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« Where our name came from | The music library is growing » Base milesJanuary 31, 2005 I don't know whether you've ever trained for a marathon, but the way you start is you spend 3 or more months laying down your base miles. During this time you just get out there and run. The prevailing wisdom is that you have to run at least 20 miles a week for those weeks and you have to be able to do that easily before you even begin to think about starting longer runs, doing speed or hill work, or otherwise doing the things that will help you become a marathoner. The new 89.3 is doing just that. We're laying down our base miles, and we will be doing that now for the next long stretch. We have to get used to our own legs, view the scenery, build up our strength and consistency, figure out what shoes work best, think about how to dress for different weather ... you get the metaphor. We thought the week-end sounded pretty darn good. The music mix is evolving and we think it's getting better. It was great to hear Nick Spitzer's American Routes in the morning (it's on 91.1 on Saturday evenings at 7:00), and we thought Bill DeVille, Tony Lopez, Jill Riley, and Chris Roberts all acquitted themselves very well on their first time out. Sounds Eclectic will be a nice addition to the schedule, too. What did you think? Today Leigh Kamman, host of The Jazz Image, is being honored with an award for his lifetime of commitment to the local arts scene. A few of us are going over to the festive awards luncheon where he'll speak. We are very proud of Leigh, and really happy he's part of the new 89.3. Posted by Sarah Lutman at 10:28 AM
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I forgot to say, the station is awesome! I love that you have streams available on the net. Like the blog too. It's great to have more non-commercial choices for contemporary music out there. Posted by: murphybytes at January 31, 2005 11:20 AMWay to go, Leigh! I would be very happy if KCMP chose to re-broadcast the Jazz Image starting at 10 pm on Sundays instead of waiting until 11! Weekend music was top-notch. Thumbs-up, especially, to Bill D. Outstanding. Posted by: MM at January 31, 2005 11:42 AMBill DeVille is more than just "acquitted," his experience and talent is always deeply, deeply appreciated. By me, anyway. i was waiting to post all weekend. you ran that american roots show on both stations over the weekend, while those of us who listen to jack sparks on wmgt heard him outdo you by playing an all live show with recordings from local clubs by bands like the drive by truckers. american roots is cool and all but you said you were going to go local. there isn't anyone more involved in the local roots scene more than jack. Posted by: Izzo at January 31, 2005 11:55 AMWonderful, just wonderful mix this weekend. I LOVE American Roots!!!!! To get 4 hours of it streaming into my River Falls home in crystal clear aacPlus audio this weekend was AWESOME!!! If 91.1 wants to drop it, fine - 4 hours on Sunday morning is better than 2 hours on Saturday night anyway. THANK YOU - don't change a thing from 5-9am Sunday. I like Jack Sparks too, there is room for both on this station as far as I'm concerned. I'm an alt-country fan as well - just don't add it at the expense of my FAVORITE show. :-) I didn't get a chance to catch Sounds Eclectic over the weekend but I did stream a couple of shows from the archives on the L.A. station last week and was impressed. THANKS ! Posted by: halibut at January 31, 2005 12:39 PMMy husband & I drove up to a friend's cabin in northern Wisconsin this past weekend, and we were able to receive 89.3 clearly as far as Ladysmith, WI--nearly 150 miles from our home in south Mpls. We love the variety of songs, great DJs, and NO commercials! Thought Bill was fab on Saturday, and the local show Sunday afternoon/evening was cool. I was especially impressed by hearing Loretta Lynn--I never thought I'd like a song by her (I'm not a country fan), but I actually did enjoy it! I think that's the key--the variety allows listeners to hear artists they perhaps wouldn't choose themselves. Thanks for a great first week! Posted by: Mary at January 31, 2005 01:47 PMI remember being out one night in Winnipeg a looong time ago at 3 a.m.. I thought, wow, Eurotrash north of Minnepolis as I listened to a live band. How about a regional "Go North" program that features "local" music from our neighboring states and a big chunk of Canada. Perhaps collaborate with the CBC and help create a channel for Minnesota music to break out across our local borders (and vice versa). What a great shift Mary is putting together. this ia a great monday afternoon. Posted by: BOB at January 31, 2005 04:00 PMThis is the best mix of music I have heard since the beginning of the station. FANTASIC JOB! Thanks for making my monday go by quickly. Leigh is great. Jazz on a Sunday morning is great. Too bad you don't have The Jazz Image starting at 9am in the morning. A Jazz Brunch with Leigh would be heaven. Posted by: Jeff at January 31, 2005 05:21 PMJust wanted to say that I did think Tony Lopez did a great job over the weekend. I didn't catch everything he played but what I heard I liked. Posted by: Kaji at February 2, 2005 07:30 PMI was afraid that this new radio station was going to be another self-absorbed, liberal, artsy-fartsy, self-righteous, know-it-all, too-cool-for-anybody, pseudo-intellectual, arogant bunch of typical left-wing Minnesota MPR hoo-ha. What I find instead is that the station is actually about music! (Left vs right politics makes as much sense as trying to distinguish between Coke and Pepsi.) I hope this station keeps a humble, truely open minded attitude and remains about the music. That's what I call "common ground". I HAVE to listen to any station that plays Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Patsy Cline, Elvis Presley and the Beastie Boys all in the same hour. THAT'S open minded. Posted by: Rex Dexter at February 4, 2005 02:04 PMTo Whom it May Concern: At 4:38 a.m. (2/6/05), I turned on my radio, selected 89.3 FM, for many years my habitual choice for “Classical Music.” Oh Lord, what happened? Noise! A trashy excuse for music poured over my breakfast table. Instead of offering some superb expression of western musical culture, 89.3 FM was contributing to air pollution. I turned it off. After waiting for a minute or two, I tried 89.3 FM again. More trash—minimalist, repetitious phrases sung by uncultivated voices, accompanied by primitive chord progressions and club-footed rhythms. On 89.3 FM! Where was the music of high culture? Western culture has an enormously rich heritage of fine music. Hundreds of years of extraordinary musical intelligence have left a great legacy. 89.3 FM was a reliable disseminator of it, the best of musical thought and performance from that heritage. Now 89.3 FM joins the thousands of other radio programs and TV programs around the nation that purvey sounds apparently calculated to satisfy musically illiterate minds. What a loss! So sad! I will not select 89.3 FM again. I will alert friends of 89.3 FM’s devolution, the downward move from the finest to the lesser. Sincerely,
Love the format! Keep it going! Posted by: dsr at February 13, 2005 03:51 PM
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I question whether we need to have these programs, especially if they are already available to us on another station. I would rather have the regular mix with DJs. But I am not a fan of the specialty show.
Posted by: Toad at January 31, 2005 10:55 AM