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19 Outsight spinners for 2006
| Outsight Radio Hours 2006 Top 19 |
| I am the host of the Outsight Radio Hours program, which currently exists in college radio FM and Internet radio forms. In AM and other broadcast modes, the show has been in existence since about 1990. Each year I take a look back at the albums that ended up being played the most for the previous calendar year. Each year after extracting that data, I end up surprising myself. One surprise this year is that two entries in the list came from Internet-drawn MP3s and not a CD. I remember the first CD I bought, it was Sonic Youth's Goo (Geffen) in 1990. I thought I would put that on while I wrote, but I cannot find it. Funny, that is actually the worst fear I have with regard to the MP3s I have collected. Still, in 2006 I have become more engaged in receiving and finding MP3s from small labels and indie artists for airplay. It actually ends up as more work for me than using a real CD, but sometimes it is the most practical way to program in some music. (The reason CDs are easier for me is that I like to do my show live and I want the beginning of the next song to bleed over the end of the previous as I chatter over the transition.) The other surprise, a pleasant one, is that every entry is an indie artist or small label offering. Another thing I did in 2006 is quit the bulk of my music journalism and focus exclusively on my broadcasting. Of course, the bulk of the larger labels and publicists I had worked with for years broke off contact with me. Still, I obviously am finding albums of a lower profile still worth repeated play, in my opinion. Each entry on this list was spun 6 to 40-plus times during 2006. Following is my list and some comments on each. |
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Hear my interview with Kush Arora. | ||||||
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Hear my interview with Vic Victor of Koffin Kats. | ||||||
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Hear my interview with Robert Berry. | ||||||
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Hear my interview with Lip Collin of The Henry Road. | ||||||
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Hear my interview with Randy Fuller. | ||||||
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Hear my interview with Diana Darby. | ||||||
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Hear my interview with Josie Cotton. | ||||||
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Hear my interview with Ass Ponys songwriter Chuck Cleaver. | ||||||
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Hear my interview with Mad Marge herself. | ||||||
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Hear my interview with Mark Kerr. | ||||||
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Outsight is non-mainstream music news and views. The content is wholly based on new releases and a focus on the the eclectic and overlooked.
