Re: radio? - not a compilation

-sirk- (revolut@magicnet.net)
Tue, 28 Jan 1997 12:30:21 -0500

reading this thread I saw Orlando on a much smaller, more commerical
scale. the radio is truely awful here. If you listen to the 3 main
commerical stations for 3 hours on any given day you can hear the entire
Alanis album and grunge still rules the tone. How ever I remember when
I first heard Rosalla and Robin S. on a mainstream station in 93, after
hearing them both played at a club the night before. More recently both
Robert Miles Children and Planet Souls Set You Free have been played
into the ground and then some. There is definetely a trend toward
techno/dance now that the underground blow up is over and the stations
and labels see $$$. ($$$ does NOT=quality). Its not quite Frankie Bones
though I see it coming.
Orlando is not completely berefit of good airwaves. Of 2 college
stations, the University of Central Florida has a formatt constisting
entirely of acid-jazz, soul, funk, jazz...you get the picture. The
other station, Rollins College Radio, has a variety of shows that
include several techno/house/trance/dance sets. And then there is
mine....plenty of DJ Shadow, Ninja Tune Stuff, Mo Wax, Grand Central,
trip h*p-y beats with some hip-hop (did someone mention Alphabet Soup?)
and funky (last week West Coast Harem made it's radio debut in Orlando
THANK YOU R.Scott!) sounds.
conclusion: there is hope for radio but it's not necessaryily better
for the big stations to really catch as on because, as mentioned
earlier, all the crap that will generate. just because it's "acid-jazz"
doesn't mean it is good. I would like for DJ Shadow and Frankie Bones
to stay underground for a while, it keeps their sound fresher and that
much better.

kris
91.5 WPRK Rollins College Radio

Elson Trinidad wrote:
>
> At 12.52 AM 1/28/97 -0800, Jason Brancazio wrote:

> >any listees could comment on the state of radio broadcasting in their
> hometown
> >and whether or not they're hearing the likes of DJ Shadow or even Frankie
> >Bones on their stations.
>
> The airwaves in Los Angeles have improved vastly in the past year or so.
> >From the mid-80s up until a year or two ago, it looked like there was no
> hope. I think the worst thing that happened was most of the format stations
> had no real competition - there was One Top-40 station, One Alternative
> Station, etc. The quality of programming got bad simply because there was
> no real competition to look out for. Especially in '96, there were a
> handful of important stations that came on the air to provide competition,
> and I'm glad it's happening, even in stations that I don't really listen to.
>

>
> Does anyone think that today's alterna-rock stations
> >will be tomorrow's 'electronica' broadcasters? Is anyone seeing that trend
> >anywhere?
>
> I think it's obvious. In the early 1980s, the "alternative" music was New
> Wave and Techno-Pop (yes, I do proudly admit that I was into a lot of that
> stuff; I wouldn't be a musician today if it never happened). Come the late
> 80s, for better or worse, grunge prevailed, now a new
> decade/century/millenium is upon us, and everyone knows that in American
> culture nothing lasts for two consecutive decades. So "Electronica" will be
> it.
>
> I'd like to add to this discussion further - where does Acid Jazz fit in?
> It seems like the perfect "middle ground" between "Electronica" and Hip Hop
> (but jungle moreso, though I've yet to hear someone drop continuous rhymes
> at 168 BPM),
>
> So where is Acid Jazz going? Well, my prediction is, it's gonna get
> absorbed by something. In Europe, it'll be absorbed by "Electronica" like
> some hostile takeover. In America, it seems more inclined to be swallowed
> up by hip-hop, but who's to know? I know the major elements of hip-hop will
> live on strong in the next decade, but I have no idea what it will be like.
> I do know that it will still be hip-hop, but it will be different, like how
> 80s hip-hop used LinnDrums, DMXs and TR808s, and how 90s hip-hop used loops.
>
> >We already know that Portugal is getting funky....
>
> Paulo's da MAN! :) Can I do a voice-over greeting for your radio show,
> Paulo? :)
>
>
> Elson