"music should transition from song to song with a cohesive flow"

EXACTLY! It's almost like riding a wave. The momentum shifts up and down but feels like a totally natural thing. Good radio is sorely lacking in that area, and it's awesome to see KCMP has picked up on it.

So Mary, did you sell the local hardware store?

"Music should transition from song to song with a cohesive flow" Yes, this is true for the most part. However, I long for the occasional "out of the left field" zinger that slaps you in the face but somehow sets mood perfectly.

Sometimes when Mark Wheat was mixin' it down spinning his club thang at the Lounge a few years back he would slip in an odd tune that was ANYTHING but a club dance mix. The dance floor would freeze for a second not knowing what to but then explode in a riot as soon as they "got it". Everyone loved it!

REV 105 would do this too and it was brilliant.
I hope that KCMP's music format does not take itself too seriously that it can't have fun once in a while. Every so often that "cohesive flow" should hit a speed bump!

Do we have DJ schedules yet? I especially want to know when Mary will be on air so I can make sure to listen then - she is the best!

Mary:

It is not your technical skill that I am looking forward to, but your musical insight and knowledge. Corporate radio does a great job of sliding from one tune to the next. That is not what we, or at least I am looking for in a radio station. I want to know more about the artist. I want a distinctly local flavor. I can't wait.

Matt

I believe that once a song has been picked up by KS95 or KDWB it should immediately be droped from 89's playlist. Or we'll end up with what we have now with "Vertigo" & "Blvd of broken dreams".

When does the station go live on the air???? I'm gettin antsy!

"I believe that once a song has been picked up by KS95 or KDWB it should immediately be droped from 89's playlist."

83.3 would be playing songs that would fit into KS95's or KDWB's playlists? That would be disturbing.

I disagree with Tim. If a song is good it should be played. Just because the mainstream might accidentally trip over a good song now & then shouldn't mean 89.3 needs to disown it. As long as we don't get the same unbearable repetition, I'm OK w/ some cross-over. I for one was happy to see Modest Mouse breakthrough to a larger audience. I hope corporate radio has absolutely NO influence on the music played on this station (positive or negative).

I agree with the previous post. If music top radio picks up on a good band/song it shouldn't matter if 89.3 plays it still. There will be a difference in that 89.3 won't be playing the song every two hours. I think it is absurd to shun artists and songs that have 'broken'into mainstream radio. I think Modest Mouse and the Postal Service are great examples of what I am talking about.

or maybe KCMP could play an alternate version?..or a live version?

Kyle

I fondly remember painting all of the rooms of my first home in 1995/96. This was done after work & dinner. I would get into my chore with Mary Lucia and a delicious mix of music that definitely flowed. Delighted to know that I can work, play & just plain zone to Mary's show again.

I can't wait to hear Mary back on the radio. She always sounded like she was having fun. Technical prowess or not, she's a great talent to have back on the air. I hope that Popular Creeps will return. Now if you can just pry Brian Oake from the death grip of Clear Channel, things would be perfect.

Mary, you have so many people that can't wait to hear your casual, conversational voice that why are you worrying about "fitting in?" You have been found and hermits are interesting.

One of my favorite things about Radio K are the mistakes and the dorky DJs. Every time a corporate station plays one of those bombastic station IDs I don't even change the station -- I feel like turning the damn thing off. So, I'm looking forward to some good dorkiness, and in stereo.

Of course, at least in the Northfield area you'll be competing with Carleton's hot KRLX, 88.1 FM. Good luck.

Rick wrote:

"I fondly remember painting all of the rooms of my first home in 1995/96. This was done after work & dinner. I would get into my chore with Mary Lucia and a delicious mix of music that definitely flowed"

I remember exactly the same thing (though I do not believe that Rick and I are the same person). I was insulating, sheetrocking, and painting an attic room in that same time period and actually looked forward to it just so I could listen to Rev-105 and Mary in particular. Indeed, even years later, living in Massachusetts, I still have a Rev-105 sticker on my car -- I had a pile when the station went off the air and keep using them.

Also remember a great visit at Grumpy's early in the morning in the Zone period...

In other words: Hooray! Hooray! Yeah whoo!

Keep a small, required playlist in each block in order to provide a consistent feel for the station. Too many public radio stations (KEXP, KFAI) have such divergent blocks, that you never know what station you're going to get when you tune in randomly. Save the specialty shows for the weekend, keep a common groove while allowing for a lot of diversity throughout the week.

:-)

Thank you mpr for hiring Mary Lupia back to the airwaves. Ms Lupia used to cause me to hydrate before my days doing late nights at the garage. Many fond memories of Nye's, small meat samples in her snack cakes, funny brian oake rips, and fuzzy signals.

It makes me want to get a pizza delivery job again so I can deliver late night pizza's and demo tapes.

Please never hire brian oake, he seems lazy and out of touch and now enjoys Phil Collins sets instead of the Pixies.

long live

What's wrong with Phil Collins? He has aged better/more hair/better sense of humor than Fatty Arbuckle...er, Frank Black.

I certinly hope your brand of snobbery/misanthropy will not typify the attitude of this new station.

Please No Phil No Brian Blathering No Dead Shows

Quality Music, Low Repeats

Lucia unleashed

PLEASE, NO BRIAN OAK.

I am looking forward to the future when I can toss my xm away and believe in something local

Welcome back, Mary – you've been sorely missed. Monday can't come soon enough for me!

yeah mary!!!! kevin foley checking in with major congrats and wishwellers .10/4 we got our ears on good buddy!

Welcome Back! Listening currently to KEXP.ORG and am looking forward to having real live music formats that appeal to people who understand & support music & musicians! There is a glimmer of hope for us in the frozen tundra! It's coming Monday! Thanks to all of you for your hard work, word is spreading and the anticipation is great! Remember the motto for life should always be "Fun Is Good" & "Variety is the key to life"

mary--

i'd really love it if you could play something sort of heavy by pink lemonade, just for old time's sake.

pants

rock on

Listening to the station right now and I am in heaven! Badly Drawn Boy, Johnny Cash, Spearhead, Nick Cave ... Heck, yeah, they all work together perfectly.

I was beginning to worry about the fact that I was more into the music from The O.C. than anything I could find on the radio in the metro. THANK YOU!

I am definitely getting a distinct REV105 vibe ... even Mary Lucia, yay! ... and I love it! Keep that up and I'll continue to recruit listeners.

It's great to hear Mary again, missed her on 105.

Heard new music station at 89.3FM was coming at 9am today.
Tuned in at 7:30 in my class room. The kids whined about the 'old' music. I said I wanted to hear this new station go on the air.
When Atmosphere came on as the first song they perked up exclaiming, "Hey this is a GOOD song!" The whining ceased. ;)
As the day progressed I heard the DJ, and in the back of my mind I kept thinking, ' Who is that...? I KNOW that voice...?" Finally sometime after lunch the DJ said he was THORN. Good old Thorn from *sigh* Revolution Radio. I was thrilled!
But wait, it gets better.
As 2 pm approached he said he was out for the day but that Mary was up next.
I said out loud, "Please please PLEASE be Mary Lucia!" The kids looked at me in that funny way only teenagers can.
Then as the female DJ's voice came on and I exclaimed, "YES! IT'S MARY LUCIA!" and I started bouncing around my classroom. The kids were like... what is wrong with her? and who the heck is Mary Lucia?
I replied, "Only the coolest, hippest, most awesome DJ to ever LIVE, that's who Mary Lucia is!"
Sorry Thorn but you know she is! ;)
YAY! Yer both back on the air!
YAY! The music I LOVE and have missed is back on the radio!
YAY! All the new music I have never heard and never would have heard will now be in my life.
YAY! No COMMERCIALS! hee hee And I promise to contribute when that 'time' comes around!
YAY!

Yeah! I'm so happy to hear Mary again. I do wish she was on in the morning. Mid-day is a hard time for some of us working gals to hear her. She plays great music, makes me laugh, and is all around fantastic.

Welcome back, Mary!!! We missed you!!!

This radio station is hmmmm.... adjectives fail me. Very exciting and innovative!!
Congratulations on a novel idea and a much welcomed source of outstanding music. We listened to Mary's show last night- couldn't believe it was her after all this time!!- and Mark Wheat's show, always my favorite from Radio K. We were shrieking over hearing the likes of Portishead (it's been a long time!) and Gomez.
Thank you for bringing a variety of great music back to the twin cities on FM. It's very intelligent!
I am so proud of MPR for being part of such a great idea. It's refreshing to listen to a station where the "DJ's" love music, rather than just playing music because it's their "job". I enjoy learning a bit more about the artists and being enlightened. You'll make us smart. (smarter, that is)
Congratulations and Best Wishes to The Current!!

One word: Excellent!

Here's hoping for a long life for The Current!

Congrats, Mary! Can you play me some Gino Vannelli at you new station?
-Famy

Hey, congrats on being back on the radio, Mary. So very cool to hear your voice on the radio again and your choice of music. I loved hearing Bowie yesterday on the way home from work. Keep up the good work, and play some local music from your sibling!

It's so great to hear Mary back on the air!!!

Love ya!

Listening last week to a familiar voice... Did she say Mary? As in Mary Lucia? Woo Hoo - there's hope for the airwaves again! Mary, your intelligence, music sense and just plain personality make for a helluva show. Stay right where you are!