Up and Running..

Two shows under my belt and it feels good. I kind of feel like George Harrison must have felt when he left the Beatles and he had all these songs backlogged that he wanted to record. Feel like I could do a show every night for a month and still not get everything in. I've talked to the Wilders about appearing live and it looks like it may be happening in the fall. Their schedule is pretty heavy for the rest of the summer and early fall. I'm thinking of a double bill with the Midday Ramblers and the Wilders. Also, there will be a guest DJ show with Howard Iceberg sometime within the next two months. He took advantage of the KKFI fund drive promotion that, for a fee, allows the listeners to DJ their own show. He wanted to do one with me, so we will. I will also have a collaboration with former KKFI dj (and my wife) Caroline Lee before the end of July. I've put word out unofficially to some local bands to send me unreleased material for an archival show I'm going to do soon. It will have all unreleased and rare recordings from local and regional bands. I'll try to get the Pitch and the Star to publicize it so I can get recent things as well as older material. I have had some people wonder why I haven't played a lot of blues yet. I will remedy that situation next week with the first 22 minutes of the show being a long blues set. I had some nice calls from some old listeners who remember my last stint there. It's nice to hear from you all. Remember that requests can't be done that same day, unfortunately. I burn the whole show to two cds and bring them down there, so I generally don't have extra cds with me. I'll take requests, but you will have to be patient before you hear them.

Coming Distractions

The first show's not even done yet, but I'm already figuring out what kinds of special shows I'd like to do this summer and fall. Here's what's on the drawing board. I've been casting around for rare tracks from local and regional bands for a special archival show sometime this summer. I've already got some good stuff, but I'll tell more about this when it gets closer to happening. Some other special shows probably coming soon: a Dylan Anthology show with all unreleased tracks, maybe a British Invasion special with some rare and not generally heard live and studio tracks showcasing the hard underground stuff out at the time that didn't get heard much on the radio, yet another Beatles unreleased tracks show, a rarities show of some sort with live broadcasts, rare tracks downloaded from bands' sites and other aracana, perhaps also a show with early music from the 20s, 30s, and 40s that kicks ass. My second show will have a sneak preview of what I have in mind for this. I want to continue to do some live performance shows. Some artists on my wish list would include Forrest Whitlow, Howard Iceberg, Joel Kraft, the Midday Ramblers, The Border Band, and the Wilders. I also want to do some live jazz, which I never got around to when I did the show the first time. If you're a local artist or band and you'd like to get me copies of your work, send it to Signal to Noise c/o KKFI. You can find the station's address at www.kkfi.org. I can handle cds, mp3s, cassette tapes, DAT tapes, vinyl, most any form you can put music on I can deal with. If you want to play live on my show be aware that I can't do electric stuff as a rule. I used to be able to, but the station is essentially down to two mics in the on-air studio for live performances, so that limits my options, unfortunately. One of the other things I like to do is collaborate on shows with musicians, artists, and other DJs. In the past I've done shows with Gary Kirkland, Mike Ireland, writers David Cantwell and Tim Finn, djs Lonesome Cowboy Bill, Jennifer Field, Lord Spencer Drake, my wife, Caroline Lee, (or Mullen as she was known then) and others. I'll do this again, of course. Probably my soul brother Lonesome Cowboy Bill and I will do something soon. We have been known to show up on free form slots on KJHK between semesters at KU since I'm an alumni dj there. So stay tuned. The best is yet to come.

Back!

It's now official. Signal to Noise returns to the air starting Sunday June 18th on KKFI. The new gig will be from 1-3 on every Sunday. As noted before, you can either listen live or check out the audio streaming at www.kkfi.org. I will be posting playlists as we go. Check out the homepage at www.signaltonoisekkfi.com.

Back From the Shadows Again...

It's now official: Signal To Noise returns to KKFI starting Sunday, June 18th. The new gig will be from 1-3 pm on Sundays. Remember you can listen to the radio or hear it online at www.kkfi.org. I have the first two shows "in the can" as we say in the biz, so it should be fun. After being gone over three years or so, I doubt most of the original fans of the show remain, but it will be nice to make some new friends. I will try and post playlists each week so you all can see what was played. There will be more work done on the home page at www.signaltonoisekkfi.com so that you will be able to interact with it better. Stay tuned. It's going to be a wild ride.

It's now official. Signal To Noise resumes broadcasting on KKFI starting June 18th from 1 to 3 pm. I'll hold down this slot on Sundays for the foreseeable future. Got the first show and second show "in the can" so to speak, so you'll be able to see what my hand-scrawled playlists look like each week. I'll post up a couple of the Saturday show playlists on the www.signaltonoisekkfi.com page. There are also some photos up from my trip to Southbysouthwest in March of this year. The show was actually supposed to start on June 11th, but Caroline and I will be out of town seeing Bruce Springsteen in Des Moines that weekend. Thanks to Linda Wilson and the KKFI Board for making this happen. I will try and actually publicize the show's return and see if the KC Star or the Pitch will help promote it. I also did a new promo for the show which has "guest appearances" from Frank Zappa, William S. Burroughs, and Bill Hicks. You'll be hearing it soon on KKFI.