Last week's Wild Kingdom featured a darkish set of New
Wave/Electronic/Industrial tunes encountered over the years as a KFJC
listener. I like to think they warped my mnd and shaped my
preconceptions to readily accept techno when I randomly encounterd it
(in a big way) in the summer of 1993.. The palylist resides at
http://www.kfjc.org/music/playlist.php?i=33747 . The MP3 archive can be
downloaded at the link shown below. Tonight I'll be playing a set from
some of those tunes I encountered in 1993. The guy who introduced me to
techno read me pretty well, and started me out with the Artificial
Intelligence series from Warp, as well as early releases from Apollo,
GPR, and Peacefrog. I also made a few small discoveries of my own. I'll
be throwing a set together from some of those old CDs tonight..Since
it's fundraiser season, I'll also be asking for money - please help out
if you can. It's also coming up on KFJC's 50th anniversary of operation
(the 20th of October, to be exact). At kfjc.org, there's an interesting
nest of archival material, including an extended interview with radio
station founder Bob Ballou. He's stopping by to re-dedicate the
station later on this month.
If you miss a show, or want to sample other aspects of KFJC, limited
time archives for KFJC programming are available at
http://www.kfjc.org/broadcast_archives/ . Send comments and suggestions
to [email protected] .
"The Wild Kingdom" airs on KFJC-FM 89.7, Saturday night/Sunday Morning,
12A-3A (8A-10A GMT). Potential listeners outside the San Francisco Bay
area can find a webcast at http://www.kfjc.org/netcast/index.php .
Present and past Wild Kingdom playlists are also archived at kfjc.org.
You can also check out archived playlists from my first KFJC show "Just
Desserts" that was on Fridays 10P-2A from 1992 through 1999. Archived
playlists exist for that show starting from Fall 1995 to New Year's Eve
1999/2000, so you can see what what I'm up to these days is pretty much
consistent with what I was up to all along.
If you do tune in (especially via the web), please take a little time to
let me know your locale. I'm also interested in promo music from all
over and in promoting local (San Francisco Bay area) techno-type events.
If you want to do some promotion for an event, contact the KFJC
promotions department at [email protected] to arrange ticket giveaways
and/or to send information for inclusion in our concert outlook. Thanks
to those who have sent promo music so far.
Regards,
Richard Hester
"Mr. Goodwrench"
"The Wild Kingdom"
SU 12A-3A
KFJC-FM 89.7,
Los Altos Hills, California
