Blair's 1990s radio show
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So, I read Blair's post about Sirius' fixation with grunge and Oasis in their 1990s radio station...and am answering his call for a more diverse playlist. I missed a lot of the 1990s, musically speaking, because I had my son in 1995 and then spent a whole year listening to nothing but opera. (It was some sort of hormone surge, I think, though I still like to pull out the Wagner once in a while.) I came back in around 1997-1997, when Elephant Six was in full swing and SLeater-Kinney was reaching their peak and garage rock (which didn't even have a name yet) was just barely getting going. The internet was just beginning to be relevant as a way to find music -- actually Michael Goldberg's Addicted to Noise was a huge factor in my discovering new music, as was a college DJ who took pity on me and saved whatever weird and interesting stuff that managed to get turned in for credit in Keene NH's Turn It Up. And somehow, I found the Bellrays, the punk-soul antidote to what had become a very white bread world. (I spent pretty much every Friday hanging at the playground with my son and all the moms...none of whom had very interesting musical taste.) I'm not saying I'd trade it...actually, I'd give up a lot to be able to carry my little boy on my shoulders again one more time, with his hands in my hair. But you know, life goes on, and music is always there when you need it.So here's the Bellrays at their red-hottest, back in 1998, on Let It Blast...the track's called "Kill the Messenger" and I'll bet you $100 it'll never ever play on corporate radio.Oh crap, MOG Player's not letting me upload again...have to try later.
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