greg: i'm with ya; like you say, you've got a certain amount of time each week and
it's like 'Im' starint the show here, where can i take them by the end?". i get a
lot of calls though, everything from backstreet boys (no word of a lie, it's
because the commercial stations that *would* play em are automated and don't
answer the phone) to beastie boys (happened again last week) to rap (happens every
show; i politely say i like a lot of rap/hip hop and have a lot in my collection,
but i don't play it on the show (which is the truth)) these tend to be the calls
from people who aren't even listening to the statino at the time, but know the
number so they call it, but i also get a lot of calls from people who
appreciate/understand the show, and that kind of feedback is the fuel that keeps
it all going. jsut 1 appreciative call after a live to air interview makes the
technical mishaps (it's university radio, after all) and craziness (most people
call just when you're in the middle of a mix, argh! ) disappear, jhust 1
appreciaive call aftert playing some experimental stuff makes up for 20 bs boys
requestw!. andrew :)
Greg Clow wrote:
quoted 33 lines On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Cognition Audioworks wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Cognition Audioworks wrote:
>
> > chris: the show itself is still focused on house/tech house/techno/electro,
> > but i'm
> > working in the idm (interviews, etc) where i can. :) it's a balancing act on
> > the show cos
> > some idmers who listen
> > are like "ugh, get rid of that house music" while some of the
> > house people who listen
> > are like "ugh, get rid of that weird (i.e idm, i guess :)) music"
> > even some of the electro people say "get rid of the techno" and
> > the techno listeners say "get rid of the this or that"etc so it sure ain't
> > easy
> > in any way shape or form. i'm just trying to expose the music as best as
> > i can while keeping some structure and flow :)
>
> Well, I guess I'm lucky in that my listeners rarely call in (maybe I don't
> have any listeners??), so I don't get complaints like this too often.
>
> But I'm well aware that my tastes are MUCH more liberal than a lot of
> other folks, and my show reflects that. I enjoy the fact that I can start
> my show with Cassius, end it with Zoviet France, and play everything from
> Source Direct to Sly & Robbie to stuff on Underscore to Pole to whatever
> during the two hours in between. And even if someone out there doesn't
> like *everything* I play, hopefully they'll like enough of it to stay
> tuned... and maybe the way I link stuff up will help them appriciate
> something they didn't before.
>
> Or maybe I should just realize that all I'm doing is playing fucking
> records and CDs which is something a well-trained monkey couuld probably
> do. :)
>
> Greg