Quotation du jour ~ Unknown: I
told my dad that I wanted to be a musician when I grew up and he said
"Son, you can't do both."
I was listening from San Francisco this
morning and, although it was a hassle-free listening experience (no
connection dropouts or crashes of any kind), it nearly didn't happen
thanks to one of my frequent technology nightmares. The details are
irrelevant to this post; suffice to say that, with a great deal of
time & frustration on Saturday evening, i managed to sort it all
out. (I also discovered that the only place in Stratford that sells
computer equipment after 6 p.m. on Saturdays is Wal-Mart* – I'll
bet that's not the case in San Francisco!)
Since KSHE was bought by Hubbard Radio
a month or so ago, i have noticed a major change in the way
listenlive.co streams the audio. Back when Emmis Radio owned the
station, the local St Louis ads were deleted from the stream to be
replaced by public service announcements, ads for national
corporations or ads targeted at me wherever my VPN told them i was
listening from, and often with a completely inappropriate song
included. Now, the insertion of a song is no longer, and i get the
local ads. This week: O'Reilly's Auto Parts, One-Eleven Storage, The
Goodfeet Store (with a branch in Shiloh, Illinois!), Motor City Auto
Sales, Ramjack Of St Louis, Metro Lighting etc. I love listening to
these ads – so exotic -- and i positively hated some of the songs
so i applaud this change. Thanks, Hubbard!
Here's this week's playlist:
Danny Spanos – Hot Cherie
April Wine – Sign Of The Gypsy Queen
Paul Collins' Beat – Don't Wait Up
For Me
John Mellencamp – A Little Night
Dancin'
The Allman Brothers Band – Blue Sky
Blue Őyster
Cult – Hot Rails To Hell
Firefall – Mexico
Electric Light Orchestra -- Ma-Ma-Ma
Belle
Elton John – Where To Now St Peter
The Grateful Dead – U.S. Blues
Bruce Springsteen – Jungleland
Badfinger – Baby Blue
Heartsfield – Shine On
Brownsville Station – Smokin' In The
Boys' Room
Pete Townshend – Rough Boys
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Sweet
Hitch-Hiker
Nazareth – Razamanaz
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – From The
Beginning
Jethro Tull – Thick As A Brick (a
very abbreviated radio edit)
Grinderswitch – Higher Ground
The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver –
Arms Of Mary
Nantucket – Heartbreaker
David Bowie – Golden Years
Hudson-Ford – Take A Little Word
Traffic – Rock & Roll Stew
Flash & The Pan – Down Among The
Dead Men
UFO – Cherry
Supertramp – Sister Moonshine
Uriah Heap – The Wizard
Justin Hayward – Forever Autumn
The Dwight Twilley Band – Twilley
Don't Mind
Thin Lizzy – Dancing In The Moonlight
George Harrison – This Song
Roger Hodgson – Had A Dream (Sleeping
With The Enemy)
Grand Funk Railroad – Footstompin'
Music
The Who – Athena
Foghat – Stone Blue
Dave Mason – World In Changes
Back to work after a week
off and here's what eased my transition from drinking every day to
gettng angry every day:
John Tams – Unity
Dusty Springfield –
Dusty In Memphis
Various Artists – Tower
Of Song: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Sharon Shannon – Each
Little Thing
Alanis Morissette –
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Dan Fogelberg – Nether
Lands
Peter Gabriel – Birdy
Tangerine Dream –
Phaedra
Steely Dan – Pretzel
Logic
The Beatles – With The
Beatles
Tori Amos – Silent All
These Years
The Pretenders –
Greatest Hits
Mike Oldfield – QE2
Bonnie Raitt – Sweet
Forgiveness
Donna Summer – The
Ultimate Collection
Dick Gaughan –
Definitive Collection
Buddy Guy – Damn Right,
I've Got The Blues
Talk Talk – Natural
History: The Very Best Of Talk Talk
Garfield – Out There
Tonight
Supergrass – In It For
The Money
Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo
Soup
Gowan – Strange Animal
Fairport Convention –
XXXV
Steve Earle – Essential
Steve Earle
Jack Bruce – Harmony Row
*It was my first-ever
visit to the local Wal-Mart, which has been open for five or six
years. Prior to Saturday, the only Wal-Mart i'd ever set foot in was
in Belleville, Illinois....
