening to kill Fagin if he didn't have his money, telling his cronie on the phone how to kill a bugger, etc. The little girl in the movie has parents that are never there. Tito, the ghetto chihuahua, is HILARIOUS. Cheech voices him. It honestly couldn't get any better. Dodger, the main dog, is so friggin' cool.
I totally sang along.
I wish this were my themesong:
I totally sang along.
I wish this were my themesong:
Saturday, January 10, 2009
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