Michael Giberson Music has also been on our minds here in the other KP household, approximately 600 miles to the east south east of Chicago, where I have been contemplating the iPod music selections of the other KP spouse. The arrival of the iPod was itself a source of interest and amusement on my part. …
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Lynne Kiesling What are you doing at 10:10 AM EDT today? I’ll be prepping for a presentation I have to give this morning while I listen to the relaunch of my long-beloved WOXY. My recent paean to WOXY gave some indication of its importance and distinctiveness (or even, dare I say, uniqueness). Now it’s back. …
Lynne Kiesling I am sitting alone in my living room catching up on the day while I await the arrival of the KP Spouse so we can dine. I am indulging in a favorite alone pleasure: Virgin Radio UK on the spiffy music server (it’s too pop-y for the KP Spouse). Franz Ferdinand’s “Do You …
Lynne Kiesling WOXY and I started up in Oxford, Ohio at the same time, 1983. Without WOXY my college life would have been miserable (OK, a little hyperbole, but just go with it); with WOXY, it was independent, fun, challenging, intense, at least in terms of the music I listened to. WOXY was the glue …
Michael Giberson Locals and tourists in New Orleans celebrated the first weekend of Jazzfest this past Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; I?ll be joining the fun this coming weekend. This year?s 37th annual festival is slightly scaled back from a year ago ? the second weekend is only three days rather than last year?s four-day event …
Lynne Kiesling Thomas Dolby has a blog! And he’s touring. And the place he’s playing in Chicago is walking distance from my house. What a good way to start my morning. Thanks to Glenn Reynolds for the link to Dolby’s post on “Freakonomics in action” and the speed of information (and mis-information) dissemination on the …
Lynne Kiesling A coda (pun intended) to our music week features comes from this weekend’s Wall Street Journal, which had an article (subscription required) about U.S. hip-hop band Gnarls Barkley. Their single “Crazy” entered the U.K. singles charts at number 1, making this the first song to do so that has only been released on …
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Michael Giberson In honor of music week here at KP, I had Windows Media Player gin up an auto playlist of ?Favorites ? Have not heard recently.? The first five artists and tunes? Rolling Stones, ?Honky Tonk Woman? ? Not sure that this rates a ?Favorite? rating from me. Somehow, in some kind of ?whole …
Lynne Kiesling In my music post from Monday I mentioned that I had purchased a Mute Math. In fact, of the 6 CDs I’ve listened to (the other two are still on backorder), Mute Math is the one I like the best thus far. They are really, really below the radar screen, and I admittedly …
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Michael Giberson Just in time for Music Week here at KP, another Washington-area radio station jumps formats. Paul Farhi reports in the Washington Post that WBIG has abandoned “oldies” for the somewhat younger demographics of classic rock. WBIG, owned by radio giant Clear Channel, ushered out the format at 5 p.m. [Monday] by playing the …
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