Real Rock Radio?

Quotation of the day: Garrison Keilor ~ I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.

I've written about the St Louis radio station KSHE (www.kshe95.com) before, and how listening to it and hearing about the city thereon, kickstarted my interest in going there and my feeling of affinity for the place. I used to think that KSHE was a wonderful station but it's changed in the three years i've been listening. They used to play a lot of schtuff that you never heard anywhere else but now, most of the time they now play the same old songs that every other rock station plays.

But they have a few special programs that convince me that this is an exceptional radio station. For example, there's “The Seventh Day” every Sunday evening – where they play seven albums in their entirety.

There's also a show presented by their overnight deejay – and my Facebook friend – Tommy T., “The Rock Magazine.” On Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, he features a different artist and plays deep tracks by them that are rarely heard elsewhere. On Wednesdays, he has a “themed” show; recent themes included songs about winter, and, on Ash Wednesday, songs with “fire” in their titles. The man has a sense of humour! Unfortunately it comes on at 4 a.m. my time; i'm usually up, i'm an early riser, but sometimes i miss it.

But my favourite of all is the “Klassics” show, every Sunday morning, presented by a St Louis broadcasting legend, John Ulett. It's on from 9 a.m. -- 1 p.m. (my time) and it's absolutely brilliant! It's all classic rock music that's never played anywhere else, and that's my era. I used to work every Sunday and had to listen on my phone or on my laptop, but i work in such a noisy place i could hardly hear it. It took me almost a year of complaining bitching moaning groaning and just generally being a pain in the arse but i finally managed to convince my Masters to give me Sundays off and what happened?

KSHE made their audio stream unavailable to Canada. Aaaargh!

It took me a while but eventually i found a VPN i liked – Tunnel Bear – it costs me $10 a month but i think it's well worth it.

If you have the patience to read it, here's the “Klassics” playlist from a couple of weeks ago:

The Grateful Dead -- Uncle John's Band

Ted Nugent -- Call Of The Wild

George Harrison -- What Is Life

Deep Purple -- Space Truckin

Shooting Star -- Last Chance

Cream -- I'm So Glad

Little River Band -- It's A Long Way There

Charlie Daniels -- Caballo Diablo

Robert Palmer -- You're Gonna Get What's Coming

Tarney Spencer Group -- No Time To Lose

Dave Mason -- Feelin Alright

Peter Gabriel -- Solsbury Hill

Jefferson Starship -- No Way Out

Blue Oyster Cult -- In Thee

Loggins & Messina -- Back To Georgia

The Beat -- Don't Wait Up For Me Tonight

Eagles -- Ol' 55

Brownsville Station -- Martian Boogie

Little Feat -- Fat Man In The Bathtub

Danny Spanos -- Hot Cherie

Jethro Tull -- Thick As A Brick, part 1

Steely Dan -- Deacon Blues

Headstone -- Turn Your Head

Stillwater -- Women

Pure Prairie League -- Two Lane Highway

America -- Don't Cross The River

Moxy -- Sail On Sail Away

Journey -- Topaz

The James Gang -- Alexis

The Rolling Stones -- Wild Horses

The Moody Blues -- Legend Of A Mind

Lake -- Key To The Rhyme

Jim Capaldi -- Living On The Edge

Elton John -- Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters

Rod Stewart -- Every Picture Tells A Story

Joe Cocker -- She Came In Through The Bathrrom Window

Poco -- Good Feelin';

Ian Hunter -- Cleveland Rocks

Captain Beyond -- Sufficiently Breathless

And here's my most recent playlist:

James Taylor -- Greatest Hits Volume 2

Small Faces -- Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Runrig -- Mara

Rush -- Power Windows

Fairport Convention -- The Bonny Bunch Of Roses

The Albion Dance Band -- Shuffle Off!

Various Artists -- The Son Of "Morris On"

Peter Gabriel -- Peter Gabriel