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Why KOOP Radio Deserves Your Dollars

john — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:21:02 +0000

So I am lucky enough to have a radio show on KOOP Radio. I program the show, you are listening to my musical library..mostly.

There is no BBC money. KOOP is funded by grants, local businesses and you, the listener, the supporter.

KOOP Radio’s biannual membership drive is currently in full swing. The goal this spring is to raise $52,000 which will help keep community voices, and my show on the airwaves in Austin.

The Internet…Satellite Radio…HD Radio…MP3 players. A few short years ago the future was filled with the promise that once these technologies arrived, radio stations like KOOP would become dinosaurs.

But these technologies did not make KOOP obsolete. If anything, the new technologies help to demonstrate the importance of KOOP to you and other listeners. Here’s how:

Us KOOP DJs spend our evenings and weekends elbow-deep in dusty vinyl and local music stores to find unique songs and artists so that you’ll always have great music to listen to.

While the mainstream news media sticks to a narrow range of issues and celebrity gossip, KOOP’s news and public affairs go off the beaten path, with in-depth coverage of important topics that receive little or no attention elsewhere.

KOOP hosts work from personal playlists consisting of thousands of songs, not just the four hundred or so pushed on most commercial radio stations by program directors.

In a world of conglomerate stations that play the same material over and over, KOOP maintains its independence!

Listener support constitutes over half of KOOP’s annual budget and is essential to keeping community radio alive in Austin.

So, join us in celebrating Austin’s independent voice and help us keep KOOP a quality radio service that is commercial-free. Just dial 512-472-5667 or pledge online. It’s easy, and if you value independent, interesting and diverse radio, hopefully like my show, please show your support and give us a little of your hard-earned cash.

It really will help us keep the lights on and pay the bills.

Thank you!

KOOP Radio provides high quality, innovative and diverse programming with an emphasis on those communities that are under-served or ignored by mainstream media. KOOP is Austin’s community-owned, community-operated public radio station and has been broadcasting at 91.7FM since 1994.

#8 Radio Show – Dec 28, 2009

john — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:46:55 +0000

This week Rush Evans kindly sat in for me as I was out of town for the Xmas holiday.

The show is called “From the Other Side of the Mirror” and is broadcast every Monday at 3pm. You can find KOOP radio at 91.7 Fm in the Austin area, or stream it online at www.koop.org

Tom Robinson

Rush covered the inspirational activist and musician Tom Robinson. Playlist below. Thanks Rush and thanks for tuning in!

1. Up Against the Wall-Tom Robinson Band (from TRB album)

2. 2-4-6-8 Motorway-Tom Robinson (from Home from Home live in Japan album)

3. Glad to Be Gay-Tom Robinson Band (from TRB album)

4. Eltonsong-Tom Robinson (from Fan Club album)

5. Gay Switchboard Jingle-Tom Robinson

6. Living in a Boom Time-Tom Robinson (from Living in a Boom Time album)

7. Blood Brother-Tom Robinson (from Living in a Boom Time album)

Background music bed for announcer voice-overs was from Tom Robinson instrumental track called “Hell Yes!”

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# 7 Radio Show – Dec 21, 2009

john — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:27:06 +0000

Here’s my 7th show which was Part 2 of my look at the work of the influential RnB pioneer Johnny Otis.

Johnny Otis outside Capitol Tower in LA

The show is called “From the Other Side of the Mirror” and is broadcast every Monday at 3pm. You can find KOOP radio at 91.7 Fm in the Austin area, or stream it online at www.koop.org

This week subject was Part 2 of Johnny Otis. Playlist below;

Johnny Otis Radio Show Signature
Roll With Me Baby
Shake It Lucy Baby
Telephone Baby
Willie & The Hand Jive
Romance In The Dark
Well Well Well
Misery
Boogie Woogie Bye Bye

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#6 Radio Show – Dec 14, 2009

john — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:21:09 +0000

Here’s my 6th show which was Part 1 of my look at the work of the influential RnB pioneer Johnny Otis.

Johnny Otis & Esther Phillips

The show is called “From the Other Side of the Mirror” and is broadcast every Monday at 3pm. You can find KOOP radio at 91.7 Fm in the Austin area, or stream it online at www.koop.org

This week subject was Part 1 of Johnny Otis. Playlist below;

Harlem Nocturne
That’s Your Last Boogie
Far Away Blues
Double Crossing Blues
All Night Long
Cry Baby
Hound Dog
Mambo Boogie

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#5 Radio Show – Dec 7, 2009

john — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:31:35 +0000

Here’s my 5th show which was Part 2 of my look at the work of the influential jazz pioneer, pianist, composer and arranger, Mary Lou Williams.

The show is called “From the Other Side of the Mirror” and will be broadcast every Monday at 3pm. You can find KOOP radio at 91.7 Fm in the Austin area, or stream it online at www.koop.org

This week subject was Part 2 of Mary Lou Williams. Playlist below;

Knowledge
Bye Bye Blues
Bobo
It Ain’t Necessarily So
Koolbonga
Anima Christi
Praise the Lord

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#1, Up on the Download – Radio Show

john — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:31:06 +0000

On the 1st Sunday of every month I host and program a show called “Up on the Download”. I play roots/blues/gospel/country, anything that can be described as Americana from the station music library or, as the show title suggests, was downloaded from the web.

Here’s the set list for my first show on December 6, 2009.

Shake For Me – Howlin’ Wolf
Gambling Man Blues – Jack Dupree
Low Rising – The Swell Season
Sugarfoot – Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Heavy Heart – Joanne Shaw Hart
Garlic Blues – Helen Humes
Me & My Chaffeur Blues – Memphis Minnie
Bad Luck Got My Man – Big Mama Thornton
Scratch my Back – Taj Mahal
Houston Bound – Lightnin’ Hopkin
The Rose Hotel – Robert Earl Keen
John Hardy – Leadbelly
Down in Mississippi – Pinetop Perkins
Delta Blues – Big Joe Williams
Pantry – Lyle Lovett
John Henry – Mississippi Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods
Fear No Evil – Coco Montoya
I’m Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan – Some O’ These Days – Jaybird Coleman
Glory Glory Hallelujah – Reverend Robert Wilkins
Lost Highway – Willie Nelson
Chitler Rag Blues – Sylvester Weaver
Lucinda / Ain’t Goin’ Down To The Well [Live] – Tom Waits

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#4 Radio Show – Nov 30, 2009

john — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:07:43 +0000

Here’s my 4th show which was Part 1 of my look at the work of the influential jazz pioneer, pianist, composer and arranger, Mary Lou Williams.

The show is called “From the Other Side of the Mirror” and will be broadcast every Monday at 3pm. You can find KOOP radio at 91.7 Fm in the Austin area, or stream it online at www.koop.org

This week subject was Part 1 of Mary Lou Williams. Playlist below;

Now Cut Loose
Night Life
The Pearls
Little Joe from Chicago
Mary Lou Williams Blues
Scratchin’ in the Gravel
This and That
Timmie Time

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#3 Radio Show – Nov 23, 2009

john — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:26:01 +0000

Here’s my 3rd show, that looked at the work of dub/ambient/world music pioneer and ex-Public Image Limited bass player, Jah Wobble.

Picture: courtesy 30Hertzrecords

The show is called “From the Other Side of the Mirror” and will be broadcast every Monday at 3pm. You can find KOOP radio at 91.7 Fm in the Austin area, or stream it online at www.koop.org

The idea behind the show is pretty simple. Each week the show will focus on a song, producer, label, musician(s), venue, etc. that has a major influence on music, their fingerprints are everywhere, but are forgotten or under most people’s radar. I will help listeners connect the musical dots. Like a documentary for your ears if you will. I will tell their story and showcase the various music they have created or been involved with.

Subject was Jah Wobble. Playlist is below;

Swan Lake – Public Image Limited/2nd Edition
Invaders from the Heart – Jah Wobble/The Early Years
What Will you Say – Jah Wobble/Without Judgement
Visions of You – Jah Wobble/Rising Above Bedlam
Hit Me – Jah Wobble/Heaven and Earth
Solitude – Jah Wobble/Chinese Dub

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#2 Radio Show – Nov 16, 2009

john — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:16:08 +0000

Here’s my 2nd show, which was also Part 2 of my look at the life and work of Brian Eno

The show is called “From the Other Side of the Mirror” and will be broadcast every Monday at 3pm. You can find KOOP radio at 91.7 Fm in the Austin area, or stream it online at www.koop.org

Subject was again the inimitable Brian Eno. Playlist is below;

Sloppy – Devo
i-Zimbra – Talking Heads
Cross-Eyed & Painless” – Talking Heads
America is Waiting – David Byrne & Brian Eno
The Puppet Motel – Laurie Anderson
Miss Sarajevo – Passengers
Life is Long – David Byrne & Brian Eno

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1st Radio Show – Nov 9, 2009

john — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:04:39 +0000

Finally made my debut and had my inaugural radio show today on KOOP radio.

The show is called “From the Other Side of the Mirror” and will be broadcast every Monday at 3pm. You can find KOOP radio at 91.7 Fm in the Austin area, or stream it online at www.koop.org

Here’s my debut show, early warts an’ all.

Subject was the inimitable Brian Eno. Set list is below;

Virginia Plain – Roxy Music
Do the Stand – Roxy Music
Third Uncle – Eno
Sky Saw – Eno
Kings Lead Hat – Eno
Boy’s Keep Swinging – David Bowie
M386 – Eno

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