You've done a lot of Dutch shows, and they're certainly a worthy subject. Maybe do a show about 100% Silk instead of 100% Pure ;-)
Oh, and you might ask Stefan Robbers to see if he can get you an in with 100% Pure. I don't know if he'll have any better luck getting ahold of Dylan, but he's at least a nice guy. On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Richard Hester <[email protected]> wrote: > The radio station where I DJ, KFJC-FM in the San Francisco Bay area, has a > tradition (since 1983) of setting aside the month of May for radio specials > of all sorts, from silly stuff ( I did a special once on songs about meat, > for example) to serious expositions on artists and labels. Check out what's > happening next month at http://kfjc.org/mayhem/ . > > I've planning to host a couple of special features during my usual radio > show time slot Friday May 4 and May 11 10P-2A, PDST. The first is a 2-part > retrospective on Dan Curtin on May 4 and 11 called "Planetary Sounds from > Cleveland - The Music of Dan Curtin".. I had a nice interview with him last > Friday night, and he graciously sent me a recent DJ set to play during the > special. I've also been busy filling the vacancies in my "Curtinpile" - > it'll be interesting. > > The one I'm not so sure about is a 2-part special I was planning on the > revived 100% Pure label. I can't seem to get beyond the person at the front > desk there ( I don't even know if Dylan Hermelijn knows I'm doing this). > I've forged ahead in the past and done several extensive radio specials > despite the indifference of the labels/individuals in question, but I'm > starting to get tired of spending a lot of my own money, time, and air time > to promote a label that can't be bothered. I was thinking that if I didn't > get a definitive answer soon, just to cancel that special and instead do a > 2-part "Dutch Treat" radio special on Dutch music and labels in general, not > a hard thing for me to do at all, since I've been following (and buying) > Dutch electronic music of all sorts for the past 16 years - labels like > Eevolute, Delsin., ESP, Lower East Side, Balihu, U-Trax, DJax, Phoq U, > Shiver, Dance Arena, Rush Hour, Prime, Bunker, Hotmix, Reference, Psst!, > Signum, See-Saw, and others. The Dutch scene is large enough so that there's > always something of interest, but not so freakin' huge that you can't keep > up with a good part of it . > > Anyway, I'd post this on the Lowlands list if it still existed, but, but > what do you folks think? Forge ahead despite the indifference, or just do > something else? > > Goodwrench, > KFJC-FM
