Over the course of the last few months, it's become quite clear to the Clower that Mondays through Wednesdays seem to be my only real productive days of the week. Logically this results in me taking a break from cramming dozens of Supreme Court cases in my brain to write an entry for all you's guys. Isn't that swell? Well?
This past weekend was spent doing nothing productive whatsoever. On Saturday I filled in for both Derek and Andre and hosted what I like to call KJMCFM and the Louis CoverBox. Combined with my co-host duties on Blart Radio, I was live for eight hours or so, which, when compared to some of my marathon broadcasts, pales in comparison (as far as length goes.) But I enjoyed myself immensely, and if only I could get paid for online broadcasting, I'd have my career set. There's just something about being able to pass on your experiences to a given multitude all at once. I know that musicians feel something similar when they create music and convert the little melodies in their head to tangible notes and chords. But broadcasting can provide all of that in realtime, and it's much much easier to do, which is wonderful for me, as my musical skills are somewhat limited.
Speaking of musicianism, The Big Chill Second Generation is playing next Saturday night at 7:00 in Cedar Hill. I'm really not sure exactly what we're playing for, but it's at some rather swanky complex. We're doing this as a favor to a friend of our drummer's. We won't get paid or anything, but it's exposure, and I've been needing to brush up on my vocal work for some time now anyway. For any local people reading this, either Steve or myself will post an address at some point. But with this weekend being Homecoming for the University of North Texas, somehow I doubt anyone will be making any kind of concerted effort to drive down for the show.
Lately Steve and i have been proverbially poked on multiple fronts regarding this years' Reverend BigDawg Christmas CD. Now I must confess that there haven't been any tracks laid down as of yet, but we literally have a dozen ideas all nicely mapped out. Unfortunately the formula for the production involves a bit of procrastination. I tried writing out a script one year, and it just didn't work. Luckily we have so many random recordings already on-hand that I know they could serve as puzzle pieces to some of the key tracks this year. But regardless of the finished product, the "I just found twenty cents on the floor" clip from one of my shows last month will find its way onto the CD one way or another. And since the Kung Fu Docta character has really taken off, he'll probably have a bigger role this year, too, also. As far as spoilers go, that is all you will hear from Steve or myself until we debut a track or two next month once Thanksgiving has passed.
Tonight at 7:00 I've been asked to speak at a sorority on behalf of the ODA, which I'm hoping could qualify as an excused absence from the first half of my night class. Somehow I doubt it will, but I'll probably let the professor know in advance just so I don't get on her bad side. That would be a scary scary place. Kung Fu Docta no rike!
I suppose I should get back to work, but before I do, I have to plug tomorrow's edition of
The John Zone. For those who don't remember there was an old children's oriented station here in the states in the mid 1990's called Radio AAHS. It was quite literally the precursor to radio Disney. But unlike Disney, there was a real variety of music and personality on the network. It was probably the most diverse terrestrial radio station I've ever come across. But anyhows, in their prime, they released a ten-track compilation every month in a subscription which included their short-lived magazine, and I just happened to track down a few of these discs last week. So far only one has arrived, but there are several gems on it which I shall play. Hopefully at least one more can flop into my mailbox either today or tomorrow so there can be even more randomness. I owe Radio AAHS for a lot of things. They introduced me to Scatman John. They played tracks off of the Ren and Stimpy and Animaniacs CD's I didn't know existed back then, and for inspiring me to make stupid home recordings of myself as a DJ which led to my interest in webcasting when I growed up.
Since this was a kids' oriented station, the format involved many different contests all over the place. It was very enticing and promoted a lot of interaction with its listeners, myself included. I don't know if I'll have enough time, but Steve and I have three or four tapes that we made between 1994 and 1996 of this station in all its random glory, and there are many recordings of us calling in to various shows. The quality is probably disgustingly bad, but if I can find a good isolation, I'll try to line it in and play it tomorrow night. failing that, I still have another bit of incrimination I know I can have ready in time for the broadcast. I'm sure one day I'll look back and regret playing these little clips from my days of yor, but for now I have no problem with archived humiliation. So tune in to this link with your media player of choice and laugh at my shamelessness. You can hear my bizarre ramblings every Tuesday from 6 to 9PM Eastern Daylight Time, 5 to 8PM Central daylight Time, 2 to 5PM Alaska Standard Time, 11AM to 2PM Samoa Standard Time, and on Wednesdays from 11AM to 2PM New Zealand daylight Time and noon to 3PM Line Island Time. Ah the joys of the Internet!!!
Dah, just as I think I've reached a stopping point I've thought of something else to write about! Why can't I have this problem when I write term papers? But the weather this week has been nothing short of amazing. At 9:00 this morning I left the house in fifty-degree weather with a light rain falling and a northerly breeze of fifteen miles per hour. I haven't felt temperatures this cool in at least seven months. Knowing Texas weather patterns, I'm sure we'll be back in the eighties soon enough, but for once it's looking like fall is here to stay. Yes yes yes! Cold cold cold!
Ok this has by far been one of my longest entries ever, and I apologize for that. but in my defense, I haven't written a real entry in some time now, so I think I've earned this. What? You disagree? Well then, uhmm, hmm. Good for you.