[lbo-talk] My little cowtown radio show starts at 5 PM CST, 6 PM EST

[Alan Rudy]

Sudden, unannounced two hour sets ARE a surprise...
Because my show was all new release material less then six weeks old, and
because I forced an each set-is-louder-than-the-last structure on the show,
I reviewed records for 3-4 hours in order to pre-program everything for
myself... the adrenaline (or nor-epinephrine) rush of more freeform shows is
quite different, eh?  Do you know of WFMU? They, I think, were the first
genuinely free-from station in the US and may still be the best and most
eclectic... they certainly provided the model for everything I tried to do.
As you become more comfortable, you'll surely realize that you are going to
screw up... and the only reasonable response is: "So what?"  Keep a clear
record of what you've played, do your best to get it right (I always
included the label info), correct what you detect and let the rest take care
of itself.  Live is thrilling and worth all the (usually over-played) risks.
-A

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 4:43 PM, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:


>
> Well, since it is SXSW week here in Austin, my show actually went 2 hours
> late, from 5 PM - 9 PM CST, last night, since the DJ slated to come on after
> was at a show. I am still getting my feet wet, so it is very rickety so far.
>
> What I have learned is: Live radio is scarier than podcasting, which is how
> I started. Podcasting, if I screwed up a band's song title, etc., I would go
> back and re-record it. The way 95.9 FM have it set up in Austin, it is live
> on-air. So if I screw up, it is archived for all eternity. And I have
> screwed up. So I dunno how Doug does it.
>
> Ugh. Also, requests can be made live, realtime, via the web, and folks did
> so last night, which I appreciate, even if I did not have all the music on
> hand they requested.
>
> I played some left-anarchist black metal (Panopticon, check 'em out on
> MySpace) as well as lefty black metal by way of Canadian commie black metal
> band Iskra, also on MySpace. Not sure if they are anarchist or just
> Bolshevik black metal, heh.
>
> -B.
>
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>
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> Alan Rudy wrote:
>
> "I'm so f*(&in' jealous, B."
>
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