In some respects, the most difficult time I had keeping up with and discovering new music correlated with my occupational era working in commercial radio. This wasn’t because I was working at some oldies station or some other crypt on the dial devoted solely to the music of the past. Quite the contrary, in fact. While I did my time with a couple different stations simultaneously, most of my hours were claimed by a “new rock alternative” station, ostensibly focused on the cutting edge of music. This was in the aftermath of the shock success of Nirvana, and their Seattle … Continue reading One for Friday: Tanya Donelly, “Mysteries of the Unexplained”

I like to say that it all started with a girl, but that’s not precisely accurate. Yes, there was a Robyn Hitchcock fan who won my susceptible little heart during my freshman year of college, and she professed her affection for the man in an open and charming fashion. She had first encountered him in Greece, where he played a show before a largely indifferent audience. She was enchanted by his socks. Robyn Hitchcock was one of those names that I knew before finding my way to the college radio station, one of those odd, enticing monikers that promised a … Continue reading One for Friday: Robyn Hitchcock ‘n’ the Egyptians, “Swirling”