RADIO SHOW OF THE WEEK.Byline: - Fred Shuster ``CHOCOLATE CITY'' What: Garth Trinidad hosts a creamy mix of urban rhythms and soul. Where: KCRW-FM (89.9). When: 10 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 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. : Sade, Guru, Jill Scott, Snowboy, Fog City Players, Attica Blues, Les Gammas. Quote: ``When you listen to commercial radio, you're getting the flavor of the month. You hear 30 or 40 songs repeated all day long. It's astonishing a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. because I play 20 to 30 different artists in every two-hour period. It's a beautiful thing.'' Off the air: At 6 p.m. Friday, Trinidad will spin discs at the annual benefit for the Santa Monica Museum of Art The Santa Monica Museum of Art is a museum located in Santa Monica, California. External links
Background: Born in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and raised in Los Angeles, Crenshaw District resident Trinidad, 26, got his start at KCRW KCRW Kansas City Roller Warriors (women's roller derby league; Kansas City, Missouri) in 1993 as a volunteer. ``Chocolate City'' began as a weekend show and moved into its weeknight week·night n. A night of the week exclusive of Saturday and Sunday. week  nights slot in 1998. Taking a stand: ``The r&b music of the mid-'60s through the '70s was timeless. People were living very differently then and it showed in the music. It was a time of optimism, where people were pursuing freedom of expression. And music was getting away from the corporate mind-set. The corporate was melding with the creative.'' You'll like this if: ... you like ``Restless Soul'' at 8 p.m. Mondays on KPFK-FM (90.7) and ``The Drop'' at 8 p.m. Saturdays on KCRW. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Garth Trinidad |
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