tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:12:08 +0000http://www.kwur.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (The Intern)Blogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-2868433380010053208Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:07:00 +00002008-08-04T23:11:31.480-06:00Kenny and Tara's proposal to cover Lollapalooza for the good ol' KWUR blog has inspired me to write a little bit about at least one of the concerts I've seen while here in exile at my parents' place in Brooklyn. I've hesitated before writing about the other stuff, since I generally think that the KWUR blog should be about St. Louis and the community, but I've decided that that is kinda bullshit, http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/08/mccarren-park-pool-party-8308.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Intern)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-5235332864339574811Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:57:00 +00002008-07-28T17:12:19.775-06:00lollapaloozaIt's almost that time again - starting this Friday, the masses will once again converge upon Grant Park, Chicago to see this year's arguably best concert-festival line-up. I'll be there, along with a few other KWUR folks, and we're going to be reporting live as only KWUR DJs can. So, keep your eye on the blog in the next few days for pictures, updates on the shenanigans, and whatever else I http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/07/lollapalooza.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Midnight Cowboy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-7554319582672586101Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:58:00 +00002008-07-20T14:01:34.228-06:00 Listen live! to Mr. Guy Forsyth w/Guy Forsyth Trio-- famed Austin, TX Bluesman, founding member of the legendary Asylum Street Spankers! here on your very own K-W-U-R!http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/07/live-any-minute-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ZM)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-3501765845845024274Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:14:00 +00002008-07-16T18:47:24.861-06:00 (This is not an animated gif) From Rotating Snakes via Make Bloghttp://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/07/psych.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KWUR DJ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-1700271146609921949Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:16:00 +00002008-07-14T20:18:04.471-06:00http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/07/you-think-youre-man.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KWUR DJ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-4030466675775062021Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:05:00 +00002008-07-08T20:06:52.129-06:00From the press release: "UK sensations The Ting Tings are touring America and will be stopping in St. Louis for a headline show at the Bluebird and a special instore performance at Vintage Vinyl. With a #1 single & album in the UK, owning dance floors across the globe and performing at Lollapalooza, don't expect to see the band in such intimate places and spaces like the Bluebird and http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/07/ting-tings-to-play-at-vintage-vinyl-dj.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-664909862125748641Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:04:00 +00002008-07-08T16:42:29.093-06:00Subversive CinemaR.I.P."Bruce Conner, a San Francisco artist renowned for working fluently across media, died at his home of natural causes on Monday. He was 74... ...Mr. Conner first got noticed for the short films he assembled from scavenged documentary and B-movie footage. Several of his films, including "A Movie" (1958), a sort of paean to human failure, and "Crossroads" (1977), are regarded as classics of http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/07/subversive-cinema-rip-bruce-conner-1933.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KWUR DJ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-562648039126227289Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:30:00 +00002008-07-04T09:32:26.715-06:00On July 4, 1976, KWUR 90.3 FM began broadcasting...http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/07/happy-32nd-birthday-kwur.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KWUR DJ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-679446773935931347Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:47:00 +00002008-07-02T18:57:09.387-06:00Former Joy Division singer Ian Curtis's gravestone has been stolen. What. The. Fuck. Know the world isn't all so bad: download the new Jumbling Towers EP for free.http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/07/youve-got-to-be-shitting-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-7920359619401105967Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:38:00 +00002008-07-02T19:24:03.822-06:00R.I.P."George Carlin, whose astringent stand-up comedy made him an heir of Lenny Bruce, who gave voice to an indignant counterculture and assaulted the barricades of censorship on behalf of a generation of comics that followed him, died on Sunday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 71 and lived in Venice, Calif." Obituary So, we lose yet another great American. -Klaxhttp://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/06/rip-george-carlin-1937-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KWUR DJ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-6862172028635513728Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:43:00 +00002008-06-16T12:40:13.208-06:00some little reviews Riders in the Sky - Public Cowboy #1: A Centennial Salute to the Music of Gene Autry (Rounder) Cowboy song semi-spoofers Riders in the SKy recorded this tribute to the original singin' cowboy for his 100th birthday in 1996 - this is a reissue. They tend to tread the same tricky line Mr. Autry (with all due respect) himself did-- between country music and Hollywood cowboy http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/06/more-newish-releases.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ZM)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-9003283829081463115Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:35:00 +00002008-06-15T23:14:00.695-06:00Tonight, I'm gonna write about something that's been pissing me off, because what is summer or the internet without cantankerous postings. See, there's this blue-eyed soul singer, Duffy, who VH1 has been trying to shove down America's craw for a few months now. I don't really have a problem with blue-eyed soul, if done well, and I don't even have a problem with VH1 and other people hyping some http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/06/cry-to-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Intern)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-2702123415524355031Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:36:00 +00002008-06-14T13:43:15.319-06:00UPDATE I guess the title doesn't say it all. Back in the day, we used to sell our overflow CDs at a table in Malinkrodt anywhere from two to four times a year. We'd put up the banner, set up one of the smaller audioservice sound systems, and rock out from around 10:30am -> 3:00pm. Not only was this a great way to keep the station CD situation under control and earn a respectable amount of http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/06/kwur-promo-cd-sales-in-malinkrodt-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kevin Croker)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-1381606987422936071Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:52:00 +00002008-06-05T16:26:05.230-06:00howdy from the air-conditioned station in muggy stl, all hope your summer adventures are exciting or worthwhile or something here's some new goodies we've gotten at the station recently that you all can look forward to returning to (or listen to live on summer shows, of course): Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder - Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 Skaggs is a veteran http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/06/new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ZM)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-4080108590834986385Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:16:00 +00002008-06-03T20:18:33.172-06:00Awesome. http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/06/barack-obama-wears-leather-jackets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KWUR DJ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-1492657201527201108Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:00:00 +00002008-06-03T21:59:36.256-06:00R.I.P."Bo Diddley, a singer and guitarist who invented his own name, his own guitars, his own beat and, with a handful of other musical pioneers, rock ’n’ roll itself, died Monday at his home in Archer, Fla. He was 79.The cause was heart failure, a spokeswoman, Susan Clary, said." Obituaryhttp://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/06/rip-bo-diddley-1928-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KWUR DJ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-8025458154370999777Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:42:00 +00002008-06-01T21:00:03.957-06:00For those of you in the NYC area, my good friends (and former employers) at the Archive of Contemporary Music are having their summer record sale, starting Saturday the 7th, at their offices on 54 White Street. The Archive keeps two copies of every recording and then sells the extra copies in order to provide their operating costs. So, you can get tons of good records and CDs for super cheap, andhttp://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/06/shameless-plugging.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Intern)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-2857345954943840042Sat, 31 May 2008 15:57:00 +00002008-05-31T10:07:12.874-06:00Subversive Cinema In 1972, Scott Bartlett played with (new) video technology and then filmed it. The resulting piece, OffOn, is a film of psychedelic colorized rephotographed video loops. In 2004, the film was selected for preservation under the Library of Congress National Film Registry. "OFFON is so striking a work, so obviously a landmark, that it has been acquired by virtually every major film art http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/05/subversive-cinema-scott-bartletts-offon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KWUR DJ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-5313665397118684165Thu, 29 May 2008 20:16:00 +00002008-05-29T14:42:32.539-06:00This year's RFT award nominees were recently announced, and they're chock full of acts you've (yes, you!) seen at KWUR Week. The Feed, who were last minute fill-ins from 2006, were nominated for best live act and best pop band. The Sex Robots, who were part of the 2007 St. Louis showcase, will be competing with the Feed for best pop band (pop?), as well as getting a best album nomination for Peathttp://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/05/rft-hearts-kwur-week-artists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan M)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-7307088156302090092Tue, 27 May 2008 03:12:00 +00002008-05-26T22:36:47.067-06:00The other day, I happened to pick up Metric's 2005 album "Live It Out" on the street here in NYC for two bucks, and ever since then, I've been listening to it more or less obsessively, as is my fashion with new music. It's cemented a few ideas that have been floating around in my head. One, Metric is probably in my top five favorite bands of this decade. Two, the main reason I like Metric so muchhttp://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/05/other-day-i-happened-to-pick-up-metrics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Intern)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-8408390937378339040Mon, 26 May 2008 12:44:00 +00002008-05-26T06:46:08.477-06:00 New York Memorial Day 1945 -Klaxhttp://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/05/happy-kodachrome-memorial-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KWUR DJ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-5623560771666035538Mon, 19 May 2008 08:31:00 +00002008-05-19T02:40:18.824-06:00On Monday, May 19th 9:00pm CST, I'm going to give a brief outline of KWUR's experiences as an underground station in the St. Louis radio arena. The broadcast will be on KTUH 90.3 FM and the interviewer will be Charlie Applegate. So if you would like to listen, contribute, or even dispute what I say, please partake! I will likely give a brief overview of our attempts to secure a wattage http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/05/discussion-of-kwur-as-underground.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kevin Croker)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-3313088097646063278Sun, 18 May 2008 06:58:00 +00002008-05-18T01:02:03.386-06:00R.I.P."Will Elder, a legendary illustrator and co-founder of Mad magazine, has died. He was 86. An influence on subversive comic artists like R. Crumb and Daniel Clowes, Elder "could render anything he could see with the precision of a photograph," writes David Hajdu in his new book The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America, "yet he had no inclination to waste his time http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/05/rip-will-elder-1921-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KWUR DJ)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-7955217652712556791Thu, 15 May 2008 17:36:00 +00002008-05-15T11:48:53.515-06:00Interesting stuff going down in Motown. Kwame Kilpatrick, dubbed "The Hip-Hop Mayor", was caught cheating on his wife with an aide (complete with hilarious intercepted text messages, and doing it on the city's dime, no less. A few days ago, the Detroit City Council voted to request the Governor of Michigan to remove him from the post. Interesting stuff, but why am I posting about it on the KWUR http://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/05/heat-wave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Intern)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29961271.post-8290668303054991248Mon, 12 May 2008 03:14:00 +00002008-05-11T21:40:54.577-06:00Subversive CinemaJohn Whitney was an experimental animator and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the fathers of computer animation. After studying music composition in Paris, he returned to the U.S. and began collaborating with his brother, James, to produce abstract animations. Their work, Five Film Exercises (1940-45) was awarded first prize at the First International Experimental Film Competitionhttp://www.kwur.com/blog/2008/05/subversive-cinema-john-whitneys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KWUR DJ)