RADIO SHOW OF THE WEEK.Byline: - Fred Shuster ``THE MUSIC NEVER STOPS'' What: Host/producer Barry Smolin focuses on psychedelic music Psychedelia in music (or also psychedelic music, less formally) is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles, genres and scenes, that may include psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, psychedelic soul, psychedelic ambient, psychedelic trance, of all eras, with an emphasis on Grateful Dead concert tapes and contemporary jam-rock. Where: KPFK-FM (90.7). When: 8 p.m. Fridays. Playlist A file that contains an index to a selected group of music files on the computer. Using digital jukebox software such as iTunes and Winamp, playlists are created by the user by dragging and dropping titles from a master index. The software may be able to create a playlist automatically. : Grateful Dead, Disco Biscuits The Disco Biscuits are a trance fusion jam band from Philadelphia. The band comprises Jon "the Barber" Gutwillig (guitar), Marc "Brownie" Brownstein, (bass), Allen "Dr. Fameus" Aucoin (drums), Aron "Spaga" Magner (keyboards). Former drummer Sam "the Professor" Altman left in 2005. , String Cheese Incident, Gov't Mule Gov't Mule is a southern rock/jam band formed in 1994 as an Allman Brothers Band side project, but has taken on a life of its own. Like many jam bands, Gov't Mule does not get much radio airplay but is popular due to constant touring and intense fan loyalty. , moe, Leftover Salmon, Phish. Quote: ``The main appeal of my show is the bootleg material. I don't play CD cuts unless there's something very interesting issued. The Grateful Dead organization has always been very generous in granting me permission to broadcast unreleased concert tapes.'' Off the air: The Hancock Park-based Smolin, who teaches English at Hamilton High School Hamilton High School may refer to:
Background: A Los Angeles native, Smolin, 39, was inspired as a kid by Boss Radio jocks the Real Don Steele and Robert W. Morgan Robert W. Morgan (born July 23, 1937, died May 22, 1998) was a renowned disc jockey who was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1999. He did most of his work in Los Angeles, California at stations such as KHJ, where he was known as one of the "boss jocks" that dominated the Top . He applied for a KPFK opening in 1995, taking the reins from Bob Young on a show called ``Thursday Lunch,'' which then became ``The Music Never Stops.'' Taking a stand: ``My show isn't simply a Grateful Dead program. I also heavily feature concert tapes of younger jam-bands who have gained popularity in the years since the dissolution of the Dead. These younger bands have been totally open to my playing bootleg tapes of their concerts, too.'' You'll like this if: ... you like Jim Ladd's ``Headsets'' at midnight Wednesdays on KLOS-FM (95.5). |
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