It's hard to believe that it's already been a week since The John
Zone last besoiled the virtual airwaves, but indeed it has. Well, not in a
practical sense, but that's beside the point. Over the course of the past
ten days or so, TBRN has welcomed back several people who have made sizable
contributions to our twisted, wonderful family. Some of them have done
shows in the past. Others are just good friends to most of us who have had
a lot on their plate, but it goes beyond that. Derek, Arfy, Steve, and
Patrick each peaked at or above twenty listeners this past weekend. To be
honest, it's probably been at least two years since that has happened.
There has also been talk of some of the shows from the days of yor making a
return to the network. Now this isn't necessarily intended to begin a
melodramatic soliloquy about how wonderful this community is and how much I
cherish being apart of it, but in truth I am a nostalgic sap at heart.
Therefore reminiscing will be the overall theme of The John Zone this week.
However it will be laced with other things as well: including some Texans'
attempt at calypso music, a few odd clips from my Sunday, perhaps a new ID
or two, and, inspired by Nick Giannak, the Wesley Willis-Borat music
stylings of my new favorite artist, Ivan Hrvatska. So whether it's for a
few minutes or a few hours, I invite old and new friends alike to tune in to
The John Zone at http://listen.tbrn.net:8888/tbrn.ogg.m3u tonight from 6 to
10PM EDT, 11PM to 3AM BST, or midnight to 4AM CEST. It will be hard to
compete with some of the shows from this weekend, but I'm certainly going to
do my best.
