The Console Drive- Show #11 - 12/28/2010

Final show for 2010. .

Captain Beefheart - My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
The Crusaders - Serenity
Hall and Oates - One On One
Bob Seger - Ramblin' Gamblin Man
The James Last Orchestra - Andanca
Climax - Precious And Few
Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe
Steve Miller - Wild Mountain Honey
Human League - Human
Supertramp - Lord Is It Mine
AJ Marshall - There's Alot Of Lovin' In This Old Boy Yet
Ferrante And Teicher - Live For Life
Cloud Cult - Lucky Today
The Eagles - Journey Of The Sorcerer

That F&T song reminds of a time as a kid, sitting in a local KFC waiting with Mom to get a bucket of chicken and the in house Muzak system playing along, muffled as it were, with beautiful music. Sort of odd to hear this sort of thing in a KFC, but keep in mind this was in 1980 and sitting in KFC waiting for your order to come up was a typical thing.

Sort of like waiting in Captain D's for a family pack. Sometimes it would take 20 to 25 minutes for the order to be ready. And you wait, with the Muzak blaring ahead with a chintzy cover of 'If' done by the James Last Orchestra (or something to that effect)

Or sitting in the car in the parking lot of what was then one of two Kroger stores in the area, listening to WZEZ EZ 93 (now WJXA 'Mix 92.9') and marveling how stereophonic 'Close To You' by The Carpenters was (still is, of course).

Or hanging with an old college buddy at his apartment, which was located across from a nursing home and tuning into it's Part 15 FM station which relayed a music service called 'Potpourri', again playing beautiful instrumentals with an unobtrusive announcer saying, "This is Potpourri" every two or three songs.

With the passage of the Local Community Radio Act, there may be a chance to apply for a LPFM frequency in my town. If this ever came to fruition, I'd love to run EZ/BI music 24/7 on this station.

Probably not all too practical, eh?

Maybe 23/7?

The Console Drive - Show #10 - 12/20/2010

Playlist for today's show

Bert Kaempfert - Midnight In Moscow
Carole King - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
J.J. Cale - River Runs Deep
The Robert Cray Band - Sonny
Percy Faith - Fool On The Hill
Buck Owens - Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass
Goblin - Zombi (The Dead's Voices)
Goblin - La Caccia
Skitch Henderson - Those Were The Days
Heart - Dog And Butterfly
Charlie Hayden and Pat Metheny - Spiritual
The Dream Academy - Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
The Steve Miller Band - Wild Mountain Honey (portion)

Almost didn't make it in there for today's show, but we did it. . hooray. .

The Console Drive - Show #9 - 12/13/2010

Playlist for today's show. .

Heart Strings - And I Love Her
The Crusaders - Feeling Funky
The James Last Orchestra - Ballad Of Easy Rider
Boz Skaggs - Look What You've Done To Me
It's A Beautiful Day - White Bird
Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly
The Alan Parsons Project - Time
Ace - How Long
Don Williams - Maggie's Dream
Bread - Diary
Yes - I've Seen All Good People
Christopher Cross - Minstrel Gigolo
Fabio Frizzi - Theme from 'Zombi 2'.

The Console Drive - Show #8 - 12/06/2010

Playlist for today. .

Tina Turner - Better Be Good To Me
Lulu - Take Your Mama For A Ride
The Selector - On The Radio
Smokey Robinson - Crusin'
Air - Ce Matin La
Eric Clapton - Another Ticket
Chicago - Beginnings
Stereolab - Miss Modular
The High Llamas - Glide Time
The Jaggerz - The Rapper
Jethro Tull - Christmas Song
Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne
The Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You (yes, I know, not again!)
Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe

The Console Drive - Show #7 - 11/29/2010

And now your predictable play list for today. .

Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet
The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl
Air Supply - Lost In Love
Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized
Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore
Canned Heat - On The Road Again
Eric Clapton - Promises
Supertramp - Gone Hollywood
Yes - Starship Trooper
Pink Floyd - On The Run
Brian Eno - Deep Blue Day
Percy Faith - Yesterday
Little River Band - Lady

Closer filler song: Booker T and The MGs - Crusin'

At least I didn't play The Alan Parsons Project today :)..

The Console Drive - Show #6

Playlist for today's show

Crosby, Stills and Nash - Marrakesh Express
Judy Collins - How Are Things In Glocca Morra?
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou
The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird
Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy
Goblin - Tirrasegno
The Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
Boz Skaggs - We're All Alone
Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer
Kim Carnes - Betty Davis Eyes
Bread - Everything I Own
The Mudlarks - Who Wrote The Book (Booouhk) Of Love
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Vaya Con Dios
Andy Williams - Music To Watch Girls By
Gordon Lightfoot - Beautiful
Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well

Typical self indulgent playlist, I know, especially with the repeated plays of The Alan Parsons Project and Goblin.

I am a big fan of instrumental music, particularly music used as themes for local newscast 'intros' and 'outros'. Frank Mills' 'Music Box Dancer' was once used for what was then WNGE Nashville Channel 2's (now WKRN) news theme back in the 70's and 80's.

To prove that this was the case, here's a YouTube clip where Frank Mills actually performed the song live at the end of a Channel 2 newscast (played over a backing track, of course).

Note how the news anchors walk up to the piano in appreciation. Priceless.

The Console Drive - Show #5 - 11/14/2010

Playlist for today's show. .

Marz - The Pop Song
The Who - Bargain
Optiganally Yours - Down
The Police - Oh My God
The Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?
Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire
Charlie Hayden/Pat Metheny - The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
Andre 3000 - Prototype
Firefall - Strange Way
Steely Dan - Sign In Stranger
Heatwave - Groove Line
Hall And Oates - One On One
The Crusaders - Serenity

You probably won't notice much difference in the audio quality, but we edited today's show using the public beta of Adobe Audition for Mac OS X. I used the iZotope multiband processor 'Broadcast' setting for the final mix.

For many years, we've used Cool Edit Pro on the Windows platform with great success. So far, AA for Mac OS X seems solid as a rock, with a few new features added for a quicker work flow. I particularly like the 'scrub' function, although I hate having to click twice to move the cursor back to the position from where I desire audio playback on sound clips.

I hope the price won't be too high when it goes final, 'cause I want a copy of it.

The Console Drive - Show #4 - 11/08/2010

Back after reairing an old show from last week due to an unforeseen emergency.

Playlist for today's show

Bert Kaempfert - Wonderland By Night
J.J. Cale - Magnolia
Donald Fagen - New Frontiers
The Doobie Brothers - Ukiah
10cc - I'm Not In Love
Glenda Collins - Something I've Got To Tell You Baby
Fabio Frizzi - Track 5 from 'Zombi 2' Soundtrack
Tipsy - Mr. Excitement
Supertramp - Oh Darling
Eric Clapton - Black Rose


And yes, I know, something completely different. .

John Oswald - Plexure (Full)

Got into John Oswald, especially his Plunderphonic CD, back in my MTSU days. Used to play it to fall asleep by, a massive deconstruction of pop tunes of the late 80's (the album was released in '89).

Once again, seek, consume, enjoy. .

Rebroadcast of Show #3 - 11/01/10

Due to an emergency, I had to rebroadcast last week's show this week. New program up for next week, so stay tuned. .

The Console Drive - Show # 3 - 10/25/2010

Playlist for today's show

Don Henley - A Month Of Sundays
Don Henley - Sunset Grill
Bob Welch - Sentimental Lady
Spirit - Taurus
Pete Townshend - Let My Love Open The Door
Pink Floyd - On The Run
Issac Hayes - Do Your Thing (Full Version)
The Monkees - Porpoise Song
The KLF - Build A Fire
Yes - Starship Trooper

Quite a few long cuts today as I was struggling to get the show ready for broadcast. Time ran out on mixdown and upload to RFN's servers, so I decided to stream the show from the home studio. Yes, I know, I could have done the show live to begin with, but I am uber lazy. .

New FB group. . seek out 'The Console Drive'. .

The Console Drive - Show #2 - 10/18/2010

Play list for 10/18/2010

Greg Hale Jones - Boll Weevil
Joseph Arthur - Honey And The Moon
Air - Ce Matin La
The James Last Orchestra - Ballad Of Easy Rider
Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
Steely Dan - Sign In Stranger
Supertramp - Lord Is It Mine
The Beatles - It's All Too Much
Sammy Johns - Chevy Van
Carole King - Music
Goblin - Tirrasegno
The Crusaders - Feelin' Funky
Outkast - Dracula's Wedding
Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song For Me

Air was a band I got into in my college days, circa late 90's. We had the CD 'Moon Safari' in rotation at WMTS, Middle Tennessee's student radio station and I always stopped to listen when one of the cuts from this disc kicked in. The song 'Sexy Boy' was quite popular amongst the DJs, although I was a fan of the other album cuts from that disc. 'Ce Matin La' has that definite 'EZ' sound to it. . always a favorite and thus in today's play list.

The Crusaders 'Those Southern Knights' from '76 is a bit of jazz funk goodness, with 'Feelin' Funky' keeping the pace with a groovin' afternoon.

Okay, enough with the cheesy verbiage. Seek. Enjoy. .

New Show Title. .

So, we're back on the air under a new title, 'The Console Drive'. Format is similar to our old show 'EZ 989: The Restful Station', but we are going to try to avoid strange and weird music, aka 'outsider music'. We will play the typical sappy lite FM hot stereo rock that was popular in the 70's through the 80's. Occasionally, we'll delve into electro-lounge and/or folktronica (although we will NOT play any Moby).

I will try to post playlists after each show in a reasonable amount of time, so bear with me if I don't get 'em up on the site fast enough.

First show was Monday, 10/11/2010.

Playlist to come. .

In case you were wondering about the title of the show, it is based on a conversation I had with fellow DJ Angie of 'The Cat Beast Party' not too long ago. We were talking about some of the issues with our air console and I stated we should do a benefit to raise money for a new one. She agreed wholeheartedly and I said, "Yeah, we could call the benefit show, 'The Console Drive'". It seemed catchy enough, so I decided to use it as a show title.


Debating on creating a Facebook fan page for the show, but we will see how it goes. .

-M

4/9/10 - Break

Taking a break from the air this week; hopefully, back next week with a new program.

Show #5 - 4/2/10

We've cut the show back to an hour, as I simply don't have alot of time these days to work on two hours each week.

Today, a throwback to the past, with some favorite oldies. Second half hour of the show is EZ/BI favorites.

Yay. So predictable, I am. .

3/26/10 - Reair of Show #2

Rebroadcast of Show #2 from February this week in both hours. Been busy and haven't had time to get anything new together. . .*sigh*

Show #4 - 3/19/10

Rebroadcast of a show from last year at this time, along the lines of a 'prog. rock' theme. Only an hour long today, as we didn't get time to get another hour working (I am considering cutting back to one hour).

3/12/2010 - Reair of Show #3

Tonight's program is a reair of Show #3 from 3/5/2010.

Show #3 - 3/5/10

Hour One:

A 'WRP Blast From The Past' in the first half hour, live on WMTS radio from 4/29/1999 (!). Second half is the soundtrack from the 1971 thriller 'Duel'.

Hour Two:

Another bit of WRP goodness from 7/22/2003 on WMTS radio with special guest sTallio of Animals Within Animals. Note Pimpdaddysupreme's excitement of streaming 'live for the first time' from WMTS. However, the links he mentions are no longer valid, so please disregard.

In the second half of hour two, more 'golden oldies', this time a segment of WRP on WMTS from 7/1/2003.

Show #2 - 2/28/2010

New show for this week, featuring music from 'Auto Tune The News', Squarepusher, Hans Otte, among others.

Hour #2 is a 'Classic WRP' hour with a rebroadcast of a program from 8/12/2003, with yours truly and Pimpdaddysupreme.

2/19/2010 - Reair of Show #1

Due to a busy week, and upcoming busy weekend, last week's episode of WRP will be rebroadcast.

Show #1 - The 'New WRP' - 2/12/2010

Hour 1:

A 'reintroduction' to Workeshoppe Radio Phonik, with some cuts from Ween, John Oswald and Wir Sind Hier, among others.

Hour 2:

A 'Best Of WRP' hour, with a retrospective from 7/29/2003, live on Middle Tennessee State University radio, WMTS 88.3 FM. With yours truly and Pimpdaddysupreme hosting and toasting.

This is my back. . .

Welp, we're back again. Yes, I know, I said I was quitting my position at Radio Free Nashville and this blog would be deleted, but it was hard to let it go. After some thinking about it (more like agonizing about it), I decided to come back to Friday nights from 10pm to midnight (like I did initially).

We're going to focus completely on experimental and free noise music, avoiding those 'light and EZ favorites' as best as we can (unless they are cut up and mashed up, of course).

Submissions to the show are welcome; as long as they meet FCC guidelines, we'll probably play it.

First episode of the 'New WRP' (sort of like the 'New Andy Griffith Show') will be Friday, February 12, 2010. Not sure what we're going to do, but I feel positive that it will be a fun time.